When we first opened, we were all about brewing the decaf drip.  Every few hours it was poured down the drain and brewed fresh so that caffeine-conscious customers would be happy with their cup o joe that smelled like the real thing.

For every cup we managed to sell, at least 2 gallons were thrown away.  It was a sad state of waste.

So nowadays, we don't brew decaf unless there is a special event.  Don't be upset decaf drinkers - it's nothing personal.  We're happy to make you a decaf Americano....we even carry decaf chai if you're so inclined.  If you really, really want a cup just ask - it'll only take about 5 minutes or so....

Mmmmmmmmm......caffeine......or not.

I want to gripe a bit about the hated telemarketers.  For years I have relied solely on using my cell phone for all my daily phone needs, bypassing most unwanted calls besides the occasional wrong number.  Since starting up a business I have been hounded on almost a daily basis by people trying to sell me everything from advertising to credit card machines.  What has been the most aggravating thing of late is that these companies have begun to forgo even using live people to do their calls.  I have been receiving an increasing amount of calls with recorded messages, one day I had three in just a single hour! 

I can understand the need for people to sell their product, and that calling someone is one of the easiest and cheapest ways to go about it.  But, to program some machine, instead of at least paying some poor person a crappy wage to do their bidding, really annoys me.  I can't even comprehend how they would get anyone to stay on the line to listen to the whole sales pitch.  I mean I usually have hung up by the third word, I don't even have a clue what most of them were even trying to peddle me. 

Oh, and anybody out there who wants to know whether we are set-up to take credit cards yet...YES WE ARE!  Hmmmm...I think credit cards will be covered in my next blog.