Coffee

I've mentioned it before, i do believe, but i'd like to take this opporitunity to tell you that i drink a lot of coffee. Normally i buy the three pound bags from Costco. Now, three pounds is a lot of coffee, and generally anything in that quantity for the price (around $10 a bag) i would be a bit leary of its quality, but this is good coffee. Not the best but certianly not the worst, and if i'm going to drink copious amounts of the black stuff i can not justify a bag a week from Starbucks, or Moca Joe, or insert your personal favorite here. Occasionaly I am sent coffee from somewhere else. My sister works at a Starbucks and packages arive, time to time, with a pound of the Pike's Place Blend. My mom is a big, big fan of Raven's Brew coffee and, generally, on holidays and birthday a pound or two arrives at my door. This morning, it is Raven's Brew for me. My aunt, in Anchorage, was so gracious as to send some for Christmas, and this morning, finally, the time has come to dive in.

The biggest difference between the coffee i buy at Costco and the Raven's Brew i'm drinking this morning, is the body of the coffee as it were. Costco coffee tends to have a smoky aftertaste and a bit of a bitter taste the mouth. Not enough to render it undrinkable but definatly apparent. Raven's Brew, particularly 'Three Peckered Billy Goat' blend, is mellow, smooth, and the rich flavor lingers and leaves you wanting to continue drinking and drinking and drinking. Normally i drink coffee because that is what i do, i enjoy it irregardless of brand, unless it is really shitty, but the botique coffee's, the small batch roasted coffee, is in a league of its own and after i finish a cup of this, the Three Peckered Billy Goat, i'm left craving another cup. I don't just want to drink more good coffee, i long for it. As the package intones "...pour it hot, pout it lots!"

Coffee.