\”A new start to a life without coffee, no more cracked fingertips, incessant seasonal cold as a result of direct customer service. A retirement from coffee finally!\” Is what I thought the LAST time I retired from coffee. I was fresh off of my national championship and was feeling pretty good. Through a collection of fumbles, missteps, and underestimates, I ended up right back in the seed of the coffee cherry, serving coffee at Purple Llama. I was selecting which coffees to serve the community and the best way to do that. When the shop decided to permanently close last month, I found myself thinking the same thoughts I had last time retiring from coffee. These thoughts lasted nearly 12 hours.
Welcome to my coffee subscription. This is a place where coffee nerdery is encouraged, and where we become better at tasting coffees and discussing differences. I am calling this a club, as I intend to involve each person (regardless of current taste preference, brewing method, and knowledge level) to engage with me and others to learn as much as they can and brew each coffee I share to the best of their abilities.
I understand that some people like the autonomy about going to a store and hand selecting which beans they would like to buy. I certainly do. And I\’ll be honest, the coffee you receive from this subscription will not give you that same instant gratification. But here is what it will have: hours of research selecting coffees that were purchased from roasters based off of award-winning scoring, interesting/complex flavor profiles, a highly sustainable trade relationship AND a promise that the coffee was roasted by someone who respects the growth and processing of the coffee so much that they refuse to impart any of their own trademark flavors on the coffee, only preserving and bringing out the potential flavors that developed during growth and post-harvest processing. I don\’t want you to miss that going to the store feeling… so instead, I want you to anxiously anticipate what newest package of precious beans will arrive at your doorstep for you to brew the next morning as you start a new day.
I look forward to providing everyone involved with coffees that get me excited and will hopefully share that excitement to the subscribers. To those who have subscribed already, I look forward to sharing coffees with you that excite me and hopefully you as well. I\’ll do my best to make sure this is worth every penny.
Stimulus Coffee Club 
So happy to be here! Thanks again, Dylan.
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