Boho Utopia

by Boho Utopia in Manchester

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On 11th February 2016 we successfully raised £7,350 with 177 supporters in 35 days

Boho Utopia is a creative coffee shop and positivity movement aimed to inspire, motivate and relax.

by Boho Utopia in Manchester

Boho Utopia is a creative café and positive lifestyle brand aimed to inspire, motivate and relax.  Our mission is to create a comfortable, relaxing atmosphere that helps visitors find their inner-self and creates feel-good energy.  We are offering a calm space where you can dedicate time to yourself to recuperate, whilst enjoying quality, locally sourced food and drink. 

Whitney and Gina are the brains behind Boho Utopia, and with over 15 years combined experience in the coffee industry; we decided we wanted out of corporate coffee and wanted to take a huge leap and wanted to introduce coffee into OUR world. Boho Utopia is a simple concept; we want people to take some time for themselves. We aren’t into the “triple espresso to go!” game, so our main focus is the environment we create for our customers. Coffee houses once labelled themselves as the “third place”, but unfortunately they have slowly started to lose their relaxing atmosphere and replaced with hustle and bustle, and that's where we want to step in and save the day!

      

 Set over 2 spaces, upon entrance you will be greeted with an  abundance of handcrafted and handmade items from    ourselves (and soon from other local artists!), such as tie dye  t-shirts, dreamcatchers and jewellery boxes, all available to  buy. There will be a mixed selection of armchairs, sofas and  tables in the entrance area, aimed at people in larger groups  or having a more social break. A bookcase filled with a variety  of books, board games, art and craft materials will be accessible to all our customers, encouraging them to involve in activities with each other or away from social media… although we will have perfect selfie lighting! The walls will be adorned with frames filled with encouraging words, motivational messages, and general positivity (also available to buy)! 

 The “Utopia” area of our café will be in the second  room, and customers will be asked  to leave their  shoes (and troubles) at the door. This will be a more  dimly lit space, with  rugs, cushions, beanbags and  blankets being combined and styled to create the  entire  floor seating area, with a few small tables  scattered for customers to put their drinks  on. The  walls and ceiling will be adorned with wall hangings,  drapes, unicorns,  mandalas and fairy lights, with  dreamcatchers hanging from the ceiling, and candles  lit around the room. The music played will be meditation style, relaxing music, and this is  the area our customers will be encouraged to find themselves! We want you to take a  couple of pictures of how magical our place is, (of course!) but then we want you to  take some time away from the virtual world, and spend some time mindfully enjoying  your surroundings.

Whitney is an experienced coffee master who can advise customers which brew and blend would be best suited to them, and being from Leeds she knows a thing or two about tea too! We are currently researching which beans, blends, brews and bags we are going to sell. Although we initially plan to have quite a limited menu, Gina is a passionate home cook who wants to develop and grow her cooking skills and knowledge with the business and continually improve what we have available. We are currently in discussion with a number of local suppliers as we are looking to use local independent businesses to supply our tea, coffee, bread and pastries. We plan to source most of our other ingredients from local markets and cash and carry’s and our vegan ingredients can be purchased from nearby supermarket Unicorn Grocery.  Gluten-free, vegetarian and vegan options will be available.

 

       

Our start-up costs have been estimated as follows;

  • Rent and Deposit on property - £5000
  • Dishwasher - £250
  • Painting - £250
  • General building/plumbing - £1000
  • Air Conditioning - £500
  • Fridge - £500
  • Crockery - £300
  • Till - £500
  • Kitchen units and counters - £1000
  • Furniture and furnishings - £1000
  • Solicitor - £1000
  • Safe – £200
  • Starting stock (food and drink) - £500

We have estimated our total start-up costs to be £15,000, allowing cover for any unexpected expenses that may occur.

We hope you've fallen head over heels for us, and we can't wait to see you in Boho Utopia! Thank you, we love you!

 

Rewards

This project offers rewards in return for your donation. Please select a reward below.

£1 or more

£1 Reward

A huge thank you for your support, we can't wait to see you!

£5 or more

£5 Reward

Please pop in to receive a free drink and see your name on the wall.

£10 or more

£10 Reward

Please pop in to receive a free sandwich/toastie and drink, plus see your name on the wall.

£20 or more

£20 Reward

Please pop in to receive your free drink and a handmade gift from our shop. Plus name on the wall.

£50 or more

£50 Reward

Please come in to enjoy your free afternoon tea for two and a handmade gift from the shop. Plus see your name on the wall.

£100 or more

£100 Reward

Pop in to receive a giftcard entitling you to 10 free hot drinks and enjoy private use of Utopia for you and upto 10 people for one hour.

£250 or more

£250 Reward

You will receive a giftcard entitling you to 20 free drinks, a gift hamper containing handmade items from our shop and private use of Utopia for you and up to 10 people for 2 hours with complimentary cake.

£500 or more

2 of 10 claimed

£500 Reward

You will receive a gift card entitling you to free hot drinks for 6 months. * Gift Hamper containing handmade items from our shop and pop in to enjoy Afternoon Tea for four. *1 free drink per day

£1,000 or more

2 of 5 claimed

£1,000 Reward

Free drinks for 1 year *, private use of Utopia for an evening (date of your choice) including complimentary food and drink for you and upto 10 people. Gift Hamper containing handmade items from our shop.

£5,000 or more

£5,000 Reward

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