Moustache Milk & Cookie Bus | #SaveMoustache

By Deanna Yang

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Moustache Milk & Cookie Bus | #SaveMoustache

Project 2014-10-02 16:16:21 +1300

Moustache is a popular milk & cookie bar in Auckland City with a huge following of dedicated fans that we love. Due to unexpected events outside our control, we will be closing the doors of Moustache Milk & Cookie Bar within the year.

So we have two choices; we can either cry over spilt milk or we can turn this into a positive opportunity. To #SaveMoustache, we want to go from a Milk & Cookie Bar to a Milk & Cookie Bus. My dream is that the bus will serve milk & cookies to not just the cookie monsters of Auckland, but to tour all around New Zealand too. Now, Moustache can come to you.

(Pictured above: Beer flavoured Cookie & Cookie Flavouerd Beer combo. Beer cookie: A deliciously rich cookie made with dark stout, dark Whittaker's chocolate & premium dutch cocoa topped with toasted beer marshmallow meringue. Cookie Beer: Cookie & Cream Ale, brewed with Belgian yeast, dark caramelised malts & milk sugars to create a beer with a rich, juicy dark malt and biscuit character with just a hint of chocolate and a touch of spice)

However big projects like this cost big dough! So we're crowdfunding $80,000 to help us strip, restore and convert our 10-metre-long bus into a fully functioning milk & cookie bar with a commercial kitchen on board. We have a stretch goal of $120,000 in the hope that we can build another permanent store in Auckland, once our current one shuts down.

I know, it's a really big ask. But we've seen how something as simple & humble as our milk & cookies can make so many people smile. We don't want the Mo to go!!!

And to say thank you to anyone who might want to donate to the cause, I've got some amazing gifts as a token of my appreciation.

We've made Team Mo Tees, Mo Stickers, created an Official Moustache Fan Club & giving away cookies (including our most exclusive Cookie of the Weeks!), milkshakes & private Milk & Cookie Bus Parties! So take a look on the right & take your pick!

(Pictured above: I am wearing a Size Small Women's Team Mo Tee on the left and right picture but in the middle, I am wearing a Small Men's to achieve a baggier boyfriend-fit.)

Moustache was created by myself, Deanna (Chief Cookie Officer) when I was 21-years-old but I wrote it down on my bucket list when I was just 8-years-old. This place is the physical manifestation of that childhood dream & all of us here at Team Mo would be so humbled if you became a part of our journey & helped keep the heartbeat of Moustache alive.

 

#SaveMoustache

www.moustache.co.nz

www.facebook.com/MoustacheNZ

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Thank you to Martin Paris for editing my video, Clinton Photography for the epic cookie photos & www.bensound.com for music. Big love.

 

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8 days to go & we are getting so close to saving Moustache!

09/04/2015 at 11:40 AM

I spent Easter weekend reading through the comments and names of all our pledgers & supporters of Moustache. Since then, I've been adding every believer's name on our wall inside the shop. The sheer time it took me to write your names up shows just how many people believe in our little cookie bar. I don't want this to be the end of Moustache just  because of one silly curveball event, but I'm humbled by how many other people also want to #SaveMoustache.

There are only 8 more days of our fundraiser left & we still have a little bit of a hill to climb but we are getting so so incredibly close to saving Moustache!!! I guess it's all about the Power of the People. We've got over 25,000 fans on Facebook so it's hard not to go into that mindset of "If everyone on our facebook just gave $1 then we would be done!" but that's not a very logical assumption. There are moments when I get nervous & those sort of illogical thoughts pop up because of my nerves but those moments are nothing compared to the overwhelming feeling of gratitude and humility I have towards each of you.


After spending hours writing the names of our supporters up, I was so overcome by indebtedness to those who believe in us, I couldn't stop thinking of other ways to express myself.

But that's one thing I love about cookies. No words need to be said. To me, nothing screams gratitude more than a person buying ingredients, waking up extra early for you & baking you a warm, fresh cookie straight out of the oven.

So, we're going to do the one thing we know how to do. And that is to bake.

We've got a little "secret" cookie party coming up. This Monday we will close our doors to the public at 6pm. But that's exactly when we'll open our doors to our supporters. For 2 hours from 6pm-8pm, we'll be baking furiously & if you happen to be free, gifting each of you a free cookie. There's no requirement. Some of you have pledged towards our fundraiser, some people have supported us via kind words and some have supported us in their heart. No matter what form your support, we invite you into our doors to say hello & grab a cookie on us. What we lack in huge amounts of money, we want to give back through labour of love.  Feel free to invite any fellow Moustache lovers. So come along to our "secret" supporters cookie day. Monday the 13th, 6-8pm at Moustache Milk & Cookie Bar, 12 Wellesley Street West. We would love to meet you.

I know it's not much for now, but I will continue to dedicate my life now to the cause. To creating a fun & quirky business that not only I love, but that the community can enjoy too. Lets make Moustache Milk & Cookie Bus a vehicle not just for milk & cookies but also a vehicle for community. So for now, what I can offer you is my sincerest gratitude, some kickass pledge rewards, a free handmade cookie & a promise of my dedication & love.

    Pledgers 1277

    Glenn Bell
    15/04/2015 at 11:42am
    Ella Hawthorne
    15/04/2015 at 11:19am
    Ishveer Golian
    15/04/2015 at 11:06am
    Anonymous pledger
    15/04/2015 at 11:05am

    "Thank you Deanna for being a lovely person to talk to :)"

    Erin FitzHerbert
    15/04/2015 at 10:45am
    Anonymous pledger
    15/04/2015 at 10:41am

    "Thanks for trying to save your dream, Moustache is awesome and so are you!"

    Anonymous pledger
    15/04/2015 at 10:38am

    "We <3 cookies! - Aleea and Laura"

    Philip Horrobin
    15/04/2015 at 10:37am
    Kimberley James
    15/04/2015 at 10:34am

    "Go Mo. 👨🍪"

    Amelia Dobson
    15/04/2015 at 10:30am

    "Almost there!! Wishing you all the best to succeed in your milk and cookie bus nomnomnom"

    Jade
    15/04/2015 at 10:26am

    "Support local! You guys are awesome! Well done."

    Lucy
    15/04/2015 at 10:22am

    "Team-Mo Supreme-o!!"

    Sisilia Eteuati
    15/04/2015 at 10:20am

    "Go the MO!!!!"

    Emily
    15/04/2015 at 10:19am

    "Keep up the awesome work - you're such an inspiration! :)"

    Samantha Khoo
    15/04/2015 at 10:18am

    "Save Moustache!!"

    Nicole Snook
    15/04/2015 at 10:11am
    Sandra Boston
    15/04/2015 at 10:10am

    "The team here at Kiwicakes can't wait to see the Mo Bus here in Kamo Whangarei"

    Gareth Wallis
    15/04/2015 at 10:09am
    Kim Fong
    15/04/2015 at 10:04am

    "Best cookies! I bring a few home for my Sydney mates every week I fly back."

    Sarah Wilson
    15/04/2015 at 10:04am
    Frances Turrall
    15/04/2015 at 9:27am

    "best wishes with your venture i hope you reach you goal and realise the dream and big ups for trying"

    Meili Han
    15/04/2015 at 9:19am
    Emma Ternouth
    15/04/2015 at 9:09am
    Marinol Nuval
    15/04/2015 at 8:59am
    Frances Louise Gordon
    15/04/2015 at 8:57am

    "You're SO CLOSE! We can't wait to see what the future has in store for you and Moustache, we know it will be amazing. Love Fran and Drew x"

    Steven Long
    15/04/2015 at 8:55am
    Isobel Gledhill
    15/04/2015 at 8:54am

    "Good luck!!"

    Christopher David Penny
    15/04/2015 at 8:45am
    Todd Wilson
    15/04/2015 at 8:45am
    Vinetta Pearce
    15/04/2015 at 8:45am

    Moustache Milk & Cookie Bus | #SaveMoustache

    Project 2014-10-02 16:16:21 +1300

    Moustache is a popular milk & cookie bar in Auckland City with a huge following of dedicated fans that we love. Due to unexpected events outside our control, we will be closing the doors of Moustache Milk & Cookie Bar within the year.

    So we have two choices; we can either cry over spilt milk or we can turn this into a positive opportunity. To #SaveMoustache, we want to go from a Milk & Cookie Bar to a Milk & Cookie Bus. My dream is that the bus will serve milk & cookies to not just the cookie monsters of Auckland, but to tour all around New Zealand too. Now, Moustache can come to you.

    (Pictured above: Beer flavoured Cookie & Cookie Flavouerd Beer combo. Beer cookie: A deliciously rich cookie made with dark stout, dark Whittaker's chocolate & premium dutch cocoa topped with toasted beer marshmallow meringue. Cookie Beer: Cookie & Cream Ale, brewed with Belgian yeast, dark caramelised malts & milk sugars to create a beer with a rich, juicy dark malt and biscuit character with just a hint of chocolate and a touch of spice)

    However big projects like this cost big dough! So we're crowdfunding $80,000 to help us strip, restore and convert our 10-metre-long bus into a fully functioning milk & cookie bar with a commercial kitchen on board. We have a stretch goal of $120,000 in the hope that we can build another permanent store in Auckland, once our current one shuts down.

    I know, it's a really big ask. But we've seen how something as simple & humble as our milk & cookies can make so many people smile. We don't want the Mo to go!!!

    And to say thank you to anyone who might want to donate to the cause, I've got some amazing gifts as a token of my appreciation.

    We've made Team Mo Tees, Mo Stickers, created an Official Moustache Fan Club & giving away cookies (including our most exclusive Cookie of the Weeks!), milkshakes & private Milk & Cookie Bus Parties! So take a look on the right & take your pick!

    (Pictured above: I am wearing a Size Small Women's Team Mo Tee on the left and right picture but in the middle, I am wearing a Small Men's to achieve a baggier boyfriend-fit.)

    Moustache was created by myself, Deanna (Chief Cookie Officer) when I was 21-years-old but I wrote it down on my bucket list when I was just 8-years-old. This place is the physical manifestation of that childhood dream & all of us here at Team Mo would be so humbled if you became a part of our journey & helped keep the heartbeat of Moustache alive.

     

    #SaveMoustache

    www.moustache.co.nz

    www.facebook.com/MoustacheNZ

     

     

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Thank you to Martin Paris for editing my video, Clinton Photography for the epic cookie photos & www.bensound.com for music. Big love.

     

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    8 days to go & we are getting so close to saving Moustache!

    09/04/2015 at 11:40 AM

    I spent Easter weekend reading through the comments and names of all our pledgers & supporters of Moustache. Since then, I've been adding every believer's name on our wall inside the shop. The sheer time it took me to write your names up shows just how many people believe in our little cookie bar. I don't want this to be the end of Moustache just  because of one silly curveball event, but I'm humbled by how many other people also want to #SaveMoustache.

    There are only 8 more days of our fundraiser left & we still have a little bit of a hill to climb but we are getting so so incredibly close to saving Moustache!!! I guess it's all about the Power of the People. We've got over 25,000 fans on Facebook so it's hard not to go into that mindset of "If everyone on our facebook just gave $1 then we would be done!" but that's not a very logical assumption. There are moments when I get nervous & those sort of illogical thoughts pop up because of my nerves but those moments are nothing compared to the overwhelming feeling of gratitude and humility I have towards each of you.


    After spending hours writing the names of our supporters up, I was so overcome by indebtedness to those who believe in us, I couldn't stop thinking of other ways to express myself.

    But that's one thing I love about cookies. No words need to be said. To me, nothing screams gratitude more than a person buying ingredients, waking up extra early for you & baking you a warm, fresh cookie straight out of the oven.

    So, we're going to do the one thing we know how to do. And that is to bake.

    We've got a little "secret" cookie party coming up. This Monday we will close our doors to the public at 6pm. But that's exactly when we'll open our doors to our supporters. For 2 hours from 6pm-8pm, we'll be baking furiously & if you happen to be free, gifting each of you a free cookie. There's no requirement. Some of you have pledged towards our fundraiser, some people have supported us via kind words and some have supported us in their heart. No matter what form your support, we invite you into our doors to say hello & grab a cookie on us. What we lack in huge amounts of money, we want to give back through labour of love.  Feel free to invite any fellow Moustache lovers. So come along to our "secret" supporters cookie day. Monday the 13th, 6-8pm at Moustache Milk & Cookie Bar, 12 Wellesley Street West. We would love to meet you.

    I know it's not much for now, but I will continue to dedicate my life now to the cause. To creating a fun & quirky business that not only I love, but that the community can enjoy too. Lets make Moustache Milk & Cookie Bus a vehicle not just for milk & cookies but also a vehicle for community. So for now, what I can offer you is my sincerest gratitude, some kickass pledge rewards, a free handmade cookie & a promise of my dedication & love.

      Glenn Bell
      15/04/2015 at 11:42am
      Ella Hawthorne
      15/04/2015 at 11:19am
      Ishveer Golian
      15/04/2015 at 11:06am
      Anonymous pledger
      15/04/2015 at 11:05am

      "Thank you Deanna for being a lovely person to talk to :)"

      Erin FitzHerbert
      15/04/2015 at 10:45am
      Anonymous pledger
      15/04/2015 at 10:41am

      "Thanks for trying to save your dream, Moustache is awesome and so are you!"

      Anonymous pledger
      15/04/2015 at 10:38am

      "We <3 cookies! - Aleea and Laura"

      Philip Horrobin
      15/04/2015 at 10:37am
      Kimberley James
      15/04/2015 at 10:34am

      "Go Mo. 👨🍪"

      Amelia Dobson
      15/04/2015 at 10:30am

      "Almost there!! Wishing you all the best to succeed in your milk and cookie bus nomnomnom"

      Jade
      15/04/2015 at 10:26am

      "Support local! You guys are awesome! Well done."

      Lucy
      15/04/2015 at 10:22am

      "Team-Mo Supreme-o!!"

      Sisilia Eteuati
      15/04/2015 at 10:20am

      "Go the MO!!!!"

      Emily
      15/04/2015 at 10:19am

      "Keep up the awesome work - you're such an inspiration! :)"

      Samantha Khoo
      15/04/2015 at 10:18am

      "Save Moustache!!"

      Nicole Snook
      15/04/2015 at 10:11am
      Sandra Boston
      15/04/2015 at 10:10am

      "The team here at Kiwicakes can't wait to see the Mo Bus here in Kamo Whangarei"

      Gareth Wallis
      15/04/2015 at 10:09am
      Kim Fong
      15/04/2015 at 10:04am

      "Best cookies! I bring a few home for my Sydney mates every week I fly back."

      Sarah Wilson
      15/04/2015 at 10:04am
      Frances Turrall
      15/04/2015 at 9:27am

      "best wishes with your venture i hope you reach you goal and realise the dream and big ups for trying"

      Meili Han
      15/04/2015 at 9:19am
      Emma Ternouth
      15/04/2015 at 9:09am
      Marinol Nuval
      15/04/2015 at 8:59am
      Frances Louise Gordon
      15/04/2015 at 8:57am

      "You're SO CLOSE! We can't wait to see what the future has in store for you and Moustache, we know it will be amazing. Love Fran and Drew x"

      Steven Long
      15/04/2015 at 8:55am
      Isobel Gledhill
      15/04/2015 at 8:54am

      "Good luck!!"

      Christopher David Penny
      15/04/2015 at 8:45am
      Todd Wilson
      15/04/2015 at 8:45am
      Vinetta Pearce
      15/04/2015 at 8:45am
      This campaign was successful and got its funding on 17/04/2015 at 11:00 PM.