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Coffee shop menu board maker

A drinks board for a coffee shop, a cafe or a coffee cart: each coffee with a regular and a large price, then other hot drinks, cold drinks and something to eat. It opens on a chalkboard written in coloured chalk.

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See how it works

What you type stays on your phone. We only see it if you press "Send these to us on WhatsApp" or "Send them by email form" further down. It is kept on this phone, so it is here when you come back.

  • Chalkboard in coloured chalk, tall shape
  • Cafe card in milk and coffee, tall shape
  • Cafe card on kraft paper, A4 to print
  • Cafe card in sage green, square
  • Menu board in bottle green, A5 to print
  • Cream card, the Sunday lunch look in navy, A5 to print

Made-up places. Prices are examples, not a guide to charge.

How it works

  1. Type your shop and your coffees.

    Example. A phone showing the step "What do you sell?" for Zinhle's Coffee Corner: a line and its price being typed, and the menu beside them with the lines typed so far.

  2. Pick how it looks.

    Example. A phone showing the step "Pick how it looks": the menu for Zinhle's Coffee Corner on the left and the same words in other looks on the right, one of them chosen.

  3. Change the colours, if you like.

    Example. A phone showing the same step with "More colours" open and another colour chosen: the menu for Zinhle's Coffee Corner is in that colour.

  4. Share it on WhatsApp, or print it.

    Example. The finished menu for Zinhle's Coffee Corner filling a phone screen, and the same picture printed on a page stuck to a wall.

The pictures show examples with made-up places and prices.

Run a weekly deal? Put it on a free page people can open.

Listing is free. Nothing goes on the page until you have checked it and published it.

We put weekly deals on a page, not whole menus: a special with its price and the days it runs. If you run one, you can send it to us, and where we can check the place is yours we set it up for you to check and publish.

To make sure it is really your place, we set it up with the email address your place shows publicly, on its website, Google or Facebook. If it shows no email, we phone the number it lists and ask you to confirm by email. A phone call alone is not enough. So we can only set up a page when we can check the place is yours from something it already shows publicly. If your place has nothing online yet, we cannot set one up from here, and the poster maker stays free to use. If you message us on WhatsApp, message from the number your place shows publicly.

Add your place name and an item to send them to us.

WhatsApp opens with your message ready, and the form opens filled in. Nothing is sent until you press send. See an example page

You get a picture to post, and a bigger one to print on a normal printer page (A4) or half a page (A5), not a Word file. Free, no account, and nothing is uploaded: the picture is made on your device.

What goes on a coffee shop menu board

1Coffee first, short to long
A drinks board starts with coffee and runs from the short drinks to the milky ones: espresso and americano, then cappuccino, flat white and latte, then mocha. Regulars read down that order without thinking, so keep it.
2Regular and large
Under All options, tick "Two prices on each line, like Small and Large" for the Coffee section and name the two prices as your cups are called: Regular and Large, Single and Double, or the cup sizes in millilitres. A drink that comes in one size keeps one price.
3Milk, shots and syrups
An extra shot, oat or almond milk, a syrup: each is one line with what it adds to the price. A short section called "Add" at the end of the board keeps them out of the drink names.
4Not coffee, and cold drinks
Rooibos latte, chai, hot chocolate and tea go in a section after the coffee, and iced drinks and smoothies in one after that. Three or four lines in each is plenty for a board.
5Something to eat
A toastie, a muffin, a rusk for dunking: list what is in the cabinet today in a section named "To eat". Leave off anything that sells out by ten, or make a new picture when the cabinet changes.
6A special by the month or the season
Cafes post a drink of the month more than a whole menu. For that, open All options and choose Specials at the top, type the drink with what is in it in brackets, and use the box for the words at the top (under All options) for the month.
7What is in a drink
The form has no second line for ingredients. Put them in brackets after the name, "Honey latte (double shot, honey, cinnamon)", and keep to three or four words.
8Where the board goes
Print the A4 picture for the wall behind the machine and A5 for the till. The tall shape is for Status. A cart or a market stall can print the A5 one and clip it to the hatch.

Coffee shop menu board design ideas

Six ways one coffee shop menu can look: a board in coloured chalk, three paper cards and two painted boards. Tap a picture to start from it.

Chalkboard in coloured chalk, tall shape
Coloured chalk writes each drink in a chalk of its own colour, the way a cafe board is lettered by hand. The prices stay white, so the colours never make a number hard to read.
Cafe card in milk and coffee, tall shape
Cafe card is the clean one: pale paper, the name in script, thin rules and a single coffee-dark ink. Nothing shouts, which suits a short drinks list.
Cafe card on kraft paper, A4 to print
The same card on kraft paper brown. Printed on A4 it looks like the paper menu clipped to a board at the till.
Cafe card in sage green, square
Sage green with dark green ink, on a square for a post. The five sections turn into two columns.
Menu board in bottle green, A5 to print
A bottle green board with gold lettering, at A5 for the counter. It is the look of a painted board in an older cafe.
Cream card, the Sunday lunch look in navy, A5 to print
A cream card with a navy frame and serif names, for a cafe that also serves lunch. At A5 it stands in a holder on each table.

A coffee menu, step by step

The board has five sections. Coffee has five drinks with two prices each, Regular and Large. "Not coffee" has a rooibos latte, a chai latte and a hot chocolate. Cold has an iced latte and a smoothie. "To eat" has a toastie, a muffin and a rusk. "Add" has an extra shot and oat milk. The line at the foot gives the hours.

Tips

  1. Use the names on your cups for the two sizes, so the board and the till agree.
  2. Keep one spelling for each drink: flat white, not flatwhite on one line and flat-white on the next.
  3. Fifteen lines is a full board. Past that, split drinks and food into two pictures.
  4. In the coloured chalk, the colours go to the drinks in turn; you do not choose them one by one.
  5. A babyccino or a tap water that costs nothing can be left off the board.

Sizes and printing

Tall, for WhatsApp Status
Tall like a phone screen. Best for WhatsApp Status and for Stories.
Square, for a post
Square. Best for a post on Facebook or Instagram.
Printer page (A4)
A4 is the size of a normal printer page. Print it at home or at a print shop. A home printer leaves a thin white edge.
Half page (A5)
A5 is half of a normal printer page. Good for a counter. A home printer leaves a thin white edge.

Questions

Can each drink have a regular and a large price?
Yes. Under All options, tick "Two prices on each line, like Small and Large" for that section and name the two prices. The names are drawn above the two columns.
Can I pick the chalk colour of each drink?
No. In the Coloured chalk colours of the Chalkboard look, six chalk colours are given to the items in turn. The other chalkboard colours write every item in white.
Can I add a line of ingredients under a drink?
Not as a separate line. Put the ingredients in brackets after the name of the drink.
Can I make a breakfast special poster with a free coffee?
Yes. Open All options and choose Specials at the top and type the breakfast as the special. The price box takes words as well as an amount, so it can say what the offer is.
Does it work for a coffee cart or a market stall?
Yes. The form asks for a name, items and prices, so a cart, a stall or a hatch can use it. Use the box for where you are and when you are open for the market and the days.

What you type is kept in this browser on this device until you clear your browser data, so you can come back, change a price and save a new picture. A photo and a logo are optional and are not kept for the next visit.

  • Tuck shop price list in the Sunday lunch look: a cream card with a green frame and five sections from Snacks to Everyday, with small and large prices for the chipsPrice list

    Beans by the bag, rusks by the packet and other shelf items go on a price list.

  • Food truck menu in the Truck board look: a black board under a lime and white striped awning with scalloped ends, the name in white capitals, nine items in capitals with lime prices, and a lime strip along the foot saying where the truck stands on Saturday and SundayFood truck menu

    A coffee van at a market wants the truck board, with the day and the place on a strip.

  • Lunch special poster in the Sunday lunch look: a cream card with a green frame, a Monday mogodu special, a Sunday lunch special and a cold drink offerLunch special poster

    A soup or toastie of the day can have a poster of its own beside the drinks board.

  • Takeaway menu on a blackboard with six sections: burgers, kotas, chicken, combos, chips and drinks, with two price columns where there are two sizesTakeaway menu

    If the kitchen does full breakfasts and lunches, give the food a menu in sections.

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