Brewed Fresh Daily

Gentle readers, I'm about to go off. If you don't want to read it, change the channel. The first issue I want to get off my chest is how much I hate the Free Times website. I'm not even going to link you to it because once you get there, you'll have an impossible time find what you want. You're better off going to Google and adding "site:www.freetimes.com" to your search. Which may or may not help. They don't put all of their publication up there. One week they'll add a particular columnist, the next not. On to the second and more important issue. The whole reason I start off searching for a link to this blurb I saw in the FT, was that it's something near and dear to my heart. Some fool said "Mondays are the best day to by your coffee at City Roast Coffee... in the West Side Market. This is the day CRC knocks $3 of the price of any pound of coffee". OK. If you're a cheapskate and don't want to pay full price for a pound of premium coffee fresh roasted by a locally owned independent roaster, then Monday is the day that you get the stuff they want to sell before they get the latest batch of beans in. The rest of us who appreciate a good cup of coffee and want to support a local business will go on Wednesday. That's when Bob brings the beans that he roasted the night before. So if you shop at the WSM, buy your beans on Wednesdays, and only buy enough for the week. That way you'll get the maximum flavor for your money. Thanks for bearing with me.