Blogs and Coffee

I’ve been on the internet a lot lately because I’ve come down with a cold, which was inevitable. I knew all the snot, and hugs, and breathing on me from those precious little boogers at school could only mean one thing. So here I am, in bed, on this rainy morning with my french press and I want to share my excitement over the Silt and the Siphon.

First of all, I love this blog. It was started by a dear girl who is a loyal customer at Para. Jonny befriended her during his big iced coffee project. She gave him a lot of cool advice on brewing iced coffee which he ended up using and I must say that the finished product is hands down the best iced coffee I’ve ever had. It’s totally Boston coffee shop worthy. Anyway, her name is Danielle and she came over with her bf for our recent poker night. She’s this tiny little red haired person with a lot to say and a bubbly smile. She’s great.

The iced coffee-themed title is brilliant. Who knew iced coffee could be inspiring?? I fell in love when I was at 1369 in Cambridge this summer. The iced coffee there tasted so complex. Like fruit and berries and chocolate and goodness. When you brew iced coffee the way that Jonny does which is through a cold brew method (which I'm totally sold on), the coffee grinds basically sit in a filter bag sort of thing in a bucket of cold water for 24 hours. A ton of silt acquires at the bottom. Silt is part of the coffee grind particles that are small enough to travel through the filter. Sometimes if you drink a french press, you’ll see silt in the bottom of your coffee cup. Silt. The siphon is what Jonny uses to pour the brewed coffee through in order to get rid of the silt. Fancy.

Also, the title has alliteration which I love. Also, silt is a cool word. So is siphon. I like the purpose here of collaboration and randomness and sharing coffee knowledge. And Jonny got to post a poem about poker night this past Sunday! I really like one of the last lines which refers to all the sorts of people we had sitting around our table.

Last night, Jonny made me a contributor which I’m really excited about. I love writing and I love coffee. Duh.

Yay for being sick and having time to write and read blogs in bed.

-C