Stopped by the local donut baker 5:30 on the way in to pre-open the café, Wednesday's are "donut day". Still bake scratch muffins and scones of course, hence pre-open.



'Bout noon switched hats from café shift to roaster. Started out ho-hum run of the mill stuff for couple accounts and shelf before switching to high end SO's for shelf going into Christmas. Won't hit the entire run down but man the aroma from the tryer on some of the batches makes the long days worth it, particularly… Continue

Started the day with what's become my somewhat usual start of the day Panama Esmeralda Americano, not everyday but probably 3 out of 4 the last few months. Okay, yeah I'm spoiled!



This afternoon after a wee 4 hour roast session decided time for a shot. Since I ended the session roasting a batch of Esmeralda figured only appropriate to pull one since it's in our SO grinder this month. Now the Esmeralda straight shots the past weeks have been good but a bit out of balance.… Continue