Moustache Milk & Cookie Bus | #SaveMoustache By Deanna Yang
About 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!
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!
11:40AM Thu 09/04/15 on Moustache Milk & Cookie Bus | #SaveMoustache
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.
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Dilip Jayasimhan
2015-04-16 18:35:46 +1200Dilip Jayasimhan has pledged on 1 campaign
Tim Leu
2015-04-16 18:10:55 +1200Tim Leu has pledged on 1 campaign
“Sorry for the last minute pledge! So happy for you and this amazing venture making possibly the most amazing cookies! Much love n luck :D”
Suella
2015-04-16 18:01:52 +1200Suella has pledged on 1 campaign
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Adelyn Yong
2015-04-16 15:43:12 +1200Adelyn Yong has pledged on 1 campaign
“All the best with the bus! I think it's an awesomely creative idea and does not subject you to increases of rent etc. Go Moustache!”
Vicky Tang
2015-04-16 15:30:07 +1200Vicky Tang has pledged on 1 campaign
Estelle Best
2015-04-16 15:24:02 +1200Estelle Best has pledged on 6 campaigns
Anonymous pledger
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Erica Hsu
2015-04-16 13:53:32 +1200Erica Hsu has pledged on 4 campaigns
Erica Hsu
2015-04-16 13:49:57 +1200Erica Hsu has pledged on 4 campaigns
Faline Zhao
2015-04-16 13:48:43 +1200Faline Zhao has pledged on 3 campaigns
Sandra Boston
2015-04-16 13:45:14 +1200Sandra Boston has pledged on 4 campaigns
Steph
2015-04-16 13:40:14 +1200Steph has pledged on 2 campaigns
“Best cookies ever. Best of luck in getting this bus built!”
Kera Wong
2015-04-16 13:39:56 +1200Kera Wong has pledged on 2 campaigns
Davis White ﺕ
2015-04-16 13:37:02 +1200Davis White ﺕ has pledged on 1 campaign
Holly Julian
2015-04-16 13:02:41 +1200Holly Julian has pledged on 1 campaign
Malinda
2015-04-16 12:57:19 +1200Malinda has pledged on 1 campaign
Rachel Anne
2015-04-16 12:50:48 +1200Rachel Anne has pledged on 2 campaigns
“Go Moustache!! Can't wait to see all of the amazing things you're on the path to achieving. :)”
Chris Murray
2015-04-16 12:47:09 +1200Chris Murray has pledged on 3 campaigns
“I am so pleased you have hit your target. Here is a little more to help with your new store.
And I'll wear the t-shirt with pride.”
Jade Cheung
2015-04-16 12:37:48 +1200Jade Cheung has pledged on 2 campaigns
“May your dream(s) come true!! =)”
Tyler Maata
2015-04-16 12:26:05 +1200Tyler Maata has pledged on 1 campaign
Kristy Ramage
2015-04-16 12:18:18 +1200Kristy Ramage has pledged on 1 campaign
“I love Moustache cookies! I brag about them to my friends all the time!”
Dean Croft
2015-04-16 11:54:59 +1200Dean Croft has pledged on 1 campaign
“You go guys!”
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Heather Follas
2015-04-16 11:36:11 +1200Heather Follas has pledged on 1 campaign
Helen M
2015-04-16 10:55:47 +1200Helen M has pledged on 2 campaigns
Blair B-Ray
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Claire Honney
2015-04-16 10:22:07 +1200Claire Honney has pledged on 2 campaigns
Claire Honney
2015-04-16 10:20:32 +1200Claire Honney has pledged on 2 campaigns
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