Dawson County espresso lovers now have one other choice to fulfill their cravings. The Human Bean’s new Dawson location is formally open for enterprise and is offering a variety of espresso, espresso, tea and different drinks to the group, all accessible by means of the store’s drive by means of or walk-up window.
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The espresso store opened final weekend, and the Dawson County Chamber of Commerce held an official ribbon reducing ceremony for the brand new enterprise on Aug. 9. Aaron Nickelson, who opened the store together with his enterprise companion Justin Fitzhugh and their wives, Meghan and Olivia, stated that for the reason that store has opened they’ve seen and heard fairly a bit of pleasure from the group.
“It’s been superb; we’ve got been very impressed and proud of the turnout from the group, the help we’ve received,” Nickelson stated. “It’s been busy; it’s simply phenomenal. And all of the credit score goes to our workers; they’ve been superb getting us by means of it.”
The Human Bean provides a broad drink menu, together with all the espresso home staples like espresso-based drinks, lattes, cappuccinos and mochas. The menu additionally consists of a number of home specialties, just like the “Snowy Mocha”, a Ghirardelli white chocolate mocha; the “Mexi Mocha”, a cinnamon chocolate mocha; and the “Granita”, a frozen espresso drink.
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“Now we have a really broad menu; clearly espresso is the specialty and all of it begins with the best high quality espresso beans, the origin of every little thing,” Nickelson stated. “Something that’s made espresso-based might be made chilly, sizzling or blended, and any of these you’ll be able to customise with totally different flavors, caramels, vanillas, all of that. Then we’ve got assorted flavors of fruit smoothies, we do totally different teas and power drinks — and all of these might be personalized with flavors.”
One of many issues that units The Human Bean’s menu aside, Nickelson stated, is the big vary of sugar free choices which can be accessible. Whereas many espresso outlets supply only one or two sugar free choices, The Human Bean provides between 15 and 20 sugar free choices.
Whereas the espresso store is primarily a drive by means of, it additionally provides a walk-up possibility for individuals who would like to park and order on the walk-up window. The store will quickly be including supply providers as nicely, together with DoorDash, Grubhub and UberEats, making it even simpler for patrons to fulfill their espresso cravings.
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“We attempt to in the end be a connoisseur espresso firm that serves you rapidly,” Nickelson stated.
The Human Bean was initially based in Oregon, and since then native franchisees like Nickelson have picked the franchise up throughout the nation. Nickelson, who can also be the co-owner of the Cumming location, stated that Dawsonville was a pure subsequent step for him and his companion to place their latest retailer.
“It’s near Cumming, it permits us to type of cross-use sources with the opposite retailer, and we simply felt prefer it’s a market that’s rising like loopy so getting in with the expansion was vital to us,” Nickelson stated. “And thus far it’s been phenomenal.”
The identify “The Human Bean”, a play on each the phrase “human being” and the espresso bean, is consultant of a “community-minded mentality and treating everybody like a form human bean”, he added. As part of The Human Bean, he and his enterprise companion and their households function beneath the identical mentality, placing their clients first and hiring the perfect workers who may also prioritize their clients.
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“Finally what’s been constructed out of the identify is that it’s the type and good human beans; that’s actually the foundation of every little thing that we do,” Nickelson stated. “I rent with this motto: customer support is on the high of our listing nevertheless it’s not one thing that we need to train, so we wish individuals who work for us who really care about different folks. And when that’s the angle folks convey to work it makes it that a lot better for us to have the ability to deal with our clients the way in which that we wish them handled.”
The Human Bean is situated at 320 South 400 Heart Lane in Dawsonville and is open from 6 a.m. to eight p.m. Monday by means of Saturday and from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sundays. For extra details about The Human Bean, go to https://thehumanbean.com/franchises/dawsonville-ga/.
