Folks, Just back from vacation - testing to see if I'm still on the list... ANYWAY - my wife, (who hasn't made a pot/cup of coffee in more than 16 years, and even reheats a cup in the microwave now and then) REQUESTED/DEMANDED that I take a small roaster with us on the trip. So, I packed one small suit case with a FR, a 4 cup automatic Melitta drip brewer, a Zassenhaus grinder, 2 cups, filters, etc. and enough green Ethiopian Harrar for the two week trip. Some evenings, while the wife and kids swam, I stayed in the motel room and roasted beans. We started every morning with a pot or 2 of fresh roasted brew. Does her REQUEST/DEMAND qualify her for CSA membership? (She also bought me my first two burr grinders, a couple of espresso makers, and some other coffee related stuff.) Dave Westerville, OH just 25 minutes from the old location of SweetMaria's :) about 41 hours from the future location of SweetMaria's :( homeroast mailing listhttp://lists.sweetmarias.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast |
Hmm, refusing to drink the swill found at most hotels would have to count for something. Insisting on fresh-roasted, as opposed to simply taking a couple of jars of home-roast, scores bonus points in my book. Active appreciation of home roast should be enough for at least junior membership. There are obviously many different levels within this group, ranging from homeroast brewer to semi-pro roaster and espresso fanatic. How about achievement badges, like in scouting? We could have merit badges for pan/wok roasting, popper hacking, roaster inventing, owning a lever-action espresso machine, etc. -- Anthony Ottman daottman homeroast mailing listhttp://lists.sweetmarias.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast |
On Wed, 2002-08-21 at 13:51, Anthony Ottman wrote: <Snip> Almost sounds like a purity test for coffee. Which could be a lot of fun to write. Be well, Lissa -- The gods play games with the fate of men. Not complex ones, obviously, because gods lack patience. Terry Pratchett, _The Last Hero_ homeroast mailing listhttp://lists.sweetmarias.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast |