Monday, June 27

Things are really heating up and the new students know we are here. We are making coffee literally non stop, today we went through 10 bags of coffee as opposed to the average 6 that we had gone through the days before. From what we hear from the veteran Summer Splash staff, the second week for whatever reason is always the busiest and we are looking forward to start seeing both new and familiar faces stopping in for a perfect cup of coffee.

Our new help Martina from summer splash who is replacing Ulli has been briefed and is helping out tremendously with our marketing initiatives. We are working hard to spread the word about our Poetry wall which is filling up once again and and we have tones of new entries in the poetry napkin chest.

We expect a huge turn out again tomorrow and are prepared for a busy day.

Sunday, June 26th

Again a pretty short one: new students now arrived and the hotels are complete (or more) and the Julius Meinly Poetry Café is becoming increasingly busy. Very interesting note: compared to the first days of the first week, we had remarkably more students this second week. We guess the news is spreading among friends, who are going on Summer Splash on different weeks. Word of mouth is working..... :)

Saturday, June 25

Today's a short one, we were incredibly busy with a full lobby of students leaving and new students coming, we were going non-stop until 18:00!

It was time today to empty the poetry box and keep it open for new inspiration. We haven't counted yet but it is a lot, well over 100 "works". Here is another taste of what these students are capable of...

Friday, June 24

Yet another day has passed and our loyal graduates from the first week were stopping by one last time before the end of their vacation to say goodbye and enjoy a memorable coffee.

Later today when we had a chance to read the Clubzeitung we found ourselves once again mentioned, however this time with a picture. We have become quite close with many members of the summer splash team :)

Our napkin poetry and wall are still going strong and we even recruited a potential intern for casting during our time off at the beach.

Today Maja finally made it to the doctor after a day of feeling slightly under the weather. These things are inevitable I suppose when traveling in foreign countries. She is doing find now and is getting some rest before tomorrow.

We should also mention that we received our new banner for the poetry cafe which adds a more finished touch to the whole thing and makes us even more visible, and also spill proof (coffee stains).

Alright that's it for today, tomorrow 4,700 students, it's going to be busy!

Thursday, June 23

Good morning Julius! Earlier, when reading the daily Summer Splash newspaper, guess what we have found: it has already been announced that we changed the opening hours to 6pm! Graduates and the Summer Splash staff are very excited about the possibility to drink delicious coffee also in the late afternoon hours, just before dinner and getting ready for the night. The news for sure spread quickly - we were incredibly busy already in the morning and the Siebträger did not get a break from pouring perfect Espressi until we closed for the day.

Tonight we had a great night at the party cruise and apparently gained popularity among the graduates as they have started to ask for photos together with the Julius Meinl staff! Also the guests of the night - the Urban Knights from the UK - are already excited to taste our coffee tomorrow (we guess sometime in the late afternoon... Benny loves coffee!).

After arriving back at the hotel we had a short snack and chat with some of the Summer Splash and ORF staff. They told us about the success and the impact we are having with the Julius Meinl Poetry Café and that it strongly increased the quality standards offered at Sunmer Splash. Not only did they change their spirits suppliers in the past years, but highly stressed the fact that they now can offer high quality coffee to their customers. We are looking forward to more positive feedback :)

Wednesday, June 22

Today we once again had more and more graduates coming to the Julius Meinl Poetry Café. After spending the night before out and socializing with graduates, we had many coming back and indeed asking for our coffee - I guess our marketing works :)

Due to the high demand we have decided to stay open longer, in fact until 5pm. Since the feedback was very positive we have now officially changed the opening times to 11am to 6pm. It is sad to see that our regular customers from the past days are going to leave again soon to go back home to Austria, but we are positive that Julius Meinl coffee will remain in their minds as they enjoyed their last vacation together with their high school mates with an amazing view over the beach and the sea. However, we are already very excited to prepare for the next wave of students - Summer Splash will host 4,700 next week!

Tuesday, June 21

Our busiest day yet! We were "booked" for supplying the Summer splash crew with 21 coffees first thing in the morning for their morning meeting, They love us! After that it was a steady flow of graduates until our close at 16:00 We have had several requests for extending our hours due to popular demand.

The Poetry wall is filling up with quotes of inspiration as well as our box of napkin poetry, students now seem to be spending more and more time hanging out in the cafe due to it's central location, steady flow of caffeine, and chill out atmosphere more than coffee-to-go.

Maja early this morning on stage at the beach floor had the pleasure of meet

ing the creator of Summer Splash who expressed his gratitude for our presence and told us that we really seem to represent the new face of Julius Meinl.

Until tomorrow...