| I have a friend from San Francisco who recently | | | | days ago with a return address from San Francisco. |
| moved out there a few years ago. He came back to | | | | He had sent me a large bag of these coffee beans, |
| visit over the holidays, and we began talking about | | | | and they came from a company called the Blue Bottle |
| coffee. | | | | company. |
| I had told him about a new coffee place by me that I | | | | He had even gone out of his way to crush the beans. |
| said roasted the best beans I had ever had. At this | | | | Since I go out to buy my coffee hot, I don't have a |
| point, he proceeded to correct me by saying that the | | | | coffee maker at home and had no other way to |
| best coffee beans he had ever had were in San | | | | make this. |
| Francisco, and that he was going to send me some of | | | | You're probably wondering about the verdict. Is San |
| them. | | | | Francisco's Blue Bottle coffee as good as the hype it |
| These were so good in fact that he would have them | | | | gets? Well, if you run an online search, you'll see |
| delivered to his home. He couldn't imagine drinking | | | | scores of people swearing up and down by this |
| anything else at this point and he even craved it while | | | | coffee. |
| he was away. | | | | After trying it, I have to say that I was pretty |
| I had to see what all the hype was about at this point. | | | | impressed. I'm not to the point where I'd go out of my |
| Being the generous friend that he is, he agreed to send | | | | way to get on their mail order list, but these are |
| me some beans by mail so that I could get a taste of | | | | definitely some of the smoothest beans I've ever had |
| his favorite coffee for myself. | | | | the privilege of tasting. |
| Lo and behold, a package arrived at my door a few | | | | |