People of the Internet: I need you all to clap your hands and say “Yay Sara!” for on March 9th, 2008 Sara Rose mastered the art of bike riding and her life will be forever changed! But that comes later in the story, first come all the wake up, get dressed eat breakfast [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Bike-tastic
Posted in Coffee, coffee business, community, road trip, tagged bears, Bikes, bread, dream sweetly., Fort Collins, organic food, Tibetan food on March 27, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Of Silk and Sunsets
Posted in road trip, tagged chili., donkey, IAIA, KATE, Santa Fe, Silk, Stationary, Sunset on March 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Friday, March 7th, 2008
Logs and Figures:
Coffee/Espresso drinks: 131
Related Bathroom Breaks: 126
Suzie gets an Oil change
Our most Western point!
The Santa Fe adventure didn’t end with the portal, oh no it didn’t. We had a lazy morning at the Brubaker’s with Coffee from the local shop. Oh sweet nectar. There is nothing like getting [...]
Old Town sunshine
Posted in Coffee, coffee business, community, road trip, tagged Albuquerque, Coffee, community, monkey business, Rockies, snow, sunshine on March 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Logs and Figures
10:06 am or 9:06 am (at some point we crossed a time zone) – Welcome to New Mexico . We see snow .
12:24 am – First view of the Rockies
Thank you Albuquerque for your sunshine; helpful men in hard hats; long-walks (but not on the beach) and interesting [...]
Heh Heh Heh
Posted in Coffee, coffee business, road trip, tagged Coffee, Cowboy Caviar, Kayak, Roasting, Robusta, Sparks, Toby Keith, Welding. on March 20, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Monday, March 3rd, 2008
Logs and Figures
1:34 pm – Welcome to Oklahoma
3:58 pm – We see snow for the first time in 4 weeks. Sad faces all around.
Making the left turn onto a familiar street in Tulsa Melanie consults the GPS again, and then takes out a map. “We are in the right place, but [...]
Cowboys & Crawfish & Beef, Oh My!
Posted in Coffee on March 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Feb. 28, 2008
We roll into Houston late Thursday night and are welcomed to Texas with a good old fashioned Craw boil. Sara’s cousin, Danielle, had crawfish, spices, potatoes, and sweet corn ready to go when we walked in the door. Man, those things are delicious. This was just the beginning of what [...]
Crawfish in the Roaster
Posted in Coffee, coffee business, road trip, sustainability, tagged alligators, beads, Brangelina, chicory, coffee roasting, cupping, doors, factories, New Orleans, nostalgia, po'boys, power plants on March 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
2/26 Logs and Figures
Coffee/espresso drinks: 90
Bathroom stops: 79
4:30 pm: 2000 miles
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2/28 New Orleans Roasters
In a city that is a major port for coffee importing, there was a fairly small amount of independent coffee roasters pre-Katrina. Post [...]
Louisiana Spirit
Posted in Coffee, coffee business, community, sustainability, tagged Chocolate, community, environment, fair trade, food map, Louisiana Spirit, New Orleans, picnic blankets, rebuilding on March 11, 2008 | 3 Comments »
New Orleans was a whirlwind of coffee, community, and collecting new knowledge. After a night of dorm-life (Melanie’s brother let us crash on the floor of his freshman room) we headed over to a coffee shop that takes supporting the local community, especially post-Katrina, deeply to heart.
Fair Grinds is located near the Fair Grounds race [...]
Hot Fire!
Posted in Coffee, community, road trip, sustainability, tagged Coffee process, environmental coffee, fights, Fire, ghosts, Hong Kong, Knowledge, love, Questions on March 10, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Dear People of the Internet,
We have some other people we would like you to meet: The Class on Fire. You may have noticed their comments already, but we felt it was time for a formal introduction. These are some students from Ms. Brubaker’s class in Hong Kong. We are able to connect with these dynamic [...]
