Tuesday, April 29, 2003


back from scaa

i wish someone had told me that one of the requirements of going to the scaa's coffee convention in boston was the ability to party all night, stay up for breakfast, give your presentations with a hangover -- and then do it again for a couple of days straight. it would have helped!

frankly, i personally saw as much champagne as coffee in boston. . .but maybe i was simply dazed. i'm sure embarrassing photos including myself will soon appear on line.

of course, i have to thank mike ferguson of the scaa as well as jim munson, steve schulman, and david dallis of dallis coffee. they are the greatest. coffee people just rock.

i also owe a shout-out to mark "the coffeekid" prince. meeting all the people i knew only from alt.coffee was an incredible experience. anyway, i'll be writing more about what happened over the next few days.

i certainly learned a lot while i was there, and came home loaded with schwag including: a 5-lb. bag of sumatra from allegro; various dallis coffee items, including t-shirt, shot glasses, and travel french press; a copy of bramah's big book; an engraved silver coffee-tasting spoon.

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