Michael W's wife Allison purchased a
Chemex coffee maker for Michael's most recent birthday. With the two of them having an infant at home, getting out for coffeeneuring can be a challenge. So Michael invited a small group of us over to his home for a "Without Walls" coffeeneuring adventure!
I rode my bike over to Beaverton with the intent to take the MAX over the hill and meet Bill in town for the ride to Michael's. The trees are still a riot of color.
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| On the way to Beaverton |
Upon getting to Beaverton, I realized that I was early. Very very early. As in spring-ahead-fall-behind kind of early. Yup, the clocks had changed and I was an hour ahead of time.
What else to do but have a pre-coffee coffee?! I popped into
Edge Coffee and had a latte while I killed time.
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| Showing off my LEL vest. |
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| Edge gets it. |
Eventually I met Bill & we rode over to Micheal's house. Micheal explained to us his process for roasting beans with a popcorn popper!
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| Green beans |
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| The secret roasting equipment |
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| Birthday Chemex |
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| Bikes and coffee. Photo courtesy of Bill Alsup. |
The family is gluten free and Allison has a keen interest in gluten free baking. I brought over some gluten free banana muffins I'd made the night before, and we had a long conversation about the keys to GF baked goods.
And of course, we spent a fair bit of time admiring the newest member of the family, Miss Marjorie!
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| Someone finally woke up! |
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| Photo courtesy of Bill Alsup |
Roundtrip miles for the day: 20.8
Total coffee mile for the challenge: 296.1
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