On a cool afternoon, or warm one for that matter, I have become a big fan of a mixed drink. A recent trip to New York City found Matthew and I drinking Manhattans at a nostalgic, kind of beat up place called the Carnegie Club. We smoked cigars and listened to a 13 piece Sinatra fronted orchestra. Great times! Other drinks included gin and tonic, martinis of different kinds and concoctions of my own invent. You can drink these things all night you know? Hey and if you at your house, you just go upstairs when you have had enough.

Thus occurs to the rocket lawn chair (LOL) that the same principle can be applied to spectacular coffees all of the same quality, freshness and ilk. And when the coffees combine, let the magic begin! On ice? Why not. As Espresso? Sure. Hey are we so rigid that we cannot mix ours with a coffee from my buddy Barrett  Jones at 49^th Parallel? What a shame that would be. I would not put Bailey’s Irish Crème in Kopi Luwak, but hey, your house, your choice.

Here is where the creative juices always seem to flow best in the cocktail activity: Naming your cup/pot genius masterpiece.  I have some modest examples here but I hope after reading this you will join in and contribute your own!

• Rocketfuel XXX Ethiopian Yirgacheffe + Jamaican Blue Mountain = Afro Reggae
• Hawaiian Kona + Jamaican Blue Mountain = Maui Madness
• Kopi Luwak + Jamaican Blue Mountain = Jamaican Blue Poo
• Komodo Dragon + Hawaiian Kona = Hula Monster!

You get the idea…  so it takes some thinking about different coffees to choose and you will make your rare coffees last longer too!

Cheers!

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