| My dad turned 70 this year. He's been a coffee drinker as long as I can remember. I've always kept a jar of Folgers instant in the pantry for him. I mean it's the same jar, for years! I guess it doesn't matter much how old it is. He hasn't been interested at all in trying an espresso drink in the last 6 years since I got my machine. I'm a bit of an anomaly - I started on the dark side with espresso and only started trying other methods of brewing in the last year and a half since I started roasting. A few weeks ago, my dad and I were staying at my cabin in Colorado. Of course I bring all my coffee equipment along with me in addition to the stuff that stays there. I have a Chemex there and I made a pot the first morning. Next thing I know, he's asking me how it works and he said he won't be having that instant coffee any more. I gave him the details and starting the next morning, he was in the kitchen every morning brewing in the Chemex. He was asking me where he could get beans and I told him he probably couldn't get any good ones where he lives (small town in Kansas) but I'd send him some. Maybe there is a good roaster somewhere there, but I know he wouldn't make a special trip out of town for beans and besides, it'll be fun to send him beans on a regular basis. I just finished vac sealing several small bags of beans that I roasted yesterday. They're packed in a box with a filter cone, box of filters, blade grinder and measuring scoop and I'll mail it out Monday. I think the Kansas plumber is going to be a coffee snob before long! Kris Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
| Kris - Thanks for sharing this - very cool, indeed. My mother loved her coffee, God rest her soul - but I started homeroasting l ong after she passed away. She was quite the critical woman, but I often wonder what she would have thought about my homeroast brews... Lynne Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
| Great read, Kris. What a wonderful daughter you are! Eddie -- Docendo Discimus Home Coffee Roasting Blog and Referencehttp://southcoastcoffeeroaster.blogspot.com/On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 6:15 PM, Kris Bhatti wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
| Kris Great story. Reminds me of my Dad, who at age 88 still enjoys his coffee. I converted him to good stuff quite a few years ago and I still enjoy taking him beans and sharing a cup every week or so. On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 9:56 AM, Eddie Dove < southcoastcoffeeroaster> wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
| Kris, wonderful story, thank you for taking the time to let us in on it. It is a wonderful reminder that at any age we can learn new things, try them out, and admit when something is unexpectedly good. It does NOT sound like you hounded him and that is the way to do it. I now roast my 73 year old mother's beans and send them to the Finger Lakes region of New York. I didn't pressure her, for she loved the pre-roasted beans she got from a donut chain. That is her business and I am not criticizing anyone for what they like in the way of food and drink. But, she saw her son so happy and fulfilled doing this roasting thing when she was down here on vacation that she had to try some. Hasn't gone back since. I keep her well stocked, but not so the beans become too old. I hope that as I get up there in years I will be open to new things and experiences - for I don't want to close down my mind before it is the very end. Stephen At 07:15 PM 7/19/2008, you wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
| Stephen, I agree with all that you say, and add, as many have on this list, how gratifying it is to find a person who is actually interested in coffee. I agree that age is not at all an accurate predictor. I am stying with friends in Madison WI who have three sons, 7, 3 and 1, who are looked after in the daytime by a very pleasant college student aged 21. She LOVES my coffee, and when I showed her web sites from Sweet Maria's and Homeroasters.org on greens, the list, roasting tips with various roasting tools, etc, and also recommendations from Sandy on local coffee and espresso sources, immediately recorded them and also sent them to her retired father, a former banker who loves coffee and who I believe, because he builds and races cars, is probably handy and a good candidate for homeroasting coffee and modifying roasters. So, though attempting to share the pleasures of high quality, tasty coffee can be frustrating, it can, as you indicate, also be highly rewarding. Brian On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 6:39 PM, Stephen Carey wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
| Very Nice!!! it is always great to get a convert no matter what they say you can teach an old dog new tricks!!!! Dennis still in FT Lewis (Burney and Liz Mack ROCK!!!- thanks guys love ya) almost in Cuba! bout 10 more days (ish as always no specifics allowed to be posted) Trying to survive -this is by far the most intense training I've ever had hooah for the Army (they made me say it!!!) Kris Bhatti wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
| Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but it's new to me. Still catching up from the 6 week hiatus. I still have 207 new threads to go!Kris, great story. Thanks so much. I went backpacking with my dad on the eastern side of Yellowstone for a week at the beginning of August. A grinder weighs too much, so I took pre-ground (the only time I pre-grind is to go backacking. Even in hunting camp we fresh grind). I took Harar horse, roasted to a C+. After 2 days it was obviously stale. But still, every morning, he would comment on just how much he loved the coffee. He could taste it declining every day, but he still enjoyed it to death. As, frankly, did I! He now buys fresh-roasted beans from a roaster in Jackson, WY. How funny! bill in wyo Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |