It happened. I am a Coffee Snob. I have come over to the other side. I have always loved the smell of coffee, especially while it is perking in a good old fashioned electric perculator. I grew up with that smell but never drank it until the late 1960s when the Coffee House scene began – at least in my age group. By Coffee House I mean a place where you go and drink coffee and perhaps indulge in a slice of toasted pound cake while listening to acoustic sounds of a dude/dudette who sound just like James Taylor or Joni Mitchell. Ah, the good memories.
I married a coffee addict. And for a while I joined him but switched to decaf. I could take it or leave it. But I never lost that desire to smell the beans in a fresh bag and smell that wonderful aroma as it perc-ed.
We moved to Kansas City about 4 year ago and my sons turned me onto a local coffee company that roasts their beans right here in KC. Oh my! Where have I been? Their mocha lattes are amazing! They do not use syrup – they use chocolate milk from a local dairy that makes your taste buds stand up and cheer. My husband, to save money, would come home with beans from lesser and farther away companies that weren’t bad ……. but they just didn’t compare to local.
It wasn’t until I signed us up for a tour at a local roasting facility that he promised to only buy the best – http://www.theroasterie.com/ But I still wasn’t drinking anything but decaf and not regularly.
Well, Last July we spent a week on the Gulf Coast of Florida. Each morning I would get up and jump into a bathing suit and then into the pool. My husband would bring me a cup of coffee and I would float in a pool lounge chair with the cup holder and enjoy the bliss of sipping and floating. Heavenly. I took the habit home. I drink one cup in the morning – well, maybe 1.5-2 cups in the morning. Depending on the day. And when offered a cup of anything less then local and fresh roasted and ground — I turn my nose up at it. I can’t believe it.
I confess though that just last week I consented to a low cost bean from Trader Joe’s http://www.traderjoes.com/ that was highly recommended by a facebook page that I follow: https://www.facebook.com/jasoncoffee He has some great short videos on coffee – loads of fun. Twitter him also. Oh! And Trader Joe has come through again – very good for a shipped in bean.
Recently my husband and sons went out for a guys coffee trip and came home with this incredible beverage! http://www.revocup.com/
Oh My!!! I think I would like to become a traveling taster! And also include in that tasting some delectable pastries or sandwiches. Kind of like Guy from Diners, Drive-ins and Dives.
What do you think???
The Deeper Dessert 