conspicuous filler
May 7, 2006 – 6:35 pmthe yawning silence, this blog assures you, has more to do with an excess of bloggable events — resulting in (a) a severe time lack and (b) decisionary paralysis — than blog-fatigue (or, even better, a trip to origin. this blog feels so left out.). the topical choice: now-local french espresso badness, barista hair treatise, telling machine maintenance escapades, berne run-up, jimseven’s el salvadors, the schecter silence watch. hmmmm … forget it. hoffmann has something far more revelatory about — wow — the seemingly amateurish administrative machinery of the world barista championship (no machine specs? no competition dates?). schnaikes.

Frightening isn’t it?
Did the green arrive then?
it blows my mind that you would still be unsure of such large competition variables at this point. that’s just bizarre.
indeed, the greens are here and i’ve just begun swilling. notes soon! (btw, did you happen to visit this farm? any comments on their treatment of this particular bourbon?)