My favorite coffee cup, a Fathers Day gift from a few years back. This one has been in quite a few photos.
Coffee
Routine
The Chemex is my normal method these days when I'm making more than one cup. I still prefer a single cup pourover if I'm just aiming for the absolute best cup of coffee, but wish it was as fun and beautiful as the Chemex.
Creature Cups
I Took Your Picture
I make it into downtown at least once or twice a week (sometimes a lot more than that) and most of those trips involve visiting my company's donwtown office in the USBancorp tower. My good friend Roger and I used to work right across from each other there and almost always take a quick break to grab a cup of coffee or a breakfast taco.
This day, coffee was the choice and we had enough time to sit down and enjoy it there.
Sunday Morning Coffee Run
Sunday morning I woke up to the sad realization that I had run out of coffee beans. I'm sure it was due to the extra weekend day on Friday that I spent at home with the kids, but either way, that sort of problem wasn't acceptable. I asked my oldest, Caedon if he'd like to come with me to Good Coffee to get some beans and a cup of coffee and he was into it.
We ended up choosing a special edition from Coava to take home and Caedon tried his coffee both with cream and without to see which way he preferred. I'm proud to say that he took it without.
The light that morning was amazing.
Cactus and Coffee
A month or so ago (with the help of my friend Rick) I discovered Good Coffee which is really close to my office in SE Portland on Division. They've got some great coffee for sure, but they also have these great table decor, primarily anchored by Succulents.
Pip's
Pip's was just 2 doors down from lunch. It was more work to not go there really. No photos of the actual donuts, just the decor which is decidedly Portland.
The Doughnuts were Cinnamon and Sugar and didn't have time for a portrait.
Ritual
I've long found myself to be a creature of habit. I've worn it like a badge and I love any discussion about the morning routine or daily habits of others because it gives me some insight into what they find important. - What they find important enough to include at the start of every day before encountering the inevitable unexpected detour.
I've gone through periods of introspection over the years- I've made commitments to form new habits, and shun others as it really does have an effect on the rest of my life.
As with everything else we commit to, you have to start somewhere, and each day we get a chance to pick where that somewhere will be.