# morning java

an effective human knows that not all beans are created equal and one may influence the impact one may make, by understanding this thoroughly.


having one bag of beans open at a time is like wearing the same t-shirt your whole life. you'll be dressed, but you're not doing yourself any favours. recently roasted beans kept in air-tight bags in the freezer will give you a whole new outlook.

allow me to demonstrate with the roasts above, working from left to right.

- a cup (or three) of columbia strawberry milkshake before breakfast feels most like getting a hug from someone who arouses you. who doesn't want to start the day like that?
- kenya kabingara is a cup of no-nonsense, wake me up and point me at problems, brew.
- you will notice that the half kilo bag of black eye supreme is empty. as are her 9 sisters who occupied my suitcase leaving ubud. this is brain lubricant for people with shit to get done. when i return, i'll try to find a retailer who marks the roast date on the bag.
- stern's is so right-wing, i call it baby-killer (or conflict-coffee, if i'm sharing a room with parents of young sprogs). not to be underestimated. people say that coffee tastes like the earth it was grown in and that perfectly explains the dark-roast, blood drenched sand that this absolutely disgusting coffee evokes visions of. but if you have a day of beating the shit out of gpt-4o to get it writing crypto code that passes muster, this or anything from israel, will help you understand how such a contentious country has held its own as long as it has.