People came for the fabulous coffee (one thing she was very strict on) and stayed for the atmosphere, it was like they were all a big family. All Dee's staff were hand picked by her and she had a knack of getting 'keepers' as she called them. The shortest time anyone had every stayed was 3 years, and that was a student who was moving abroad after her course had finished. 4 of the staff had been with her since she first hired staff which was after she had been open 6 months. The shop had been open 8 years now and really was going from strength to strength.