General Update

I read James Hoffman's blog, and then look at our blog and feel inadequate.  It just seems that there are not enough hours in the day.  I guess I will see how riveting James' blog is when he has a five-year old son running around.  Seriously, I know the blog has been a bit thin lately and I apologize.  I have been running like the chickens I used to cut heads off of when I was 12, albeit with a bit more purpose.  There is so much going on right now.

Oh by the way, we are now on twitter.  You can follow my every move at http://twitter.com/transcendcoffee

We received our analysis results back, and were delighted to know that the nitro-flushing was giving us residual O2 levels of less than 2%.  This is great, as it has been a bit of a pain given the trials of our loaner machine.  We now love it, and love the fact that when we roast coffees like Esmeralda (which is tasting mighty fine), we can sit on it for a week or so without the fear of it going stale.  We are packaging all of our Christmas coffee this way, to ensure that the presents under the tree don't stale before being opened.  Having said that, remember that as soon as that bag is opened you are back to the good old 5 day rule.

Oh, and by the way, I got a hair cut today; first one in 4 months.  Can you spell, too busy!

Just a quick note on our Christmas hours.  We will be open on the 24th until mid afternoon, joking, carousing, sipping single malt, etc.  Then we will close our doors for Christmas day, and remain closed until the 2nd of January.  So for those of you used to coming in to get your coffee, know that you might need to stock up on a little of that nitro-flushed coffee to keep you going over the holidays.  It is the one time of year that we exercise our "small business" perk of closing for an extended time.  All of our staff are working really hard and deserve a break over Christmas; as do I.