Last night, I pulled up to our local Starbucks to buy a bag of coffee.  The Tribute blend is out, and I must say, it is phenomenal.  Cherry notes!  Seriously good coffee.  The thing is that I haven't had an out coffee (like a latte or Americano or cappuccino) in several weeks.  For one reason, the last time I bought a cafe Americano, I watched as ( Read more... )

As some of you may know, I'm a bit of a luddite, but I do enjoy a cup of espresso from time to time and I realize that coffee that good involves technology to really deplete the yummy goodness out of a coffee bean.  But as I turn the wayback machine to look at the way things were done only about 15 years ago, I miss the social aspect of an event ( Read more... )