Check out the healthy coffee options on facebook.
Follow The Paleo Grind coffee shop on twitter to find out about its latest deals and new creations.
Also, make sure you try one of the Paleo chocolate chip cookies, they are AMAZING!
Which box are you guys operating out of?Reebok CrossFit Cardiff (Wales, UK)Where did you get the idea to open up a coffee shop in the box?I love coffee. The link between Caffeine/Coffee and Crossfitters is well known. I observed how people seemed to linger post/pre wod in some quite awkward areas often getting in the way. So I brought a couch in one day as an experiment and put it in a dark corner near a small store room just to see if people gravitated toward it, and sure enough they did. That was evidence enough for me to decide that people would welcome a social area. It was natural for this area to serve coffee as its primary objective.I had long drank coffee with MCT/Butter/Cacao/Egg Yolk and steadily noticed the positive impact it had on my performance and health markers. So with a sample size of one I thought I’d expand the offering and essentially kill two birds with one stone. Social gathering place and potential health and performance improvements.Is it strictly for members?No, the plan will be to raise awareness of it to the surrounding areas both commercial and residential. It will help make the shop viable and no doubt give people an excuse to come and see what the hell is going in that “crazy warehouse gym”. Its only fair to the box that cross selling works both ways.What is your primary motivation behind the coffee shop?I guess primarily it’s to make the box better. Whilst I am not the box owner, I feel passionately about it and what it has done for me so it is only natural that I want to improve it. I do have some longer term plans with the coffee shop with regards to improving visibility of the brand and what it stands for and taking it to competitions.Does it add to your box in any way? (better community, for example)Absolutely. It’s a natural congregation point and a logical extension of the community aspect of Crossfit. People that normally only WOD together are now spending 20 minutes actually talking to each other. A question that I’m hearing quite often around the couches is “So what is it that you do for a living?”
Opening hours:
Mon – Fri 7.30-8am, 6-7.30pm
Sat & Sun 10-12pm
The Paleo Grind coffee shop, inspired by the caveman diet has opened its doors to cater for your caffeine needs.
Shop owner, James Hendy, blends coffee with basic but surprising ingredients. And sugar is strictly off the menu.
Egg yolk, butter and cacao are three variations of the good fats added to the staple Americano. MCT oil, an extract from coconut oil, is also added as a fat burner to aid exercise.
James has studied the diet and describes how, “People do tend to feel better when they fuel themselves on fat rather than carbs.
“A great way to do this is by eating more of the right kinds of healthy fat like the kinds we serve here at the Paleo Grind and less of the refined sugary carbohydrates.”
The Paleo Grind is open everyday and is situated in Reebok Crossfit Cardiff.
Check out the healthy coffee options on facebook.
Follow The Paleo Grind coffee shop on twitter to find out about its latest deals and new creations.
Also, make sure you try one of the Paleo chocolate chip cookies, they are AMAZING!
Which box are you guys operating out of?Reebok CrossFit Cardiff (Wales, UK)Where did you get the idea to open up a coffee shop in the box?I love coffee. The link between Caffeine/Coffee and Crossfitters is well known. I observed how people seemed to linger post/pre wod in some quite awkward areas often getting in the way. So I brought a couch in one day as an experiment and put it in a dark corner near a small store room just to see if people gravitated toward it, and sure enough they did. That was evidence enough for me to decide that people would welcome a social area. It was natural for this area to serve coffee as its primary objective.I had long drank coffee with MCT/Butter/Cacao/Egg Yolk and steadily noticed the positive impact it had on my performance and health markers. So with a sample size of one I thought I’d expand the offering and essentially kill two birds with one stone. Social gathering place and potential health and performance improvements.Is it strictly for members?No, the plan will be to raise awareness of it to the surrounding areas both commercial and residential. It will help make the shop viable and no doubt give people an excuse to come and see what the hell is going in that “crazy warehouse gym”. Its only fair to the box that cross selling works both ways.What is your primary motivation behind the coffee shop?I guess primarily it’s to make the box better. Whilst I am not the box owner, I feel passionately about it and what it has done for me so it is only natural that I want to improve it. I do have some longer term plans with the coffee shop with regards to improving visibility of the brand and what it stands for and taking it to competitions.Does it add to your box in any way? (better community, for example)Absolutely. It’s a natural congregation point and a logical extension of the community aspect of Crossfit. People that normally only WOD together are now spending 20 minutes actually talking to each other. A question that I’m hearing quite often around the couches is “So what is it that you do for a living?”
Opening hours:
Mon – Fri 7.30-8am, 6-7.30pm
Sat & Sun 10-12pm