Free Pour No. 1 meets Timothy No. 2

I’ve decided it’s time to work on my latte art skills. I’m going to learn how to Free Pour, to make the design in the cup while pouring the milk. Attempt No. 1 Hmm. I guess I’m going to have to “study to show thyself approved,” 2 Timothy 2:15 — and drink all the evidence.

Uncle Kermit

My first coffee memory is of my Great Uncle Kermit. After fighting in WW2 – artillery (Paton’s Third Army,) he came back and lived his life quietly in the mountains of Utah as a sheep herder. Every spring, we’d drive down to the ranch in Salina and chase the newborn lambs. Later, in the summer…

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If you fail to plan….

…plan to drink deli coffee. A tragic lack of planning on my way to the Crossfit box this morning. 

Caffeine Calculator

Oooo! I’ve found a caffeine calculator! Oops. I’m over the limit for today. But the good news…I still have 70 lattes to go before I’m in serious trouble! Caffeine Calculator  

A Realistic Run-on Sentence about Life in New York, No. 1

Quality of Life “What quality of life?” she asked as once again she set out to walk through a lightning storm to squeeze into an underground metal tube filled with total strangers every bit as grouchy as she but with considerable less manners and con artists screaming at the top of their lungs about their…

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Viennese Coffee Primer

I know I’ve not posted for a while. Lots of living getting in the way…all of it good! But now I’ve exciting news (at least for me!) I’m off to Vienna in 4 weeks! By myself and just for fun! I was debating whether to return to Rome and spend a week drinking espresso at…

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