Diarrhea Mustache

So,
In case you haven't noticed, I've been pretty damn BUSY since we opened the doors on the new Temple. The response thus far has been great... considering we did a soft open in the middle of a Sacramento Summer. Soon, new baristas will be trained, the hours will expand from 6-6 to 6-11, and we'll start roasting.
Before I forget, we bought a car last night! 97 Subaru Outback Sport. Pretty low miles, some cosmetic damage, but hey, it works like a fuckin dream. 2900 out THE DOOR!
Anywho, there has been some awesome Sacramento coffee community shit happening the past few months: Old Soul and Chocolate Fish have been holding cuppings. Everything considered (new location, new house, etc), I haven't been able to go... UNTIL THIS LAST SATURDAY. And lemme tell you, I think the wait was worth it.
Not only was Andy and Edie (chocolate fish) there (along with several staff members whose names I unfortunately forgot already), but Andrew Barnett and Drew Cattlin from Ecco came up to represent, Sarah and Lucas from Bloom also partook... along with 15+ other Sacramentans that just love coffee!!!
The cupping also included four brewing demonstrations: Lucky on the Mellitta Pour Over, Drew on the Siphon, Lucas on the Eva Solo, and yours truly on (what else) the French Press.

It was a huge fuckin blast, but damn it, my camera ran out after I took all of THREE FUCKIN PICTURES.

Stay tuned for Temple Classes, new training, and possibly me going to LA to do shit with the SCAA/BGA.
Wacky

First Day

Word.
Finally opened the doors on this beast, and have gotten non-stop people since 6am. Here's some pics.

Woo Hoo! I feel heavy metal

Hey kids
Yup.
Its official.
June 29th is going to be the first day we open that front door and go "Pull up those adult Huggies", and start slingin sweet spro all down S Street. Its going to be fuckin awesome (just got the GB/5 up 10 minutes ago).
July 18th is going to be our Grand Opening party. Beer, pizza, dj's, you know, typical Sactown shit.
Ya heard?!


Plus, we might be doin another "Ride On!"

Some updates

Hopefully within three weeks time, we will be opening the second location for Temple. Its going to be pretty sick: Just within the past few days the cafe is completely changed, with concrete being poured and everything (as soon as tomorrow) being painted, we're waiting on me finishing my barista training overhaul (3 months? Gimme 2 weeks, son) and then we're throwing the, tentatively titled, "T2 Amazing Grand Opening Blowout Extravaganza!" Featuring beer (Rubicon), pizza (Original Pete's), music (my homebody Cory starring as DJ Ginga), and maybe some darts.
Yes.
Darts.
Anyway, I'll post some pics when I get some (camera died!), and my cell phone camera doesn't do our hard work justice.
Well, fine. To tide you over, here's our Probatino.

Squirt

Ya know.
Like the soda!
Anyway, this next month is craziness. Listen to this shit, brotha:
1. T2
2. New house
3. MAYBE A NEW DOG?!
either way, the first two are kickin my ass.

Ouchie

So, its been quite a while since I've posted. Lots of shit has been happening, mainly the hiring of four new staff, and the promotion of another to barista. This involved training all of those cats, which took up most of my time. This week, I'm finishing our "secondary barista training", after which I'm almost solely going to be at "S Street" (the new location) helping with the buildout. I'm also nursing a super bad sunburn that actually graduated to a 2nd degree burn on the back of my left shoulder... its been a while since I've woken up middle-of-the-night in pain, but last night was a good reminder why to wear sunscreen. Fuck dude.

I was sitting at Temple last night, about 8ish, hanging out with my boys. Absolutely gorgeous night, perfect temperature, drinking some good liquor (Brasil Daterra Monte Cristo), and listening to the chirping of bats, who were just waking up. In this idealistic setting, I came to the conclusion that my coffee "fire", the spirit that keeps me going, has dwindled. I attribute this to mostly training and lack of doing "coffee related" activities. Coming to the realization that training takes it so much outta me (maybe it was the 5 people back to back situation...), I came to the conclusion that I have to relight and keep that drive going myself. I'm not sure exactly what I'll do, but needless to say its got to happen quick.

Until next time...

Dead pigeons are awesome!

Pretty much, Christian Rotsko is one of my most favorite people ever.
Dig.
Plus Teddie took her pants off.