But I emitted a squeal of schoolgirlish delight upon getting the phone call from UPS letting me know that more Guatemala Mundo Nuvo had arrived from Caffe Vita. So my previous declaration that I had to bid farewell to my favorite Central American roast was premature. It’s back, for a little while at least. Also, …
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The Wire
At this point, the only things that have any hope of getting to folks in time for Christmas are the Steins of Science that I currently have on hand and the BBotE production runs due to complete by Tuesday. There’s a few batches of Ethiopia and Kona slated to finish on Wednesday, but unless you …
Crunchtime and HOORAY!
As the days grow shorter, so to do the opportunities to grab a little dab of the ol’ Scientific Drinking. The Steins of Science on hand right now are the only ones that I’ll be able to ship in time for Christmas. The last international shipment to make sure everything (Steins or BBotE) gets out in time …
BBotE Update: The Decembering
As promised yesterday, me make coffee words much the good YES! Let us begin with the bad news. As always, the limited offerings are called such because the coffees they use are not infinite. In the course of my insatiable need to experiment, I find delicious and wonderful single origin coffees that I think are …
A Bounty!
So, as we previously discussed, I’ve been to Antarctica. In my time there I got to visit two of the American stations, McMurdo and Amundsen-Scott South Pole (where I wintered over), and New Zealand’s station right over the hill on Ross Island from McMurdo, Scott Base. I want to take a moment so that I …
I Went Here: Exploration, Toilet By Toilet
At last, the long promised “Bathrooms of Antarctica” post. Once upon a time, in the dawn of the new millennium when Geocities and Angelfire sites still littered the internet, I came across a brilliant website, now lost to the ages, entirely dedicated to one man’s exploration of the world via it’s bathrooms. Now, you might …
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Spoke Too Soon, Plus A Field Report
Sooooo, remember my declaration last week that some time had cleared up in the schedule to do some experimentation? That window appears to have slammed shut. I have been reminded by my minion (AKA: work study student at Cal) that finals are coming up soon for semester based colleges, which helps explain a small surge …
Tanzania, Nicuragua and the BBotE Pimp of Austin
In a shocking development, I have actually had enough free time to do some experimentation AND be able to write it all up for you, the adoring public. This is what playing at a remote radio telescope observatory without other distractions will do for you. For experimentation, I decided to move a bit further down the …
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‘Tis The Season REDUX
With a shuddering cringe, I realize that production timelines mean I need to make this reminder sooner rather than later so that no one is left out in the cold. Normally, I get rather grumpy with people that so much as breathe Christmas shopping in my general direction before Thanksgiving, but if I delay that …
My Birthday Wish
I get a lot of people that tell me, “Dude! How have you done everything you’ve done in 36 years?” Funny, all I can see is all the things I haven’t done yet and far too few years to do it all. So, to all of you, I give my birthday wish: Get your asses …
Another Rant: The Funranium Labs Customer Service Ethos
I do my best to compose these posts with the appropriate level of insobriety fueling me. I like to think that it allows me to summon the correct creativity needed to share More Awesome. In this case, it is the vitriol directed at organizations Doin’ It Wrong. This morning I just shipped a replacement Stein …
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London Service Starting
For everyone back in Merrie Olde Englande (well, international in general) the shipping for Black Blood of the Earth has always been prohibitive. Prohibitivr to the point that the postage almost costs as much as the product in some cases, as BBotE must ship express internationally. The per liter shipping price improves with the larger …
Crazy Bastards At Work – Please Donate
So, the folks at Giant Bomb and Tested.com got their hands on a respectable supply and variety of Black Blood of the Earth a couple of weeks ago and, so it seems, they’ve been hoarding it for this day. Sometime around noon they began their 24 hour Oktoberkast podcastathon thingee in support of Child’s Play …
The Best Product Review Ever
I am inordinately proud of this review of the 750ml bottle of Kona BBotE. I can only hope that BBotE causes similar adventure in your life: The Kona is delicious, and even opening the corked bottle is a tactile experience. It felt like breaking the seal on some potent elixir. I fed my housemate …
Reports From The Field
Rather than a Q&A, I have answers to questions I didn’t know existed from a couple of astute Test Subjects that need sharing. First, from Germany I have this fascinating missive: I just liberated my shipment from the German customs office, and experienced something you might be interested in. I declared BBotE as “coffee extract”, …