About five or six years ago, about the same time that I started driving Emily to work in the dead of winter (invision dark, very cold, very windy mornings), I discovered the benefits of coffee. Mostly, it was a way for me to perk up before facing a brutal walk into school, since parking is a scarcity in Iowa City. McDonald's drive-through served as my gateway coffee of choice, as it was a mere 99 cents.
Fast forward five or six years, and I pretty much have found myself to not only benefit from the eye-opening properties of coffee, but also genuinely enjoy the taste, smell, and act of making coffee (sounds like a smoking addict), and have tried developing a rather novice palate for different types of coffees.
Recently a co-worker of mine gave me as a Christmas gift a coffee from a brewer in Portland, OR called Stumptown Coffee Roasters. Specifically it was their Guatemalan variety, and it has been a really great brew!
So, if you happen to enjoy really really good coffee, or you just happen to find yourself in Portland some time soon, I would check out their coffee, it's worth your time.
2 comments:
A cult favorite in Portland, whose nickname is actually Stumptown (or at least one of its nicknames). We'll try to remember to bring some by the next time we visit -- keep us posted on your impending progeny.
Tina
Wow, you have lived a sheltered life Chris. Just think, you could have been Dean of the College of Dentistry by now if you had just started doing caffeine 5 years ago.
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