talking to people

i make a point of talking to people now. i'm conversant. sometimes they have to start a conversation with me (like the guy who sat next to me from DEN to SFO), but sometimes I'll provoke a conversation, like with the cabbie who brought me home from SFO.

this afternoon i picked up some green beans from the mailroom and got to talking with the mailroom guy about home roasting. Just as i was about to open the box to show him the greens, he said he grew up on a coffee plantation. "then i guess you already know what green coffee looks like," i said. he then went on to describe the dry processing method which apparently was used on his plantation (perhaps confusing that with roasting, though perhaps not, and perhaps just assuming (incorrectly) that my beans are unprocessed and not de-pupled).

'twas a great conversation and i left him with the name of my bean supplier (sweet maria's, in case you've forgotten), after explaining to him that it isn't particularly cheaper than store roasted coffee, although it is fresher, tastier, and of wider variety.

he may end up roasting. how cool is that?