Funny, I was just reminiscing about Club Mate yesterday. Club Mate: "You'll get used to it!"<div><br></div><div>I like it. And miloh's batch was pretty darn good.<span></span></div><div><br></div><div><div>
<br>On Monday, April 8, 2013, rachel lyra hospodar wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p>I am cc'ing miloh, who I know from noisebridge & who has extensive relevant experience, in case he has time to advise or jump in :)</p>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Apr 7, 2013 9:53 PM, "Max Klein" <<a href="javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'isalix@gmail.com');" target="_blank">isalix@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr"><br>Club Mate[1] is a carbonated tea drink which is hugely
popular amongst European Hackers. I thought about importing it, but that
would imply $3/bottle[2], which would leave us with slim profit
margins. Let's try and make 10% of sudoroom's budget through profits.<br>
<br><div>I am committing up to $300 in funding to this, in an
attempt to make 100 bottles as a proof of concept. I need your
assistance on any of the following sub-points. Accept to do the
following or provide input on the wiki[3] and I'll write you a cheque as
needed:<br>
<br></div><div>==Business Plan==<br><br></div><div>Initial Funding: up to $300<br></div><div>Target Sales: $200 - $300<br></div><ol><li>Make it.</li><ol><li>Buy sufficient raw mate <br></li><ol><li>for 50L ~ 100 bottles</li>
<ol><li>Assuming 500ml bottles</li><li>We could also use 333ml bottles<br></li></ol></ol><li>Brew it</li><ol><li>Will we need a vat?</li><ol><li>Do we have a vat?<br></li><li>Can a metal worker at sudo make us a vat<br></li>
</ol></ol><li>Spice it if necessary</li><ol><li>Following this guide[4] maybe</li><li>Or allow adventurous sudoer to blaze trail<br></li></ol><li>Carbonate it</li><ol><li>Bobby, David Wild's roommate does this</li><ol>
<li>Ask him nicely</li><li>Pay him</li></ol><li>Buy a soda-stream<br></li></ol><li>Transport it too bottler<br></li></ol><li>Bottle It.</li><ol><li>Use as many recycled bottles as possible</li><ol><li>Put call out for more bottles</li>
<ol><li>Pay a homeless person worst comes to worse</li></ol></ol><li>Use the sudo capping machine</li><ol><li>I believe its in the closet</li></ol><li>Labelling</li><ol><li><br></li><li>Rock paper scissors can do this</li>
</ol><li>Transport it to storage<br></li></ol><li>Store it</li><ol><li>We might be able to use the sudo closet</li><ol><li>Does it require refrigerated storage?</li><li>Do we have a refrigerator</li><ol><li>Find one or many on CL Free<br>
</li></ol></ol></ol><li>Sell it.</li><ol><li>Target price $2-3/bottle depending on investment figures<br></li><li>Always at sudo, but also at specialized events</li><li>At Oakland Nights live</li><li>At an events night fundraiser</li>
<ol><li>Sober</li><ol><li>Games tournament</li><li>Debate</li><li>Hackathon</li></ol><li>Mix it with alcohol</li><ol><li>At a sudorave.</li><li>One of the planned Movie Nights<br></li></ol></ol><li>At art murmur.</li><ol>
<li>Have this ready by May 3rd.<br></li></ol></ol></ol><div><br></div><div>If there are there any other members from other Hackerspace that you think would be useful, please forward this email.<br><br></div><div>Cheers Max<br>
</div><br>[1] <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club-Mate" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club-Mate</a><br>
[2] <a href="http://club-mate.us/" target="_blank">http://club-mate.us/</a><br>[3] <a href="https://sudoroom.org/wiki/page/Sudomate" target="_blank">https://sudoroom.org/wiki/page/Sudomate</a><br>[4] <a href="http://blog.makezine.com/2010/08/12/how-to-homebrew-club-mate/" target="_blank">http://blog.makezine.com/2010/08/12/how-to-homebrew-club-mate/</a></div>
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