insects and Coffee

Then again all my days seems too long of late… soon all will be good.

Headed up to Seattle to set-up an Espresso machine in the Meadowsweet Farms (milk) booth, at the NWFS Trade Show.

Back to Olympia just in time to catch a swarm of bees and hive them.

Then back to the cafe… closing the shop and then practicing my espresso, latte kung-fu (to relax; burnt thru 2# of coffee and a gallon of milk).

Highlight of the day, catching the swarm. Always exciting! Even more exciting is seeing the swarm take flight from a hive, the sky seems alive and 20,000 bees in the air in a relatively small area is pretty impressive. When I got home, for they were in my backyard, they had already clumped together in a tree.

Been offline for a few weeks now, sick and tired, workin’ way to much, but first thing… before I forget…

Dave White! Your Cyder was fabulous! (Oly Blend Red Cap)

Tasting Notes: grapefruit (maybe grapefruit zest even), clean and dry, honeydew mellon, light, crisp, acidity light, touch of tannis in the front but quickly passing. white grape, and apple (could not put my tounge on what apple, delicate and elusive). Refreshing, one bottle left me wanting more… great backyard summer day beverage.

Thanks Dave. (I opened this bottle on 04.22.2008)

…the color was great too. Clean, not much sediment at the bottom of the bottle either.

Argh! Flew to NY last night. The only down side of that is the death
cold I had caught the night before…
…today, slept ’till one, espresso at Gimme(lovey fudge batter), two
espresso at El Beit(danG workin’ the bar, jenni from Gimme there as
well)… espresso at Grumpy’s in greenpoint.

feeling better… but four espresso in now, I may have crossed another
line.

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