Observation Of A Coffee Shop In A High School Community

In our society, we can see many different kinds of social setting and one of the most common settings is coffee shop. Indeed, there is at least one coffee shop on each block. According to Coffee Association of Canada, the market size of coffee industry in Canada is more than 6.2 billion dollars. It shows that how big and important this social setting is. Among a lot of coffee shops, Starbucks, Tim Horton, and Second Cup are the biggest and the most popular franchisers in Canada. If the purpose of visiting coffee shop is only for coffee itself, they might have not been grown like these days.

This is evidence of people going to coffee shops with their electrical devices, and, more than likely, using the free wifi. Along with reifying the idea of what a coffee shop should be like, as was previously mentioned, the decorations in a coffee shop tend to be very non-intrusive and rather pleasant. This, in conjunction with the free wifi and electricity, makes the coffee shop an excellent destination for study. For this reason, there tend to be a large number of students who attend coffee

I gathered my information from Dunkin’ Donuts shop on the Third Avenue. Dunkin’ Donuts is one of the largest coffee shop chains in the world. I chose this because it is close to our house. When I first walked into the shop, I heard Chainsmokers’ Closer song. It was also a quiet place sometimes where you could just sit and relax. It is a small place with limited seats. There were only three small tables and a long table. The place is air-conditioned, so it is cold. There is also free Wi-Fi, so the customers will not get bored while they are waiting in line or drinking their coffee. There is also a Baskin-Robbins inside the store, so it is not only a coffee shop but also an ice cream shop. I wanted to interview one of the staff, but they were busy. I ended up interviewing an old woman because she was sitting with me since there were limited seats. She is 71 years old and originally from Mexico. She was 23 years old when she moved here. She is married to a Mexican too and they had three children.

Starbucks with its inspired high selling coffee bean has been very popular in the American Culture over the years. I decided to observe Starbucks due to its popularity all over campus, although it has not been a fan of mine. I found it very pleasant and relaxing during my time there. I noticed more intimate interactions between workers when there were little or no customers and fewer interactions between workers when the place was crowded.

Participant observation is defined as first hand experience. Participant observation is a method developed by Anthropologists in the early 20th century. When Anthropologists noticed that in order to fully understand the question, “Why” in culture. Why do a certain people do this, why is that important, or why do they all do it, are just some of the questions anthropologists use participant observation. The key to participant observation is fieldwork, where the anthropologist actively lives with the people of the culture they are studying for about a year or more. Where the anthropologist goes through culture shock by leaving all their possessions at home and starting a new. This technique of studying gets the anthropologist to become one

bang. The first song that Azure, the women’s jazz and pop a cappella group, performed was the popular tune Tainted Love. Even though they've performed this song at multiple other concerts, this rendition was no disappointment. Azure also sang The Sound of Silence, another hit that they've sang at previous concerts. After these two selections, they performed two Christmas carols. It was obvious that these were far less prepared than the other two pieces. There were numerous minor issues in both songs, but thankfully neither song had a ‘crash a burn’ moment.

As a student at Pace University “The Pace Perk Café” is very widely known to all students, faculty and staff as the first student-run business on campus. All members of Pace University affectionately refer to it as “The Perk”. I have previously visited this café several times for a late-night snack. For the purpose of this unit assignment I got the opportunity to research the “The Perk” as a discourse community where students get together every night for a time of fun and frolic and to satisfy their late-night cravings. I chose this community because I found the fact that the members of this community are my peers and both employees and customers are a group of diverse students united by food and friends very appealing.

Fortunately, similarly to the panini station, the coffee bar in Stuart has consistently strong options and a convenient payment system that make coffee-consuming students like me feel at ease. Starting mornings the same everyday makes the school week easier and more manageable. Stuart’s coffee bar provides a variety of options, but always has the same list. Moreover, you can watch the drinks be prepared and can specialize your coffee however you like. I begin every morning with the BC Bolt, which has a unique title honoring the school. Later in the day I typically order an Iced Mocha Latte. Chocolate syrup swirls around the interior of the cup before two shots of espresso and 2% milk pour over top. The consistency of coffees offered each day in the same location makes the coffee bar at Stuart feel like a favorite coffee shop I visited each day in Pennsylvania. Furthermore, students conveniently pay for these delicious Stuart coffees on the meal plan, unlike at Stokes’ Chocolate Bar. To buy a coffee from Stokes’ Chocolate Bar, students must pay by Eagle Bucks, which is real money instead of the tuition we already pay. Thanks to these qualities, Stuart’s Coffee Bar provides consistency, convenience, and comfort to Newton

Between commuting several hours daily, running across campus to get from class to class and maintaining a part-time job, a social life and a 3.9 GPA, the one thing any student can say that helps them get through their day is COFFEE. Students consume thousands of cups of coffee during their university years and quite frankly, coffee has become a way of "campus life”. (Olsen, 2013) To facilitate the daily lives of university students, it is important that there are enough coffee shops located on Ryerson University campus and that access to them are relatively convenient. The location of coffee shops throughout the university campus is significant for students for the most part have 10 minutes to travel from one class, to a coffee shop and to the next class.

I have figured out that attendant observation is beneficial to immerse myself into a community, in order to gain a better information about the intricacies and inner psychology which could not be obtained from literature or any other methods where information is simply provided. The selected informant is known as a sample and is highly important for the research that characterizes an ethnographic survey.

Culture differs from one location to another because of the different population in those areas. A population is an entire group of individual persons, objects, or items from which the sample are being drawn. The cultures in neighborhoods are different because neighborhoods rise and fall, and this often brings about changes in the population. A method called participant observation can answer questions about the culture of the population being observed. Participant observation is a qualitative research method that aims to uncover the meanings people give to their own social actions by observing their behavior in practice. By hanging out in a community observing the population over a long period of time, participant observers are able to capture

Though coffee houses throughout Europe have a self-explanatory function of meeting point, discussion area and recreational facility, this concept has only recently been explored in North America, and is gaining in popularity and social recognition as we speak, and is only expected to increase over the course of the next few years.

The demand for coffee shops is born from the increased number of individuals seeking coffee brewed outside of the home. This creates a larger market for coffee shops. An increased amount of people are starting their mornings off by purchasing breakfast and a cup of coffee away from home (Tuttle 2014), more people are enjoying gourmet coffee (NCA National Coffee Drinking Trends 2015 Infographic), and younger generations are demanding more coffee and coffee drinks from coffee shops (Tuttle 2014, S&D Coffee and Tea inc. 2014, Statista 2015). Coffee shops must compete with at home coffee, work place coffee, and teas for the caffeinated beverage markets (LN 2015). Demand for coffee within different markets varies, and provides competition for coffee shops. Single cup coffee makers, increasingly qualitative instant coffees, and gourmet beans are all sources of competition that could satisfy the demand for coffee. However, coffee shops are becoming more ingrained in social

DeMUNCK and SOBO (1998) provide several advantages of using participant observation over other methods of data collection. These include that it affords access to the "backstage culture" (p.43); it allows for richly detailed description, which they interpret to mean that one's goal of describing "behaviors, intentions, situations, and events as understood by one's informants" is highlighted (p.43); and it provides opportunities for viewing or participating in unscheduled events. DeWALT and DeWALT (2002) add that it improves the quality of data collection and interpretation and facilitates the development of new research questions or hypotheses (p.8). [13]

Coffee shop is the famous business in Cochin. Coffee or Tea bar is a daily requirement for the local coffee lovers, and it is a place to dream big things in life and to discuss among friends and relatives and just a comfortable place to meet your loved ones or to read a book, all alone. With the growing demand for high-quality tea or coffee and great service, The Melody Coffee shop will mainly focus on the institute of management studies in Cochin and other private institutes also. The kind of culture will offer its customers the best prepared coffee/tea in the area that will be served with a muffin and a sweet, moreover we will provide some free books that many more old customers can read and enjoy their visit. The shop will operate a 70 square foot coffee bar near to the entrance of the institute of management studies in the building. The identified place can be obtained for lease for 8 months and it is possible to get a nearly extension in the upcoming months and years. The start-up funding which is available with Mr. Hemant is INR 80,000/- and it is surely that the remaining amount of Rs 50000 will be incurred through some commercial loans from the Bank of Baroda. The business is expected to gain more and more profit that will be more than 150000 per year. Melody Coffee shop will try to maintain a high gross profit margin and reasonable operating expenses throughout the year.