Jun 18 2008
Burnt Bird Poo Blend
I accidentally discovered a good blend the other day, when I mixed my remaining Jacu bird beans with some of the leftover Brazil Carmo de Mina’s Fazanda Esperance that I had thought that I had burnt. Ok, I admit it, sometimes the need for caffeine takes precedence over taste for me. This is especially the case when it comes to packing my lunch for work. If I don’t get my fix at lunchtime, I am just no good at my job. I need a little java jolt to put little pep in my step, you know what I mean? If I do not get my required dosage then, I end up finding myself at the Starbucks slapping down my hard earned cash for a shot. So anyway, I was running late and making my lunch coffee when I realized I did not have enough Jacu bird beans to make a full thermos of joe. What was I to do? I really had a hankering for that pepper pepperminty taste but I did not want to water it down or make a small amount.
What the heck, I thought to myself then tossed in a bit of the burnt Brazilian beans I had laying around, rejects from a failed experiment. The beans did not turn out as bad as I thought, just a bit to chalky and dark for me. I ground it up and dumped it in my french press. I bottled it up in my little thermos and went off to work. At lunch I got a great surprise. My little ad-libbed concoction actually tasted good? The two beans really complimented each other. I savored my new creation and decided to try to make some more.
I even thought of a good name…
Burnt Bird Poo Blend
