Sorry to interrupt a scintillating discussion on the Clover. :-)I ordered a couple pounds of Ritual's Red Flag espresso which arrived a few days ago. I've been working on it ever since.
Following recent trends, these beans are quite lightly roasted. And they're very small: Ethiopians, I guess, but what do I know?
Well, I know that I'm liking the espresso very much. It is refreshing, sort of like candied lemon peel. Not crazy eye-watering lemon peel, but fruity, and easy-going like a summer lemonade.
I'm reading Ritual's description about "nougaty chocolate, dried cherry and sarsaparilla," and those haven't appeared for me yet, but hopefully they will as I play around.
I also got one of those cool red and white Ritual mugs. What coffee lover's kitchen is complete without one?
Sadly, however, I was unable to order a medium brown Ritual t-shirt, they were out. What gives, guys? :-(
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to get back to my Neti pot. It is, as they say, the shit.
Since I'm not "in" enough to warrant a coffeed.com log-in, I'll say that the net IS the shit, and I owe my recovery (usually in hours) from any nasal symptoms to that little sinus bath. It does a nose good.
ReplyDeleteRitual is also good, but not in my nose.
Tim,
ReplyDeleteI find that it’s sometimes better to be out than “in”.
Plus the color scheme & neet -o’ picture lay out is much preferred on my gentle eyes & suited for my likings too.
Plus you still get the nedi pot, Starsuck & clover episodes
Andy,
While I haven’t had the opp. to try Ritual roasters yet thanks for the motivation.
I do have to admit to being an avid neti pot user before Opra discovered the internet or was that
Mr. Gore jr.
Kuban makes a point. Out is the NEW in. Or something.
ReplyDeleteWhat I was getting at was I like saline in my nose. A lot.
But a Ritual espresso is nice, too.
Hey, how about Stumptown takes Manhattan? Did you kiddies hear that shit?
Wow.
> I owe my recovery (usually in hours) from any nasal symptoms
ReplyDelete> to that little sinus bath. It does a nose good. Ritual is
> also good, but not in my nose.
Yeah, as Nick said, coffee goes in the other end.
> I do have to admit to being an avid neti pot user
It's fun to see all the netis come out of the closet.
> It's fun to see all the netis come out of the closet.
ReplyDeleteDam can’t get that crazy disco out of my head…:)