Monday, July 12, 2010

A Great Coffee Bean That Demands A Drink

By Evan Finn

During a recent encounter with an old friend who was visiting from California, the subject of coffee came up. We're both avid drinkers and enjoy discussing some of our favorites.

One of the places I chose to mention was a new establishment near my apartment that genuinely served up the best cup of coffee I've ever tasted. He had never tried this place, but insisted that the best cup of coffee I'll ever have was at a place near his house in California. He even promised to mail me some beans.

These were so good in fact that he would have them delivered to his home. He couldn't imagine drinking anything else at this point and he even craved it while he was away.

Naturally, I became curious and wanted to know if this coffee was in fact as good as he claimed. He was nice enough to mail me a package with a generous portion of coffee beans to share his favorite kind with me.

Lo and behold, a package arrived at my door a few days ago with a return address from San Francisco. He had sent me a large bag of these coffee beans, and they came from a company called the Blue Bottle company.

He had even gone out of his way to crush the beans. Since I go out to buy my coffee hot, I don't have a coffee maker at home and had no other way to make this.

Was it as good as he said it was? After reading many online reviews, I came to learn that he's not the only person who absolutely loves this brand, so I was really excited.

I have to say that this was some great coffee. While I'm not sure that it's the best I've ever had, it's definitely up there. Anyone on the West Coast or anyone willing to mail order some coffee beans would do fine to try this company's beans.

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