We all have our ups and downs, good days and bad, highs and lows. Some of us cope with retail therapy, some meditate, some visit a professional to lay on their couch and talk it all out. Me? I drink coffee. And regardless of the type of morning, afternoon, day I’ve had, there is something always satiating about the zen of making a coffee. An espresso drink to be more precise.
You get into your head, the world and everything else just falls away and it’s just you and your espresso machine. Whatever you are dealing with can wait, you are in control, in your element, and about to produce a delicious beverage. So get to it. But your hopper is outta beans! There are sooooo many avenues to get your beans from, run down to the corner shop, go to a big box chain, perhaps go to the Bucks (worst choice possible). Perhaps you are lucky enough to have a local roaster in your town. If so, that is the best option.
But perhaps you feel like expanding out of your cities available options. Mail order roaster perhaps? If you decide on this route, then lemme tell ya, there is nothing quite like the satisfaction, nay, absolute delight of having a FIVE POUND BAG of coffee arrive at your door. Seriously, delightful. There are so many options out there, including a flavor of the month option (neat!), but a company I have been relying on for years now is San Marco Roasters out of North Carolina. Nice people.
And every few weeks a five-pound bag shows up at my door. And it’s marvelous. Every. Single. Time. I of course order before getting into the “Danger Zone” of depletion, because a good addict knows where to get their next fix.
You never want to run out of coffee. Never.
So asking the real questions here, where do you source your whole coffee beans from? If you answer that with you buy it ground up at the grocery store, this conversation is over. But if you are the purist who buys their caffeine-delivery-system from a Locally Owned Cafe, or a Local Roaster (nice), or whole beans from Costco or wherever, branch out, and give mail order a try.
Start with a one-pound bag (what I refer to as “sample size”), and find a variety you like. Then, when you’re ready, bump that next order up to a five-pounder. You’ll never go back. And guaranteed you’ll have a bit of joy every time it arrives.
What’re you waiting for? Dontcha need a coffee?