Coffee!

[javasaurus]

I occassionnallyy (I never can spell that word correctly, so I just double all consonants and hope for the best) order coffee from Peet's in California. They roast it the day after you order it, and ship it the day after that. Couldn't be fresher unless you roasted it yourself. Of course, my freshly roasted coffee beans sat on a frozen UPS truck for an extra three days, delaying my longed for delight, but I clung to my hopes that it would arrive soon. I didn't dig the driveway out for our eventual departure, but for the coffee's delivery!

I ground some of the beans this morning and brewed a pot a work. French roast -- very strong, no bitterness at all. Coffeenom....

Comments

[dawntreader]

THREE DAYS! tuh. that's hardly fresh roasted as it's all GONE STALE. may as well give it to me to consume for you and spare yourself the pain. you poor, poor dear.

[blueeowyn.livejournal.com]

How generous of you to offer. I'm sure he'll take that under advisement.

[dawntreader]

just doing my part to help my friends. you all mean that much to me.

[javasaurus.livejournal.com]

haha! you may laugh, but have you ever roasted your own coffee, or bought coffee beans the day after they've been roasted? After about a week, the flavor really does reduce to Starbucks or Folgers in quality. Packaging that removes oxygen helps extend that time. I'd roast my own coffee more often, but then blueeowyn would probably take away my coffee pot. (You produce a LOT of very acrid smoke during roasting.)

[dawntreader]

FOLGERS! *gasp*

yup. hand it right on over.

[blueeowyn.livejournal.com]

as long as you do it when I'm going to be out of the house for a bit ... and you can ventilate the house...

Hmm, wonder if you could roast over the grill?

[javasaurus.livejournal.com]

If I can ever find the grill again...

[blueeowyn.livejournal.com]

Too bad you didn't order it early enough to have it before the storm...

[sparowe]

Glad it wasn't a total loss. :)