The Worst Cup of Coffee

Ok, I probably shouldn't share this, and Mark Ritz will be disappointed in me, but now that I have had a decent cup of coffee and the sun is almost up, I have to share the story of my morning and the worst cup of coffee in recorded history.

Those of you who know us at the shop know we are caffeine driven. A couple of years ago we started carrying Kinetic Koffee as a nod to a fellow team sponsor. What started as a nod became an addiction, and I now am used to drinking good coffee.

Recently we started carrying the AeroPress coffee maker which we talk up as both a better way to make coffee, and also a great tool for camping. What I am ashamed to admit is that I don't actually own one yet.

Now the transition to our new website has not only lead to some late nights, but an increased importance of caffeine in my life. So last night I was up until the wee hours of morning entering in all 130 of our Derailleur Hangers. When I finally got them all into the system I dropped bleary-eyed into bed.

The next thing I remember was a pair of cold feet on my face as my two year old crawled into bed on top of me. As my clock wasn't visible I had no idea what time it was, but all I new is that it wasn't time to get up and it was still dark. I made all attempts to get him to go back to sleep, but he wasn't having it, so I gave in and decided it was time to start the day. Once downstairs I discovered that it was only 4am, but I was in it now, and I just started on my day. And that was when the trouble started…

Lane and I were just working on our bowls of oatmeal, and I was about to brew a pot when the power went out. We have a gas stove, so hot water wasn't a problem, but like I said before I was not yet a proud owner of an aeropress. Now I could have gone without, but trust me when you go to bed at 2, get up at 4 and you are playing with Choo Choo Trains by candlelight, coffee is important.

So here was the issue. No Coffee pot, no Coffee grinder, no light. Fortunately I had some Folgers in the cupboard that I save for emergencies so I didn't have to grind anything, and as I said, I did have a gas burner so I had hot water. So here was the brilliant solution I came up with. Boil water in a teapot, dump in some coffee grounds, let it sit for a bit and then dump it into a cup, let it settle and drink.

How did it turn out? Let me just say that if you ever find yourself in this situation, you have two options. Option 1: use your aeropress. Option2: just wait for the power to come back on.

Incidentally I was chewing on my second cup when the power came back on. We are now half way through watching the Lion King, and the sun is coming up. This is going to be an interesting day.

Turns out buying stuff is fun

Ok, Happy newyear everyone. I have finally emergeg from having my head in a hole trying to figgure out end of year numbers, and I am back to getting the shop in order and talking to people again.

So this is the fun part of the year. We go from trying to thin out inventory so we don't have to pay taxes on it to replentishing inventory with NEW product.

As it turns out I really enjoy buying stuff, so I highly recoment that everyone come in, check out the new product as it arrives, and most importantly, keep buying it, so I can keep these big orders comming in.

For you bikers the last big order was relativly unexciting as most of it was just repletishing products that haven't changed much. The big changes are in the Minoura line of trainers. Minoura has finally reorganized their line after years or no change. I am still sorting out opinions on the new system so I will let you know when I have a good opinion.

We have seen a lot of new clothing come in in the past couple of weeks. Most of it winter stuff, and there is more on the way, so if you are needing clothing the inventory is on the rise.

For you Skaters, things are a little more interesting right now. We just had a huge batch of decks, completes, and clothing show up, but the big addition is
DVD's!!!!!

I am sitting here looking at 20 or so new titles Including some pretty hefty box sets, instructional DVDs and your traditional hard core sountrack crazy skating videos. So if you can get out there and skate, get in here.

Other than the huge amount of stuff comming in the front door, things are a little slow here, so if nothing else, come in and bother Will, Seth, Schoen, Luke, Lane and Me. We are here and hanging out.