Sufi Coffee
so my brother's girlfriend sent me a silly little link that i scoffed at when i saw the page. but then, well. you'll get the picture in a minute.
about a little coffee shop with 'a lot of rules'. oh, man. this sounds kind of ridiculous. what kind of proprietor would do such a thing?? am i right? normally, if i wasn't bored i'd just thumb it up on stumble upon and move on.
but no. i yelp that shit. lo and behold, effing mixed reviews. ratings: 31 five stars to 5 one star (and people wishing they could put 0 stars). my curiosity is morbidly piqued. i read some of the reviews and they proclaim the owner is some old insane guy, and the whole place has good coffee, but damn is that old guy cranky. also, they try to squeeze every dime from you. see: notsofree wifi (comes w/ a 3$ min purchase for the 1st hour. 2.50 for the 2nd hour, and 5 after that).
and then there's a shop website on the yelp page. here, is the first nugget of insight. apparently there's some sort of meta semi religious philosophy called 'Sufism', which it looks like the owner and his somewhat recently deceased father are believers in. odd. some of the ideas are somewhat reminiscent of post-upanishadic concept of self/universe duality i learned about in my Traditional India class.
anyway. sounds like the place is a really intensely mom-and-pop. with devotion to coffee (as well as other things). hell. the website says they roast half pounds of their own blend daily and serve 16 types of coffee on a given day. ridiculousness. i kinda wanna go try their coffee. them and Barefoot.
about a little coffee shop with 'a lot of rules'. oh, man. this sounds kind of ridiculous. what kind of proprietor would do such a thing?? am i right? normally, if i wasn't bored i'd just thumb it up on stumble upon and move on.
but no. i yelp that shit. lo and behold, effing mixed reviews. ratings: 31 five stars to 5 one star (and people wishing they could put 0 stars). my curiosity is morbidly piqued. i read some of the reviews and they proclaim the owner is some old insane guy, and the whole place has good coffee, but damn is that old guy cranky. also, they try to squeeze every dime from you. see: notsofree wifi (comes w/ a 3$ min purchase for the 1st hour. 2.50 for the 2nd hour, and 5 after that).
and then there's a shop website on the yelp page. here, is the first nugget of insight. apparently there's some sort of meta semi religious philosophy called 'Sufism', which it looks like the owner and his somewhat recently deceased father are believers in. odd. some of the ideas are somewhat reminiscent of post-upanishadic concept of self/universe duality i learned about in my Traditional India class.
anyway. sounds like the place is a really intensely mom-and-pop. with devotion to coffee (as well as other things). hell. the website says they roast half pounds of their own blend daily and serve 16 types of coffee on a given day. ridiculousness. i kinda wanna go try their coffee. them and Barefoot.