Ryan’s Place

Alright, so, in an effort to cut down my costs, and since I didn’t feel like actually going to starbucks this morning, I decided to make my own coffee again. Now some of you might remember that I did normally do this, but somewhere down the line I stopped and decided to get starbucks instead.

My answer to this is; Well, my coffee isn’t all that good….

Now, I could go on a rant about how the corporate world has tainted my taste buds, and how I can’t have possibly made the same kind of coffee as I could have, had I not bought their hideously overpriced, over-modified, over-preserved, and over-everything products.

That’s not my issue (kinda), my issue has been narrowed down to two things (I think).

I’ve tried all sorts of blends, and roasts, all of which imparting their varying flavors, all of which, from bold to mild, and the shitty. Yes that’s right, shitty. In general I have a thing for organic coffee, but I still don’t get that bold, rich, strong flavor that I want when I make it at home. So, either I’m not getting the right coffee, which is entirely possible, I haven’t gone to granville, or agro lately enough to grab some good organic coffee. Or, my expresso machine, isn’t doing so good of a job, namely, maybe it’s watering all of my coffee down.

I’m more inclined to believe it is the latter, since my expresso does taste, and feel, watered down. Yes my coffee has a feel. The only way I know of fixing this is to get a new one, but that, due to other, currently undisclosed reasons (ihaznomonies), is not possible. So any ideas?

The culprit in question, (my expresso machine) is…. Apparently non-existent according to google….

Oook, so, It’s a Krups, and it looks a lot like their Gusto line, minus the large water basin in the back.

Ideas?

Ok, so now I’ve been thinking back on my starbucks addiction for the past week, and I’ve had the following realization come to mind.

Holy shit, I need to bring my mug more.

I mean I’ve gone from this whole, anti-landfill-filling-paper-cup-person to this maggot who keeps leaving his cups strewn across the planet. It’s starting to make me sick. I do have plenty of perfectly good mugs at home, but I never use them because I never think far enough ahead to get coffee….

That’s a lie too, since I look forward to getting my coffee on the way to class, so you know, to hell with it, I’m bringing my mug again to class.

Now I don’t know why I wrote this blog.

Ok, so this is now being written at noon the next day.

So, my feet hurt and for those of you wondering where I was last night at the event, I was in the back making dinner, and I was quite pleased that everyone enjoyed dinner. It was fun, I had a good time, and I hoped everyone had a good time.

The kats would also like to say hi at this point in time.

Edit:  I would like to point out that at this point in the story, they got me to change the story that I had into a new one.  And as such, you have the awkwardly ending blog.

Well, the awkward ending part is my fault, but that’s not the point.