are we also coffee connoisseurs? Or wine enthusiasts?

Wine and fountain pens. I used to be pretty into coffee… maybe cameras… yeah… I love my Leica M-10… I am eying a M-11.

Lol, My wife likes Caribou coffee and I like Peets or this place in KC, MO called The Roasterie. Neat place with tours and tastings. As for spirits, I alike Pinots & Tawny Ports and she likes just about everything.😅. I barely drink anymore, but she does give me a small taste of most things.

I have a small roaster and buy green beans from Coffee Corral on the web.  I have a technivorm pot which brews water at the 170 temp!  Then I put on the music and just be present.  Yes!

NSMT 100's

Esoteric N05XD

Pass Labs XA25

I get my coffee from a nearby commercial roaster. Nothing like getting your coffee roasted the day you buy it. Nothing fresher (I'm spoiled). I only get Iwaki beans (Papa New Guinea), grind them myself and use the pour over method. Don't forget to let it seep for 4 minutes after pouring and that way, you get the most flavor possible.

As for wine, I stick to reds.

All the best,
Nonoise

I get Yurgachef beans that have a blue berry note. Amazingly good.  I love wine but can't get past the martini these days because Thelonius sounds so live on my system

jh