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Kitchen Table TalkEpisode 112Video · 48 min

Running a café on four hours' sleep

with Della Brook, who opened Tin Cup Café in a Hebden Bridge garage

An ink and wash drawing of a small studio with two microphones on a table

Out 3 November 2026 · filmed at our kitchen tableListen as audioTranscript

In this episode

Della borrowed $4,000 from her nan, hired a coffee machine by the month and opened in a garage with three stools. Six years on she has nine staff and still opens up at 6am. We talk about the first winter, the regular who saved her, and why she never put the prices up on a Monday.

Mentioned

  • Her "three stools" opening plan (a one-page PDF)
  • Episode 87, on hiring your first person
  • The pay-it-forward board by the till

Timestamps

  1. Hello, and the garage
  2. The $4,000 loan from Nan
  3. The first winter
  4. The regular who saved her
  5. Prices, and Mondays
  6. What she would do again

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