Terreiro

Stopped by a buddy’s office for a little meeting and took him up on the offer of coffee. Obviously not expecting Starbuck’s from their office kitchenette. But it was a great cup of coffee and I think the coffeemaker they have - top shelf, as expected - had a lot to do with how good the coffee tasted.

Get this, they have a brewer that makes one cup at a time. The brewer is by Keurig. I wrote it down on a post it note. Found it later online. Bookmarked.

The actual coffee comes in little single serving cups called K-cups. You pick the flavor of coffee from their “flavor tree” - the secretaries obviously had something to do with getting the cute little flavor tree display - and drop the cup into the holder, push a “brew” button and one minute later you have your fresh hot cup of most excellent coffee. The K-cups are by Green Mountain coffee - they are fair trade, green, good for the earth, roasted in Vermont. Not sure why they chose Vermont to brew the coffee. Vermont?

This brewing system is high on the wish list. I can’t tell you how impressed I am with the Keurig system and the K-cups.

My first cup of coffee was served by a waitress at I-Hop when I was 16 years old. On a date, no where else to go after the food was gone, we decided to order coffee and just stay in the booth for an hour or so. I loaded it up with sugar and creamer and sipped it extremely slow, so I managed to get that nasty bitter drew down to the last drop.

Went to I-Hop last weekend and had a cup of coffee. This time I left if black and I drank the entire carafe. It brought to mind my first cup of coffee and how much I’ve changed and how much my coffee has changed.

My coffee of preference is most definitely Starbucks, but I hardly ever order it black. My favorite at Starbucks is a tall caramel machiatto with an extra shot of Espresso. I can’t wait for Starbucks to let me set up my favorite orders online like I did with Papa John’s pizza and then text the order in ahead of time. That would rock and roll!