Totally random post.
I had an exchange with a friend over on Coffee Geek (and if you don't know Coffee Geek, really, what kind of coffee geek are you?) that made me smile. He was checking out coffee in Hackettstown, New Jersey, but then had to adjust everything really fast because of a change of travel plans. I'll let his words tell the rest:
Daniel: Agreed. Especially for a newb like me. Something cool: I decided to order from Clive Coffee because I wont be going to Hackettstown to Greene Brothers for New Years as I thought (hopefully soon though, and I'll let you know how it is). But apparently the owner of Clive Coffee had spotted one of my posts about his company and offered to send me some free samples. Then he noticed I had ordered a couple bags only 30 mins before, so he is giving me one bag on the house and free shipping! I thought that was really cool of him, and thought I'd share. Happy New Year.
I know it's possible to write this off as plain old good business sense (which it certainly is). But it's also just nice. In my experience this is the rule rather than the exception in the coffee world, and that makes me happy to do the work I do. Question: is there something about coffee that attracts cool people? Or is there some chemical in coffee that makes you totally awesome by drinking it? My theory is a little from column A, a little from column B. Anyway... check out Clive Coffee if you're curious. They certainly seem like nice people. And thanks to my new Coffee Geek/Facebook friend.
(Don't go begging them for free coffee now, everybody)
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