We had 54 degree weather last week and the snow all but disappeared. There was no green popping through but the absence of white was so heartening. It seemed like spring was just around the corner. Then Friday night it snowed and blanketed everything. I want to look out the bedroom window and see dirt, not snow. So now I walk to the kitchen for the only reason, besides employment, to drag my sorry self out of bed - COFFEE!!!
Many of you know I'm a coffee snob. My husband lovingly packs up the Expobar and packs it in the car for a week at a cabin 'up-north', or a weekend at my sister's. Of course, we all enjoy the spoils. He pre-heats the unit so it's ready when I get out of bed and he receives the first pull of the day. We have our friend Barn to thank for all of this. He gave us our first little Krups and I was on my way. We upgraded to a pump style unit, like Barn, and then added a commercial grinder, like Barn, and then I decided to get an Office Control Expobar...Sweet Baby James! Then Barn decided to introduce us to his brand of heaven: Espresso Forte from Pete's Coffee in Berkley California. Every 28 days we get four, one pound bags delivered. Like I said - I'm a coffee snob. I don't drink espresso all day, but when I drink it, it's the best.
There's my coffee bean votive candles and the mug my sister gave me from World Market. It replicates some of the words that I have stenciled on my kitchen soffit.
Seeing that sunshine through my kitchen window is hard to swallow. Let's have a huge chocolate latte together and snuggle up on the couch and wait for spring.
