“Outside Agitator Coffee” name origins

I named the second “brand” of my coffee ” Outside Agitator” after my Dad.  He was called that  by unknown parties who did not agree with the image presented in the press of the actions of a Believer.  He was called into the ordained and graduate-level educated ministry while in his early 20s. At the behest of his bishop he wrote to Dr. Martin Luther King  while King was in the Birmingham Jail. Martin wrote him back. The rest as they say is history. As a youth I moved with the family many times.

What does this have to do with coffee? Ever gone to church/ smelled coffee after the service?

Well that’s part of it. The welcoming smell of coffee.Other parts follow;

Dad was named for a relative who invented the burlap bag so essential for coffee., That relative later is known for adding chicory to coffee which is still a New Orleans tradition all these years later.

Coffee traces its history through the sands of Araby and the Ethiopian provinces. Coffee is filled with visions of change, rebellion and conspiracy. I am not against selling ideas, but I am for selling coffee. Coffee is the second most widely traded commodity in the world. Behind petroleum.

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