The Caffeinated Mind: Coffee

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Coffee for the WIN!!

+5 poop

-10 bladder

+100000 deliciousness

In my life, I've met people. Some I never think about again. Some, I wonder what happened to them. Some, I wonder if they ever think about me. And then there are some I wish I never had to think about again.

But I do.

I have always thought of a coffee shop as a church-- of sorts. A place for fellowship. A community of individuals brought together in a place of worship(for me, anyways) A place where wit & wisdom flow. Where we talk story. We discuss finance, state affairs, common gossip, and a bit of low brow comedy. I have met magnificent people and made personal connections that will last a lifetime. Ordinary encounters made extraordinary.

Coffee is the tie that binds us...at least in my life.

Coffee--brewed. Hearts--warmed. My job here is done. :)

Insomnia in Waikiki

I am something right now, but I wouldn't call it "functional."

Damn that late afternoon espresso..it is like the Che Guevara in my revolution against sleep.

Popped our coffee cherry...we did.

On a hike to Maunawili Falls on the windward side of O'ahu, we came to an old coffee grove...the trees were thin under the dense canopy but easy to identify by their shiny waxy leaves. We found some had green cherries attached to their scrawny branches.

We searched for a while trying to find one with a ripe red cherry. How our behavior must have looked to passerby's makes me laugh now. Probably as bizarre as I look when I play in the snow.

Spotted bits of red in the lush green landscape...where the canopy allowed more sunlight to pass though. Wild coffee, long since abandoned...unkempt yet beautiful.

We snapped a few pictures...popped a few in our mouth and headed up the mountain with renewed vigor.

Rise like the Phoenix from the ashes...

The Birth(or Rebirth) of Pono Roasters

We chose the Phoenix to represent our coffee roasting business' rebirth. The Phoenix's ability to be reborn from its own ashes seemed very àpropos. Our path, fraught with obstacles yet we emerged from the cinders stronger.