Desperation is...
So, I pulled the homeroaster's equivalent of sucking on a used coffee filter today... I had three bags of beans, and none of them had enough left to supply the two scoops needed for a shot of espresso. Mind you, these are three different kinds of beans. So, rather than go without coffee for the morning, I put together an ad hoc "blend", and managed to scrape together just enough to give me a halfway decent shot. I can remember once, before I got hooked on homeroast, telling Emily (wife) that I didn't ever want to become one of these people who can't function without coffee in the morning. I remember referring with pity to some of my co-workers at the time, telling her that these poor saps came straight in the door of the building, and made for the coffee machine before even turning down the hall to their desks! Ah. Irony. How are ya? As a postscript, I feel I should mention that I do have more roasted beans; I roasted three batches (about 3/4 of a pound) last night. However, I didn't want to ...
Posted on August 9, 2006 4:08:01 PM EDT
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