the blenderie

speaking of bike snobs, anyone out there truly a coffee snob?  then maybe you can explain something to me.  (it should be noted that a double shot of espresso to me is just a warm up for the morning sips to come.  i nurse it until lunchtime and then, true confession, often go for an afternoon pick-me-up.  it's true.) and yet, with all this java love, i seem to have an underdeveloped sense of taste.  i recently treated myself to quite nice beans.  the label promised a strong, dark coffee, so i bought it and have been happily grinding them each morning following the art show (see also caffeine IV).  by chance i happened to see the card that fell out of the slit in the hi-i'm-expensive-bag.  and this--i am not making this up--is what i read, "location:  latin america, east africa and indonesia." ok, i get it, it's a blend.  "elevation:  varying".  makes sense as per the aforementioned regions.  "flavors:  this complex sweet and savory blend yields flavors of milk chocolate, caramel, jasmine, meyer lemon, apricot and pineapple."  so, seeing as things like school year tiredness and coffee too evidently are--in part--psychological, i tasted with this new knowledge in mind.   nothin'.  i got nothin'.  armed with aromatic aesthetics, i tried again.  no jasmine.  no caramel.  would those even taste good together on purpose?  which inspired me to write my own blend card.  "location:  my kitchen."  "elevation:  i just got up."  "flavors:  really great hot coffee with milk."