Writing letters and riding trains are two things I want to do more. Keep an eye open for me or letters coming your way.
A two-photo blend. One of the Amtrak train passing through Ybor City in Tampa, Florida. One of The Writer's Alliance paraphernalia I received in the mail today. Both shot with my HTC One (M7) phone and combined in the Photo Blender app for Android.
Specialty coffee is not a type, kind, or variety of coffee plant. To me, specialty coffee is a landscape of connected and interdependent people and processes that is focused on quality not quantity of the coffee experience. From farmers, their families, their seasonal workers, quality control processes, the wet and dry milling stations, storage, exporters, importers, commercial and home roasters, cafe owners, baristas, organizations such as SCAA, ACE, and WCR, trainers and educators, universities, sensory scientists, botanists and agronomists, sustainability initiatives, climate scientists, software coders and app developers, equipment and device manufacturers, private and public investors, supply chain and logistics experts, commodities traders, local and national governments, cultural innovators, and more.
When a drop of specialty coffee hits your tongue, you are tasting your connection to the fortunes and misfortunes of everyone in this landscape.
