Café Evoke Catering's mission is more than coffee; it is a passionate interaction with the local and global communities. We use Fair Trade Certified products whenever we can. When Café Evoke Catering is at your event, rest assured your coffee, tea, and espresso is Fair Trade Certified.

    When you hire one of our Baristas, you are getting a trained professional who is passionate about coffee from the bean to the cup. We strive to give each and every one of our clients the personal attention that is deserved.

    Please contact us today for booking and package information. You can email us through our website or call 405-517-0517.

    Thank you for choosing a Fair Trade coffee catering company. We look forward to a long friendship.

    ..be bold (Oh, and tell your friends!)





Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Coffee Catering is Specialty Coffee

I have been saying it since the day I heard about it. Coffee Catering is specialty coffee. What do I mean? Think about what specialty coffee stands for. It is a beverage, a service, an experience that many pay top dollar for everyday. They pay top dollar to come to their favorite cafe because they know their favorite barista will be there creating art with a passion only mocked by painters and artists of other canvases.

While there are many challenges these baristas face each day in their cafe, think of the baristas that are doing it mobile. Not only are there the challenges of being sure to have all the correct ingredients to allow us to create drinks we have never heard of before (ie: *bucks drinks), we have to compete with weather, with equipment that is better suited for stationery installation, power problems, and other things that we at cafes take for granted.

Coffee Catering is a specialty as it comes. Coffee Caterers bring the best in coffee shop menus right to your event. It is a specialty service only able to be achieved by certain companies.

I have been watching this segment of the industry with amazement. We got into it about 2 years ago and since then I have talked with dozens of people interested in getting into the same business. I heard about it from my parents who hired a company in Oklahoma City called Dirty Water Coffee.

After talking with them about it, I began to think about how Cafe Evoke could get into this business. We brain-stormed and created Evoke Coffee Catering - a leading coffee catering company dedicated to bringing upscale coffee bars to events all over the Gallatin Valley in Montana. We had a vision of having coffee bars set up at events and it feeling just like a cafe. We did not want there to be any gaps in preparation, presentation, or taste.

It took off well in Bozeman, Montana for us and we are now opening Cafe Evoke Catering in Oklahoma City as well.

When you come to an event where Evoke Coffee Catering is serving espresso and other specialty beverages, you will get the best espresso you have had. Lattes will be served in ceramic cups (as an option) with latte art and garnishing and our baristas will tell you everything you want to know about coffee, espresso, and why we do it.

There are now so many companies out there doing their version of Coffee and Espresso Catering. Here is a list of companies I have found over the past few years. While I hope Evoke has the chance to serve in all of these markets at some point in the future, check out the list and hire one of these companies to come to your next event.


Arizona:
  • The Flying Barista
  • Johnnies Java

    California:
  • EuroBar Espresso
  • Crissy's Coffee
  • Bay Bridge Coffee
  • New Frontier Coffee

    Colorado:
  • Absolatte

    Illinois:
  • Cappuccino Catering

    Indiana:
  • A Cup Above

    Massachusetts:
  • Espresso Dave's

    Montana:
  • Cafe Evoke Coffee Catering

    Nebraska:
  • Paradise Today

    New York:
  • Mud Coffee

    North Carolina:
  • Sips Coffee and Tea

    Oklahoma:
  • Cafe Evoke Coffee Catering
  • Dirty Water Coffee Company

    Pennsylvania:
  • Old City Coffee

    Texas:
  • Absolatte

    Toronto Canada:
  • Espresso Planet

    Washington:
  • Long Story Short Coffee
  • JumpinJacks Coffee

    Washington DC:
  • Traveling Bean

    That will do it for my list of Coffee Caterers. Try one out! Your guests will thank you!

    Have one to add? Let me know and I will keep this list updated!

    I do not endorse any of the above mentioned companies except Cafe Evoke Catering. I do not know these companies personally or speak on behalf of these companies. Their services and products are theirs and I will not give suggestions as to who is better. I do suggestion, however, to try one out if there is one in your local area.



    ...be bold



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  • ...a thought by Cafe Evoke Coffee Catering at 1/29/2008 07:40:00 AM

    Comments on "Coffee Catering is Specialty Coffee"

     

    Blogger Forests Forever said ... (3/07/2008 03:34:00 PM) : 

    I just attended an event here in Forida that had a mobile expresso bar! It was awesome! I noticed you didnt have anything for Florida so i thought I would tell you about them. Their called 'On the Way Coffee Cafe'... the website is www.onethewaycoffeecafe.com

    I thought it waqs such a great idea, I wanted to see others who are doing it... makes me want to start one too!

     

    Blogger Cafe Evoke Coffee Catering said ... (6/12/2008 12:09:00 PM) : 

    Forests Forever -

    Thanks for bringing to our attention On The Way Coffee cafe!

    I am sorry we did not catch this comment sooner - it just slipped through the cracks I guess.

    We love the idea and are glad you were able to enjoy a coffee catering company!

    ..be bold

     

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