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of course you should......I'm already halfway through my second mug
That is all the encouragement and (active) reinforcement I needed to hear (read?)
Thank you.
Now, I must head out (to the kitchen) to actually make my coffee.....
My cup of coffee (a blend of two different coffees from Ethiopia - one natural process, which I have just finished, and the other - which I have just opened - a washed process coffee) awaits me.
the last of the beans from Rwanda were used for this morning's coffee....the other two packages will probably be emptied by the end of the upcoming week...hmmmm
That means the joy of perusing sites, making selections, and purchasing anew.....something to look forward to.
Anyway, outside, it is absolutely pouring rain, and inside, here, I am sipping, savouring and greatly enjoying a mug of Ethiopian coffee, served with organic hot milk.
I started to replenish my coffee supply while I was out walking this afternoon. For early November I'll have some pacamara from El Salvador; anaerobic and natural processed with a light roast.
Pacamara from El Salvador (anarobic and natural processed, wonderful) sounds to me an excellent choice, and would feature high on a list of my own favourite coffees, as well.
Do enjoy.
I've bought it before so I do expect it to be good.
It's from a local coffee shop that has the beans roasted to their specifation with most of it being used for the drinks they sell. Selling beans for home use is just a very small part of their business. Mostly they're using their house blend to make their espresso based drinks, but they also have a small selection of single origin beans available for drinks.
For home use, they only sell Pacamara and Ethiopian Wush Wush beans, and the packages do sell out quickly.
The last of the Colombian red bourbon beans are now gone, and there's only enough left of the Hawaiian giant maragogipe (I wonder how that's pronounced) beans to make a cup (not a mug) of coffee.......that'll finish October's coffee and then it'll be time to start in on November's supply
Your post reminded me that while I do have coffee - Ethiopian coffee, as it happens - in ample quantities, readily to hand, and have plenty (for now), nevertheless, at the rate I seem to be consuming the stuff, one could be facing the utter horror of running out in the coming week or so.
Thus, (and again, thank you for your timely reminder), thus, just now, I have placed an order to replenish my supplies, from one of my small, local coffee suppliers, the sort of business that cultivates links with small roasters, and with small, (and ethical) producers.
In any case, with that in mind, I have ordered some coffee from Colombia (washed process, Pink Bourbon, a coffee I know that I loved), and also a coffee from Burundi (Natural Bourbon, natural process - I seem to recall it from a few years ago, and remember that I liked it).
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A lunch time coffee (Ethiopian, served with organic hot milk) is being prepared as I write.
My coffee - gently steaming - sits alongside me, on a coaster; now, thus suitably fortified, I am able (feel able) to attend an online Zoom meeting
Just received notification that my coffee order (placed last night) "has been packaged" and is (now) ready for collection by the courier.
Honestly, while I am almost embarrassed to have to confess this - actually, I suspect that I may have fellow-travellers in this very thread - there are few greater pleasures in life as winter approaches than following - or tracking - one's coffee delivery as it winds its merry way towards one's home.
Honestly, while I am almost embarrassed to have to confess this - actually, I suspect that I may have fellow-travellers in this very thread - there are few greater pleasures in life as winter approaches than following - or tracking - one's coffee delivery as it winds its merry way towards one's home.
Sipping a most welcome afternoon coffee (Ethiopia, washed process, served with organic hot milk) as the day darkens.
And just now, I have received notification that I can expect my coffee order to arrive - be delivered - sometime tomorrow; I expect to be notified about the actual time - a window of an hour - closer to when the delivery will take place.
I'm extremely well stocked with filter papers. Hario sells a bundled package of 3 individual packages (100 filters per package) and when I start using the 3rd individual package, I order a new bundle...I think this behavior is a result of the Covid shortages when paper goods became hard to find
I fully understand and sympathise.
In my case, it seems to have come about because - yes, during Covid - some of the small places (the places that cultivated links with small, independent, coffee producers) were frequently out of filter paper (something I often bought when buying coffee, as it made sense to "bundle" them together, and I prefer buying stuff - and giving business to - actual bricks'n'mortar shops/stores rather than spending money online if such a choice is available) - whereas deliveries were uncertain and couldn't be accurately forecast as standard, and regular, (and reliable) supply chains were strained and stressed (and sometimes, abruptly severed) at that time.
My own (current, existing) Hario package of filter papers (yes, the 100 filter package) is down - I would hazard a guess - to around 40, perhaps, even 30 filter papers - thus, it is (was) well past high time to order another.
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Happiness: I can report the safe arrival of a parcel/package of coffee (including a package of 100 Hario paper filters).
Back from the city - a flying dash to pick up my organic milk that had been kept for me - and now, a very welcome steaming mug of freshly prepared Ethiopian coffee (served, naturally enough, with organic hot milk), sits on a coaster by my side.
Today Saturday Nov 2 is Alzheimer’s walk at Detroit zoo, this cup was her’s.
She loved her caffeine in various forms.
What a lovely post, touching, sweet, life-affirming and a testament to the marvellous power and bittersweet joy of memory; besides, the mug is absolutely gorgeous, what glorious colours, I know that my mother (who also suffered from dementia) would have loved it.
Today Saturday Nov 2 is Alzheimer’s walk at Detroit zoo, this cup was her’s.
She loved her caffeine in various forms.
An afternoon coffee - soothing, warming, welcoming - on this dark, dreary, dismal, overcast day is called for.