Coffee Fanatic?

We have been busy this week doing a lot of different things, but not anything super exciting. It has been one of those weeks where you look back and feel like you worked 80 hours, but you can't really recall how all of that time was spent. A lot of time goes to a quick meeting here, a quick meeting there... and all of a sudden it is Friday! That has pretty much been my week - meeting with everyone and their brother about anything from how the homes should share the minibus, to future construction projects, to meeting with the new tenants of our old office.

Anybody who knows me knows that I love coffee, and I love to drink coffee in almost any form at any time during the day. (Except for gas-station cappuccinos, which I would consider more sugar than coffee.) In any case, I put together a list of indicators that might mean you are a coffee fanatic. I would say that anyone who could say yes to five or more of these would be considered a coffee fanatic. I can confess to a full 8 of them... wonder if you can guess which ones they are. The remaining four (and some of those eight) I have learned from our fellow SIM teammates.

• You pre-heat your mug with hot water so your coffee stays warmer longer.
• You know how paper and permanent filters affect the flavor of your coffee.
• You think the phrase "Folgers Coffee" is an oxymoron.
• You are concerned about the date your coffee beans were roasted.
• A coffer grinder is the cornerstone of your kitchen.
• You have participated in an advertisement for a coffee shop.
• You take with all of your coffee equipment to team retreats (where you need to hike to the cabin), including a large 220 to 110 volt transformer to run the coffee machine.
• You think "Nescafe" is better pronounced "No es cafe."
• The first thing you hear when arriving to the office is "would you like some coffee?"
• You have started a micro enterprise to roast and sell coffee.
• You keep a package of instant coffee in your backpack "just in case."
  

-John