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Better Late Than…
So welcome, everybody, to Texas Coffee People. I know I’m a little late coming to the dance, but sometimes the cup has cooled a little before you start to taste the sweetness in full. (A little coffee humor you’ll forgive, I’m sure.)
Anyways, as Jason has so eloquently laid out in his first few posts, we aim to be a clearinghouse of sorts for information and networking (read: friendships) around this amazing, mysterious and beautiful thing we know as coffee. Obviously, anyone who genuinely loves coffee is welcome to visit, post comments, ask questions, get answers to coffee questions, and generally find a safe haven to geek out with other Texans (and honorary Texans) in the pursuit of the perfect cup.
And yes, I do believe there is such a thing as the perfect cup…though, no, I’m not sure I’ve quite achieved it just yet. But hey, I’m only 34.
Which I guess brings me to an introduction of myself as a founding and contributing member of this blog. My name is Aaron Blanco and I am the founder and owner of a micro mini coffee roasterie known as The Brown Coffee Company here in (what was just a few days ago refered to as) the frigid icelands of San Antonio. If you’ve ever been to San Antonio you know that “ice” and “San Antonio” are not two generally co-associated trains of thought–except insomuch as that for about nine months out of the year many here are wishing they could be sitting on a nice, cold block of ice in the South Texas heat. Nevertheless, for a couple days we were iced to a standstill: schools, businesses, even whole sections of federal interstate highways running through and around the city were crippled by what will no doubt come to be known as the “Ice Storm of ‘07.” Strange goings on, indeed.
And in that vein some may be tempted to assume that the trains of thought on which “Texas” and “great coffee” run may never run parallel, let alone on the same track. Yet here we are. And here you are. Which makes at least two of us pulling and rooting for it, working toward it, jonesin’ to wipe the subtle smirks we encounter on the faces of those we meet at the fests and conventions and competitions when we say, “I’m from Texas.”
So in a sense me arriving a little late to the Texas Coffee People party is an apt metaphor for us as a collective whole in the Lone Star State. We figured maybe the rest of the country needed a little headstart before we decided to come along and kick a little…. Heck, we were 28th into the Union and it sure didn’t take us long to get to Numero Uno. So we’ve got a bit of history on our side.
Anyways, welcome. There are many things that make coffee and espresso unique and beautiful. The same goes for Texas and its people. Here’s to a long and fruitful train running down the track together, on the never ending discovery of new ideas and vast horizons…in search of the perfect cup.
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Well, I’m glad you decided to finally chime in.
Great way to put it, Aaron.
Greetings from Austin, TX. I look forward to visiting Brown in San Antonio one day.
me, too! one day we’ll have a real live site to look at and visit.
until then, we love austin!