Intervention Needed?
Worked java jo’z last night. The owner comes in from cincy. Says he found a place up there who roasts coffee. He brought in a 5 pd bag of coffee that had been roasted just that afternoon. Super fresh. He and I cupped it and tried it and compared it to the coffee they currently used. Hands down the cincy coffee was the best b/c it had a lighter and sweeter taste. It also finished well. It was cool to get to help him in the product choosing process.
Before he left he asked me if I wanted to take some home. So he filled me a 12oz cup full. So I am stoked. My boss gave me fresh good coffee to take home.
I get home and have the cup. I get a zip lock bag out b/c leaving it in the cup to me is a bad idea. So I was going to seal it up. I am tired and out of it.
You probably guessed the out come. The cup slips out of my hand and falls. Those precious beans spill on the floor. I fell to the floor and said, “No, why me!” I sit there for a minute. Then I do the only thing a person like me in that kind of situation would do. I swept them up and sorted through them and weeded out any bits of junk off the floor and I sealed them up. Yeah I kept them. That kind of coffee is just too good to let go.
Now understand that I had just mopped the floor so I was ok with the dirt level not being too high.
The words of a person with a problem? Maybe…
Brandon, I hope you continue to enjoy your new job. It does sound like a great place to work. I can’t imagine throwing that coffee away! lol Good going!
johndobbs - May 15, 2007 at 9:08 pm |
John,
I think the Hot Mississippi sun has burned your head. I’m Jason.
Brandon is MyNameisBrandon.com
But that is ok. I can see why you would mistake us since we are so strikingly hansome. 🙂
Glad you agree about the coffee. It would have been a terrible waste.
skubalon - May 15, 2007 at 9:13 pm |
Sheesh… it must be my intense need of coffee because i missed the afternoon coffee break I intended to take. Do I now take one or skip it? Life is filled with such difficult decisions. Always good to hear from you Sean.
johndobbs - May 15, 2007 at 9:54 pm |
With a memory like that you would make a barista at Java Jo’z.
Would you consider relocating?
skubalon - May 15, 2007 at 10:26 pm |
Jason – no intervention is necessary! Any sane person would do the same! It filters out anyway! C’mon, aren’t you the one willing to try beans processed in the waste of a cat?
Besides, when you have kids, it is different perspective completely!
cyclicalvomit - May 16, 2007 at 2:37 pm |
Well the beans are cleaned and filtered before you try them. It doesn’t go from the rear end to the cup despite what the picture on this blog shows.
Well I am glad I have not lost my mind. That coffee was too good to just let go. I am drinking some now. It just affirms that I made the right choice.
skubalon - May 16, 2007 at 3:31 pm |
I knew you spilled the beans, I didn’t think you kept them…
redheadedmbfan - May 22, 2007 at 5:24 pm |
Surely you knew that. Didn’t you see me sweep and sift?
skubalon - May 22, 2007 at 5:57 pm |