Coffee and other musings...

ZOMG. I didn't realize how bad coffee could be.

Well, okay, I'll explain a little. I spent the first few weeks of summer studying abroad in Costa Rica doing independent study for research credits for my Masters, and needless to say, the worst Costa Rica coffee (and none of it that I ever had there was bad) is still better than the best imported coffee here. Sad, but true.

Even Starbucks ain't that great...though Coffee Bean comes pretty close (I've been buying non-coffee drinks because SBucks coffee tastes weird to me). They still can't tell you where exactly they got their beans from though. Fooey. I bet you it's the same anywhere you go in the world that produces coffee--good coffee comes closest to the source.

Anyway, so I spent some marvelous, wonderful, fantastic time in Costa Rica. Had the best ever cappuccino of my life there at a family owned coffee plantation. NUM. I think it may have spoiled me for life, because nothing I've had since has been close.

Returned home, and have been subsisting on the bounty (80 bucks worth of beans) of quality coffee that I brought home and distributed to various friends and family (two bags for me, the rest for everyone else).

So, this morning dad and I went over to the house to remove the HAM radio worldwide antennae, and stopped at Carl's Jr. because we didn't have time to make coffee...we wanted to get on the roof and get done before it got too hot. Now, don't get me wrong, their breakfast biscuit sandwiches with egg and sausage are great...but the coffee was TERRIBLE. AND, I added two creamers and two sugars to it, and it was still terrible--burnt, over-brewed, and bitter. GROSS. I drank that shit though, because I paid 1.50 for it. SUCH BULLSHIT. Next time I'll drink tapwater instead of buying crap. That'll teach me...my tastebuds are still recovering from the assault!

So, my advice: STICK TO McDonalds. Period. CARL'S JR. COFFEE IS HORRIBLE. Trend that!

...Oh, and climbing on the roof was fun, except for the fact that the shady side was a bit slippery from dew and mossy lichen. I ended up climbing down the dry (southern exposure) side instead of trying to get down the way I climbed up and slipping and potentially killing myself. Blearg. Plus, shake roofs are a little hard to climb on, because they're kind of brittle and I was afraid of breaking it, though it will be replaced next week. Hooray for new roofs!

In other news, my garden is awesome. All the plants are sprouting and look happy, except for the watermelon. Grrr. I'm creating a spreadsheet of all the seeds I have and entering in all the planting info so that I can more readily plant in the "proper" season. Although California is so mild sometimes that the proper season lasts a lot longer in Garden Grove or Fullerton, and not so long (we get some frost in winter) in Huntington Beach. Hm.

Hopefully I'll have time to move all my plants and dirt so I won't lose them. I can only wait and see...