insects and Coffee

Let’s get the bad news out of the way… Years ago I decided to stop having favorite coffee cups because all of my favorites had very short lives; dropped in the sink, dropped on the cafe floor, left on the bumper of my truck, on and on. So, no favorites no pain (easy to say, I still have secrets tho).

So, my favorite Tamper, the old model Compressore (slightly different than the new ones you can get now), which I hide and lock way when I’m not workin’ the machine, the Tamper I told Ellie she could not use because she was a porta-filter tapper (sorry Ellie)… well, it flew out of my pocket while running from the cafe and bounced down the sidewalk. :( drag! Handle beat to hell and the piston is all nicked up on the edge. :(

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The good news is my Special Lady had a demitasse picked up for me from Grumpy’s Cafe in NYC. I brought it to work today to christen it. I did that with a single origin Brazil that we had in the LAB. Peanut butter and grape jelly, on whole wheat honey toast, with hints on almonds and unsalted french butter. So, good! Nicely balanced.

…and here it sits in my new Grumpy’s cup (not my favorite cup!). >>>

Other bad news… did not get to the Dominican Republic coffees today… going to have to get second hand notes from the roasters upon my return from Mexico.