Our purpose is to offer around – the – world coffees , roasted fresh, served directly to you. Our retail spot will feature only Aeropress and pourover drink choices as our hand crafted beverages and airpot as our lease option. Of course, we will gladly sell you whole or ground beans , too

Qther than a long trip to Rohnert Park from Visalia, we have had a good time. Some of Sally’s fabric sold , we have fellowship . The non rails had good time with humor, movies and bingo. Ty O. Smith is our banquet speaker who directs the CSRM . Talking about all the items in state archives. He is the manager of “historic Old Town Sacramento” of which the CSRM is an “interest point’. He talks about how California State Parks involvement in urban planning for a bike path along the rail line in Sacramento. Talking about trains! Railroad stories. Museums are becoming more about community, Excellence, Diversity broadly defined. Cross-training, broad-spectrum. Smithsonian Learning Lab. Smithsonian Affiliation. Museum as Campus. Or museums as formal educators. We need to become the campus or the school. Talk about the North Bennett School, Boston, Massachusetts. Cultural and Resource application. Public Charter School for Science Technology Education Art and Mathematics. “Steam”. The view from 30000 feet. “History in service to the future.” Author Pirandello Italian Guiseppe Aymar , Convention Chair. Lots of awards this year!May 2-5 2019 Sacramento! Next year!

Pacific Coast Region, National Model Railroad Association. Hosted by Sierra Division. 2020 in the Daylight Division! Facebook , Twitter feed too.

Attended 2018 Coffee Expo in Seattle this weekend past. Huge, multi-level ( and I do not mean Multi-level marketing ) Exhibit hall. 4th floor was nearly every coffee and food production and assembly , packaging one could want. Sixth floor was roasters, barista displays and free coffee samples. Went to my first course/seminar on coffee instructor is Judge Cohen, Starbucks Dude, and SCA trainer and Board member of the Specialty Coffee Association. We cupped three different coffees an El Salvadoran, Rwanda, and Sumatra.. We tasted coffee prepared in a Chemex pot,, learned the more or less history of coffee. I met lots of folks, attempted to keep my tongue, and had a good time. I learned a lot! I have a lot more to learn! I met Ethiopians Yemenis, Mexicans Columbians, Thai, all with a coffee bent. Sally would have loved it. My concept coffee joint has just changed (!)

Outside Agitator Coffees will serve up Aeropress and gravity brewed coffees only. (Well… Cold brew, too). I am getting in a 30 kilo box of a Papua New Guinea bean ( proximity to Australia) which has a good body and mouth feel . It also looks like I will have a line on a kilo roaster from Sonofresco. I took delivery of some Mexican origin beans as 300 gram samples. The seminar and the two day pass I purchased was worth it to me. Overly caffeinated, somewhat, cognizant of the challenges in the business of Farm to Table even in the coffee business. We who roast , even for fun and education need to see our parts in the chain of supply, the history, the place coffee holds in our American Adventure.

We are now on Shopify!. You can order coffee from us now!

As of today, we have Sumatra Mahndeling ( baker’s Chocolate, tobacco) , Guatemala Robusta ( caffiene-packed ) (cacao, roasted peanuts), both from Howell’s Fired Coffee, just roasted.

We are planning to roast coffees sourced from Genuine Origin ( a Volcafe subsidiary), Royal Coffees ( independent brokers ) and Sonofresco ( subsidiary of Coffee Holdings).

Your cub coffee reporter talkin’ ’bout coffee. Went to Scout Coffee in SLO picked up two packages of their coffee by HoneyCo Roasters. One 10 oz. Package of a Costa Rican Swiss Water Decaf and an Ethiopian light roast .

Great Coffee!

Other coffees I have sampled recently include coffees from Lanna Coffee Honey Artisan, Artisan, and French Roast.

Tried Tazz Coffee’s Tanzanian Peaberry, Maverick’s Roasting Company Tanzanian , Stumptown Roasters Indonesian and their “Mindbender”.

The coffees all taste like coffee. But when one waits for the last taste of each cup each cup tastes a bit different.

Our new brand of coffee Outside Agitator is still single – origin or limited blend coffee.

Stardate 975670.4- Caregiver’s Log-

Cancer- not a nebula, -not an Astrological Sign, Not a Constellation. Cancer is an ailment, Primary, often fatal, is not always able to be arrested or stopped . Diet, environment, social networks all play a big part.

Caregiver- has to be selfless-utterly-

-minimal display of ego,

-act as if..

-crisis manager of the first order ( Might read Order of Merlin, First Class)

-willing-even if not

-Protective (like a Dachshund or Bulldog)

-Servanthood as Prime Directive for Leadership

-Plan, Plan, Plan-then be ready to throw out the plan and ask for help. -Always admitting to the Creator that all my self-will, self-knowledge and all in my power is puny and weak compared to Creator’s Power . Do not box The Creator in!

-ask the patient what they want-always

-meet them where they are

-apply any empathy you have left ALL THE TIME!

-fun- look for the little moments-

-quit watching the news

-minimize social network time ( except to blog or note)

-Love conquers all-even cancer!

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Fair Trade Organic Blend ( Indonesian-Central American Blend ) $12.00 pound