2 Recent Excellent Beverages

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First the non alcoholic one. I have been pondering the problem of lousy office coffee. Generally I make decent coffee at home and try to bring a big cup to work. However that has all kinds of problems. Namely remembering it do it, having a clean travel cup, remembering to bring the mug home, etc.. So I tried buying the to go cups. Better. But still a hassle since I have piles of to go cups clogging my space. And drinking office coffee sucks. It is cheap and rancid. Often people forget to make it so you don't have a cup when you really need it and you are screwed. The big coffeepot at work doesn't work right either so sometimes you get cold nasty coffee that started as cheap rancid coffee. It sucks. But, the office does have a water cooler that has a hot water thing on it. So I began pondering my coffee victimization and what to do about it. And at a nice kitchen store I found a self contained french press/travel mug. It is a metal insulated travel mug thing where the lid has the plunger and you can just drink out of the same lid. Greatest invention sice saran wrap. Two scoops of good coffee hidden in my desk, fill the mug with the hot water, wait just a few minutes, and mash the plunger down for good coffee enjoyment. No cords, filters, long waits for brewing, cold coffee, etc.... I am no longer a victim. Excellent purchase. And my desk has a good coffee odor when I open the part w/ the coffee.


Now the alcoholic beverage. Had a small gathering tonight. First opened was a 1.5 bottle of silver oak cab that I have had waiting for the right occasion. Ooooh it's a crowd pleaser. Soft silky tasty cab. I suppose it could be criticized as being soft or lacking structure or something, but it is a nice wine. We threw out some munchies, bread, proscuitto, capacolla, peppers, cheese etc... and let people attack it. Good and simple. I am a victim of not being able to drink good cab 18 hours a day, and think I should get a cabernet subsidy to support hardworking American winemakers.