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We need to convert the "ice-cream trucks" of my youth into drive by coffee shops... lol - except without the music, more like an app saying they're coming. Free

We need to convert the "ice-cream trucks" of my youth into drive by coffee shops... lol - except without the music, more like an app saying they're coming. Free business idea if anyone is listening. Put your order in on the phone.

shinkim0914 6y ago
Yes! Drive-by Blue Bottle coffee trucks please!!
sensitive-ears 6y ago
We already have that where I live. It's an espresso machine in a van, they drive by offices in the morning and then stop and parks and other communal spots during lunch
- dont__panic 6y ago
  Espresso trucks/vans seemed to be a big thing in the EU when I lived there, but don't seem to have much of a place in the US. Maybe it's due to the low walkability of the US and tendency to travel via car? Or maybe it's hard to get the licensing for it?
  - uxp100 6y ago
    I have found coffee carts not uncommon in the US (midwest and california). I think aside from the michoacana guy, food trucks and carts in the US tend to stay put for a long period of time, and really, you don't need more than a cart that you pick up with a truck at the end of the morning. I've seen coffee carts post up at entrances to offices as well as along bike and walking trails.
DonHopkins 6y ago
I just wish they'd bring back milk delivery, like in the old days, but 24/7. I ran out of cream for my coffee at 3AM in Amsterdam. But of course there's a 24/7 nitrous oxide delivery company in Amsterdam: https://amsterdamlachgas.com/ https://amsterdamlachgas.com/ I'm not a customer, but I would only consider it if they'd actually deliver fresh cream without any nitrous oxide at 3AM, to keep up the pretense that the N2O was actually intended for making late-night whipped cream. But no, they brashly deliver incriminating accessories like balloons and "Slagroomspuit" dispensers. But no cream! Fuck that. https://amsterdamlachgas.com/lachgas-toebehoren/ https://amsterdamlachgas.com/lachgas-toebehoren/ Somebody should start a 24/7 milk and cream delivery service. DeliverMOO! I think you could make a killing delivering 24/7 fresh milk, cream, and dairy accessories like breakfast cereal and chocolate mix.
- ashtonkem 6y ago
  Amsterdam does not strike me as the kind of place that needs to put up a polite fiction in front of drug usage.
  - Sophistifunk 6y ago
    Are you kidding? Doing exactly that is like 30% of their tourism industry.
    - DonHopkins 6y ago
      Maybe the sex industry can take up the slack. I don't care what costume the delivery person wears or how well they dance, I just want my fresh cream delivered 24/7!
    - ashtonkem 6y ago
      Really? They have legalized prostitution there as well as legal drugs. The whole area seems the least "polite fiction" that I've ever seen.
prawn 6y ago
There are coffee vans in Australia that park in school carparks (for parents to grab a coffee after drop-off, or teachers to get one on their way in) or near popular beach spots or tour through office areas at specific times.
Sophistifunk 6y ago
This is everywhere in Australia. Coffee-and-sausage-roll carts towed behind an SUV from office to office in areas where somebody's stuck a bunch of office buildings in the burbs rather than the CBD.
krallistic 6y ago
Keep the music - excellent branding.
- rhacker 6y ago
  The music could play on the phones of everyone that has the app when it's approaching!

shinkim0914 6y ago

Yes! Drive-by Blue Bottle coffee trucks please!!

sensitive-ears 6y ago

We already have that where I live. It's an espresso machine in a van, they drive by offices in the morning and then stop and parks and other communal spots during lunch

dont__panic 6y ago
Espresso trucks/vans seemed to be a big thing in the EU when I lived there, but don't seem to have much of a place in the US. Maybe it's due to the low walkability of the US and tendency to travel via car? Or maybe it's hard to get the licensing for it?
- uxp100 6y ago
  I have found coffee carts not uncommon in the US (midwest and california). I think aside from the michoacana guy, food trucks and carts in the US tend to stay put for a long period of time, and really, you don't need more than a cart that you pick up with a truck at the end of the morning. I've seen coffee carts post up at entrances to offices as well as along bike and walking trails.

DonHopkins 6y ago

I just wish they'd bring back milk delivery, like in the old days, but 24/7. I ran out of cream for my coffee at 3AM in Amsterdam. But of course there's a 24/7 nitrous oxide delivery company in Amsterdam: https://amsterdamlachgas.com/ https://amsterdamlachgas.com/ I'm not a customer, but I would only consider it if they'd actually deliver fresh cream without any nitrous oxide at 3AM, to keep up the pretense that the N2O was actually intended for making late-night whipped cream. But no, they brashly deliver incriminating accessories like balloons and "Slagroomspuit" dispensers. But no cream! Fuck that. https://amsterdamlachgas.com/lachgas-toebehoren/ https://amsterdamlachgas.com/lachgas-toebehoren/ Somebody should start a 24/7 milk and cream delivery service. DeliverMOO! I think you could make a killing delivering 24/7 fresh milk, cream, and dairy accessories like breakfast cereal and chocolate mix.

ashtonkem 6y ago
Amsterdam does not strike me as the kind of place that needs to put up a polite fiction in front of drug usage.
- Sophistifunk 6y ago
  Are you kidding? Doing exactly that is like 30% of their tourism industry.
  - DonHopkins 6y ago
    Maybe the sex industry can take up the slack. I don't care what costume the delivery person wears or how well they dance, I just want my fresh cream delivered 24/7!
  - ashtonkem 6y ago
    Really? They have legalized prostitution there as well as legal drugs. The whole area seems the least "polite fiction" that I've ever seen.

prawn 6y ago

There are coffee vans in Australia that park in school carparks (for parents to grab a coffee after drop-off, or teachers to get one on their way in) or near popular beach spots or tour through office areas at specific times.

Sophistifunk 6y ago

This is everywhere in Australia. Coffee-and-sausage-roll carts towed behind an SUV from office to office in areas where somebody's stuck a bunch of office buildings in the burbs rather than the CBD.

krallistic 6y ago

Keep the music - excellent branding.

rhacker 6y ago
The music could play on the phones of everyone that has the app when it's approaching!