I have a list of names, one of which I will probably use, but I enjoy hearing pithy coffee shop name suggestions. Any one got a name for me?
I think the coolest name for a place would be The Adjective Noun
First off, congratulations brother. Here is my concept for a name, -sorry for the ugly mockup but I drew it with my fat finger on a tiny iPhone screen. No Wave Coffee: Name is kind of a double entendre. The logo represents three layers: sand, smooth water, and sky. It references a mellow, placid place to hang out. It reinforces coffee as a relaxing ritual when you already are or promises to get you closer to that when you're hectic and on the go.That's the top level. "No-wave" is also a tongue in cheek reference to all of the third-wave coffee shops that have been popping up all over the country (that have been both praised for their dedication to great coffee and ridiculed for going over the top in this by haters). On this level you're saying "I'm not a third wave, or any wave shop. I'm just here making good coffee." This lets you do two things: 1. It gets a nod from the haters because you're bringing the concept of a coffee shop "back down to Earth" so to speak, but at the same time, you're completely speaking to those people who do care about third-wave shop's dedication to the best product. By referencing third-wave you're telling all those people "Yup, I know what's up, don't worry, I got you covered." You're not going to reference the third wave movement in your name then turn around and serve shit. You message both camps at the same time and give then what they want. Everybody else (vast majority) doesn't even realize you're doing this and just views it at the surface level. Logo might be better with an orange half-sun setting on the ocean part. Orange would work in the color scheme. All in all, No Wave Coffee stands for the best coffee you can get without pretense. Edit: It could also work on a third level as a lot of people don't know this, but there actually is surfing round Portalnd. Why not.
Maybe more a logo like this. I actually love a bunch of No Wave artist and I like the double entendre (suicide is definitely one of my top five bands of all time). It's way edgier than I ever considered but maybe I don't mind, turning it around in my head. Place would end up with a way different color scheme than I thought it would. Plan on having a record player on the end of the counter that customers can pick and choose records and what not (the choices curated by me). Like the idea of the whole thing being a bit defiant of normal operating procedures. And fuck it, I'd still play a Greatful Dead album if that's what I'm in the mood for, not like there would be a playlist that mandated the playing of Lizzy Mercier Descolux albums.
To be in the roasting game in this town you pretty much have to go to the farms you buy from, meet the farmers, watch the plants grow and smell the manure. If you just buy beans from some commercial distributor and roast them up without sitting at some farmer in Peru's table you are a chump.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/14672413/NoWave_Mockups.pdf Here is a look at some of the logo designs.
The second one has energy, the first is fat. Go with the second one.
I'd go with one of the first two. I don't like the W on the third (too big), the fourth looks a bit cheesy / cheap and the fifth has a really irregular font. Do add the chip-in from the original, where the V overlaps the E, but on the first or the second logo design.
Pithy, eh? "Bean There, Done That" "Grounds Zero" "Mug Shots" "CafFiend" "The Daily Drip" "The $7 Fix" Your tagline could be, "We're Not Dicks to Coffee Addicts!" Or if there's a coffee place named "Dick's" (why would there be though?) you could put in a line break: "We're not Dick's . . . . . . to Coffee addicts!" Anyway, that's cool that it's coming along. A friend of mine opened a coffee shop a while back and she had a day where she only accepted drawings of pangolins in exchange for coffee. Seems like operating a coffee shop could be a lot of fun.
Having an early dinner with friends and they suggested to use the molecular structure for caffeine and use the symbol. Have the periodic table as the lettering used a la Breaking Bad.
Also, not to point out the obvious, but you should call it CGOD'S
And call the shop "the coffee experiment". I was reading up on Wikipedia for some inspiration and stumbled upon this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_III_of_Sweden%27s_coffee_experiment It's quite interesting.The king ordered the experiment to be conducted using two identical twins. Both of the twins had been tried for the crimes they had committed and condemned to death. Their sentences were commuted to life imprisonment on the condition that one of the twins drank three pots of coffee, and the other drank the same amount of tea, every day for the rest of their lives
Also, I wanna point out my one choice that I thought was clever: The Ole Factory -coffee smells great, would be a nice play on words.
My wife and I came up with these on the fly. Take them for what they're worth: From my wife: Cordadito, Crema From me Pull, Mud, Dark Star, Brown Hornut, Whips and Canes,
Kettle, The Ole Factory.
Marijuana is highly encouraged prior to viewing Grateful Dead, Dark Star performed at Winterland 1978
It's sung, not singed! And who's gonna back your singing? Maybe a nice hubski collab! On a less sarcastic note, I'd suggest something like 'Coffeel Good' or 'The Best I've Ever Bean'. Do let us know what you're deciding on, maybe we can find some good taglines or names for macchiato's and the sorts.
Well that is certainly exciting news! Congratulations! A new adventure! "A Latte Love" "The Daily Grind" hehehe.he....he. puns are fucking stupid. "Fuck Fancy Italian Names" One of my favorite coffee spots in NYC was Third Rail. I like that name. It takes a moment for the name to "click" but it's cool and not too obvious / cheesy / hipster and has badass / dangerous connotations. "Energy Hack" I don't know. I'm not good at this stuff. Let me know when you come up with a name. I'm super busy so I might regret this but I'm always looking for new identity / branding / logo projects to challenge myself. If you need someone to design your logo, signage, flyers, website, or anything, we can talk about a budget and timeline.
I don't have any name suggestions of my own, but this just reminded me of something: AshShields is a hubskier here and he wrote a book where the main characters ran a Coffe Shop named Remedy Coffee. I dunno if that's the name for your shop and your dreams with it, but I just thought of this when I saw this thread in my feed. Other than that,.. Lesse... Morning Glory, Chrysanthemum Coffee, Coffee Cat. Sol Cafe, Luna Cafe. Those are what I could come up with. I'm not good with names!