So good. (And so dark!)
(I would ramble about which particular beans these are, but I had put them in an unlabeled jar, and no longer recall. My best guess is Ethiopian Fancy from Peet’s: the flavor profile is about right.)
Coffee: Mmmm.
Life: Returning Home to the Smell of Coffee
Gold and gray
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(Image above: Thursday evening image of the stormy sky above the bay before the arrival of current rainstorms; this image will be a future source of oil pastel color studies and related painful lessons!)
I remain amazed that my new pour-over-imitation-chemex device makes such a pleasant cup of Sulawesi-Kalosi (Peet’s). It doesn’t beat Yosemite Dos Sierras, but I enjoy it still.
It makes my house smell so nice. Especially after being out in the rain while running errands. Warmth and coffee. Ahhhh.
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My errands included making the person at the hardware store laugh as she was ringing me up. She burst out unexpectedly while ringing me up with, “HAHAHA! You’re tall!” (I brought something to the counter that hangs from a very high hook, and she was impressed that I was able to get it on my own.) Reaching stuff FTW!
Other accomplishments today include sleeping 11 hours (I am/was a wreck), depositing a check I was sure I would never receive (a cleaning deposit from a place I lived a full year ago), cancelling a video streaming subscription, and signing up for a new audio streaming service!
My next task: writing to my European friends and explaining the current state of affairs from my point of view. What? No, I can’t just send the poop emoji, but thanks for the suggestion.
Coffee: Addictive Coffee
I realize that the books to coffee ratio on this site has been skewed in favor of books, so I will try to catch up a bit!
My employer recently moved into a new building, and the new building came with new coffees to enjoy, in the enormous, stainless steel drip-coffee brewers that fill the pump dispensers in countless food service establishments.
Delightfully, the coffee on my floor is from Addictive Coffee Roasters in Marin, California (addictivecoffee.com/). Their single-origin medium roast is Huehuetenango, a delicious coffee that brews well in our machines, and delivers a deep, dark, flavorful cup. The tasting notes (cocoa, orange peel, vanilla) are on point!
I drink it black, with sugar, and sometimes with a splash of almond milk. It’s good stuff, as I can tell by my increased consumption over the prior supplier’s beans, and I’m thrilled we have it.