Yes, I am back to posting. I took a bit of a hiatus, but am ready to post some more. Hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying some good coffee.
This morning I headed to the local Trader Joe's to get some coffee. For store coffee, I think they are about the best around. Is it fresh? No, but I like what they have. As I was figuring out which beans to select, a store employee asked me if I had questions about the coffee. I told her I was just trying to figure out which to get, but I was good.
She decided to tell me about the Tanzanian Peaberry, which I've had, and it's tasty. She pointed out it's a limited edition, which is why it's on sale(I smirked inside). They had a Nicaraguan coffee I hadn't tried, and I asked her about that. "Well it's ok if you like ok coffee, but the Peaberry is great because it's limited," she said.
She proceeded to tell me what a peaberry is. She explained to me that when they open up the coffee, there are little peas, which makes it a better coffee. Just so I was clear, and to be a bit snarky, I said, "You don't mean peas like green peas?" "No, those are vegetable peas, these are coffee peas, and they're limited." Ah....I see. I got the peaberry, and as usual like it. It's limited you know(of course they have it every week in the store, so there may be a different definition of what limited is).
Next, I headed to the register. The guy was very nice, as he was sipping his coffee and ringing me up. He reminded me this was limited(I get it). He asked if I ever used a K-Cup. I told him my thoughts, and he nodded his head. He agreed that really good coffee would not be made like that. "What you really need to do, " he said, "is to spend the extra money, like pay a good $30 for a Mr. Coffee, that way you get good coffee."
I mean really what do you say to that. I told him he might like to try a french press. "Oh I have one," he said, "I just have to have a cup of coffee before I make it, because it takes so long to do the press thing." Oh and that coffee he likes to have prior to his french press? A Dunking Donuts K-Cup.
I said nothing more, but "Thanks" and off I went.
You know that Tanzanian Peaberry is good....and it's limited.
Charlie
