Coffee

[ksmith]

I'm not a connoisseur when it comes to coffee. A good, everyday brew is all I ever really looked for. I have been drinking Eight O'Clock for years. My folks drank it. It's decent, and the stronger roasts aren't scorched to the point of skunkiness.

I cite Balloon Juice more than the other lefty blogs I read because in addition to politics, they also talk about pets and food and coffee, which pretty much define my life, so. A few months ago, John Cole was seaching for a decent everyday coffee, and some of us rec'd Eight O'Clock, and others rec'd Peet's. Still others rec'd Community Coffee, a brand I'd never heard of. So I checked out the site, poked around. Saw that prices were relatively reasonable, and ordered a couple bags of medium-dark roast.

I really liked it. So much so that when I tried to go back to Eight O'Clock...

So. I ordered some more bags of CC last week. Received them yesterday. Their regular medium-dark roast, along with their special Kenya and Kona varieties. Had a cup of Kenya this morning. Wine-y, yes. A bit of an acquired taste, I think, but I do like it.

And I joined their coffee club. I had received the Kona as a freebie for joining. And they gave me a travel mug as an extra thank you gift.

Last weekend, as part of the "Kris gets her life back" celebration, I baked a whole batch o' Jay Lake's web-famous Ginger Chocolate Chip cookies. Just had one with a fresh cup of Kenya. There are worse ways to start the morning.

Comments

[dancinghorse.livejournal.com]

They'll lure you in and swallow you whole. Many of the coffees will go for $30/lb from other roasters--like the wild Ethiopian Harrar or the single-estate, he bought up the whole crop Costa Rican that you had to be on his email list to get.

Costa Rican is my favorite of them all so far. I really liked the Ugandian Bugisu, too. I like that he goes for small farms, deals direct with the farms and co-ops, and has lots of organic varieties.