The coffee bean crisis seems to be in the process of resolving itself. Lin brought home some beans he found at Target, which will likely be alright, but even better than that, Tasha (one of my wonderful blog visitors) point me in the direction of Sweet Maria’s … where one can buy organic, fair trade green coffee beans to roast at home. It’s the kind of thing that gets me all tingly with excitement! I’d never even considered roasting beans at home, but next week, I do believe I will be putting in an order for a couple of pounds of beans, after I have poured over all the varieties available (and there are a lot of varieties to choose from).
What’s really tickling me pink is that I can roast them in my old, unused and gathering dust, air popcorn popper. Finally, a use for that thing taking up space that I haven’t been able to part with†.
I am so excited about the whole idea of roasting my own beans, I want to order some right now! Unfortunately, I paid the electric bill today, and that always makes me feel like I shouldn’t spend any other money, especially on something essentially trivial like fancy coffee. But oh, next week, I will be ordering me some beans!!! I can’t wait!
Footnotes- † Yes, I am sentimentally attached to the popcorn popper – my parents bought it when I was ten, and we used it all the time. Many good memories. [↩]