Saturday, August 25, 2001


went out for some iced coffee after yoga lessons today, only to run into some la colombe! interesting coffee day. . .

la colombe is a very controversial coffee, as you may know. roasted in philadelphia by two european-trained roasters, it's a rather cult coffee. some people love it; others despise it. the roasters claim the blend is so rich and full you can actually use less coffee and still get a great cup. this i personally doubt. but i have been interested in this coffee, while somewhat wavering on whether i actually wanted to bother ordering it.

and then it appeared, for sale right here in brooklyn, fresh roasted, packed in a one-way valve bag. even so, if you touch the bag, the scent of coffee fills the air. la colombe comes in several grades -- i chose a lighter roast, the nizza, for espresso. and i looked forward to tasting it today, only to discover that my trusty 2-yr-old saeco 2002 grinder appears to have died.

when you flip the switch, it makes a ruur, ruuur noise, like a car engine that won't turn over. so now i have no way to try the colombe today. if i can't figure out what's wrong with the saeco, i just might have to give in a get a rocky! i'd actually rather have a grinder where the coffee falls straight into the filter handle, but since i need this machine for grinding vac pot as well, the large doser will be useful i guess. . .

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