I was introduced to Caribou Coffee on my first trip to Minnesota eons* ago. *by eons, I just mean decades. Point being: this love affair has been going on for awhile. I have yet to meet a Caribou coffee that I don’t like. Granted, I don’t think I’ve tried any of their dark roasts because,…
Tag: coffee
Peet’s Luminosa Breakfast Blend
I happened across this delight during a layover at Houston Hobby. I let the barista pick my coffee asking only that she not select dark roast. Instead she went to the opposite end of the roasting spectrum and gave me a blonde roast. Certainly IMHO blonde roasts are a gazillion times better than dark roasts,…
Grounds for Divorce
Java. Joe. Espresso. Brewed. Latte. Cappuccino. Mocha. Drip. French press. Melitta. Black. Breve. Cream. Sugar. Light & Sweet. No matter how you serve it, coffee is definitely something I could NOT dream of living without. With reckless abandon, I ignore any medical advice telling me to cut back. I tried that once, with disastrous results…
Coffee Talk: Finland
Did you know that the Finnish consume the most amount of coffee each year? According to the International Coffee Organization via the BBC, per capita coffee consumption in Finland is 12.5kg. Yes, 12.5kg (aka 27.5 pounds) of coffee per person per year! Sweden comes in right behind Finland at around 11kgs (just over 24 pounds)…
Re-Introductions.
Happy International Coffee Day! Today seemed like the perfect day to relaunch this severely neglected blog. As such, I’ve deleted all my previous work (don’t panic—if you’ve been here before, you know it wasn’t a lot) and I’m starting anew. I mean, no one like a cold cup of coffee…unless you’re one of those weirdos lovely…
Coffee & Cuss Words 