The First Time I Drank Coffee I can still remember the first time I drank coffee. I was in high school, maybe the 10th grade, and my friends and I went out to a diner. It was late at night, so of course we ordered breakfast. As the waitress went around the table, I noticed …
Spring Equinox 2014 I like shopping local. There, I said it. I also shop online. There–I said that too. Some people seem to think it’s one or the other. Either you support local businesses or you don’t. That’s not true. Of course it’s not true, but we all have this habit of viewing the world …
Bad Coffee My brother Mike, co-founder of Grind Brew Love, has posted a picture of David Lynch on our Facebook page a couple times now. In it, the director-extraordinaire is quoted as saying, “Even bad coffee is better than no coffee at all.” This may surprise you–especially if you have read the GBL philosophy–but I …
Double Shot of Love Espresso. That indulgent, rich coffee concentrate adored by coffee lovers, admired by the uninitiated, and admonished by everyone else. Espresso–of all the coffee drinks–may be the most polarizing. To be polite, it’s an acquired taste. To be honest, most people just make it wrong. Where I fall on the scale of …
I like making things from scratch. I’m the type of person that pushes the pancake mix out of the way so I can reach the flour and baking powder. I’m the type of guy that will eschew packaged cookies for fresh-baked biscotti. I’m the man digging around his backyard, planting tomatoes and herbs. It all …
