- Drive to Manchester, VT. 🚙
- Coffee at Charlie’s Coffee House. Better coffee elsewhere. ☕️
- Breakfast at Little Rooster. 🍽
- Alpine Slide at Bromley Mountain. We all did it, first time for everyone but Tammy. 🤪
- Hiked a bit of the Appalachian Trail in Vermont, a mile up Bromley Mountain and then back. 🥾
- Iced Maple Latte at Bonnet & Main. 🥤
- Shop at Northshire Bookstore. Great bookstore! 📚
- Ice cream at Cold Cow Creamery. Maple shake was delicous. 🍦
- Visit Hildene, family home of the Lincoln’s. 🎟
- Shopping at Orvis Flagship Store. 🛍
- We played unlimited pinball at Pastime Pinball. Very well maintained pinball machines. Metallica Pro machine was my favorite.
- Pizza outside at Sam’s Wood Fired Pizza. 🍕
- Head back to Airbnb! 🚙
The #TeamSPS Coffee Guild met today and Rob Rutscher brought in his Decent Espresso machine along with the Niche Zero grinder and served up delicious coffee for folks today. Brought a lot of joy. ☕️
Got our Halloween pumpkins at Little Hill Berry Farm by Northfield this morning. 🎃 They also had a delicious Blueberry Pancake breakfast. 🥞🫐☕️
This is a good spot to have a morning coffee. ☕️🌴
Enjoying this incredible Double Fermented Gesha special 2nd Anniversary Coffee from Pair Cupworks. ☕️
Strawberry, Vanilla, & Bananas Foster! – It’s a celebration! This gesha varietal coffee is grown by El Vergel Farm and double fermented by producers Elias and Shady Bayter, located in Tolima, Colombia. In celebration of our cafe’s 2nd anniversary, we are happy to present this super limited release!
Delightful cappuccino at Drug Store Coffee in the Noelle Hotel in downtown Nashville. ☕️
Final prep for afternoon presentation to the amazing #TeamSPS sales team. ☕️🙌
Vermont Road Trip Log: Day 7, Friday
Weather: Perfect.
Jump to day 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 of Vermont Road Trip.
Getting World’s Best Donuts in Grand Marais. They close for the winter tomorrow! 🍩☕️❄️
Mighty Fine Coffee
Stopped by Mighty Fine Coffee today to check out the newest coffee option in Faribault. Met the two owners and brought home a bag of freshly roasted beans. They are just getting started and I like where they are going! ☕️
“Black gold.” ☕️🤩
High quality mid-day espresso is a nice upside of working from home. ☕️
Delicious espresso. ☕️
Little Joy Coffee
Had an amazing coffee at the new Little Joy Coffee in Downtown Northfield. Amazing coffee, great shop, and top notch barista! Tim the owner is super knowledgeable about all things coffee. Go here! ☕️
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Coffee Cathedral. Ratio Eight making magic with beans from Sump Coffee. ☕️
I tried a Melbourne “Magic” today. I would have a hard time telling the difference between a Magic and Cappuccino. ☕️
Very first espresso from my new Breville Oracle espresso machine. I’m impressed with the capabilities and the quality of the espresso. ☕️
Took my new Ratio Eight Coffee Maker and Baratza Virtuoso grinder for a first run this morning, paired with Sump Coffee beans. It’s like an automatic Chemex, delicious brew! ☕️ Awesome surprise from my amazing and thoughtful wife. 🥰
The Kingfield at Five Watt is definitely a treat, not an everyday coffee, but it sure is delicious. Fancy coffee time! ☕️
Mazie and I getting some coffee at Blue Bottle Coffee by World Trade Center. ☕️
Espresso. ☕️
Cleaning my espresso machine’s portafilter always gives me a moment of pause when you clean the tar-like sludge and consider “Wait, I drink this?” 😯☕️
Coffee flight at Fairgrounds: Verve (Santa Cruz), Dark Matter (Chicago), and Stumptown (Portland). All delicious. ☕️
Checking out the new Fairgrounds Craft Coffee & Tea in North Loop. ☕️ Very good coffee. Fried egg sandwich is amazing.
Espresso time. ☕️
Afternoon coffee flight – macchiato with cappuccino at Cafe Umbria. ☕️
