I learned something new today about coffee. Well not really about coffee, but rather a type of coffee. I guess my familiarity with learning about wines has never translated to other fruits and stuff. I have learned about (well just the concept, I don't really know crap about wine 'cept that somethings I like better than others.) the different regions or climates play a role in the development of wines. It gets down to the micro climates where the plants are growing and how that develops the flavors, which no longer sounds like bullshit to me.
The same concept happens to other growings such as I learned this fall with apples. I was luc
ky enough to enjoy a tour of birthplace of Honeycrisp apples (see pic) and learned that the development for them in Minnesota was ideal and other regions that will be growing them will not get the full benefit of the genetic make-up of the apple. Eh. That's what the guy from the MN Arboretum told me anyway, but it makes perfect sense.This exptrapluates to my discussion with some coffee dude at the Dunn Brothers in Minneapolis today. He was telling about the different micro climates and it made sense. I had assumed it was more broad by country and altitude, but apparently individual farms have certain types of micro climates as well. My guess as micro as they are they can easily get messed up by variations. It was my turn to buy coffee at work for the little group of us that are sharing coffee duties at work. I picked up a pound of Valle Apurimuc Peru. Turned out to be a hit.
I had a rough time with the lunch making today. I am trying to avoid making the trip to the fast food places to save my pants from busting. Made a couple of turkey wraps, but all the veggies I had in the house were past their carbon dating dates. Fairly plain, but I made up for the missing vegetables with a couple of beers after work with Noel. A quick visit to Rock Bottom Brewery. Yum Yum. Enjoying the newer IPA's they prepared for us. Then I got the call from my wonderful bride telling me I needed to rush home because the basement was filling with water. She did not panic and I talked through shutting the water off, so the chaos could end. I was on the bus and was lucky enough to catch a bus as soon as I left the pub.
It seems the water heater safety valve is no longer wanting to keep water in. I guess for what ever reason it is leaking. Did a couple looks on the internet and seems like they go bad. The water heater is only a couple years old. Anyway we called HomeSmart and they will be out in the morning. Careful, coworkers, no smelling me tomorrow.
To celebrate we had some yummy pancakes and sausage! Yum. Watched the show Biggest Loser. Man, they have to have some rugged chairs. The dudes keep getting bigger and bigger. Sigh. Gotta watch something until Lost starts....
Today's writing music from PJ Harvey and Nicole Atkins
