Opus 2016-136: On the Street: The Gourmet Cash Register

There are times when I am glad I am not a gourmet.  Currently I cannot make coffee at home.  This is forcing me to stop at places that I don’t usually frequent.  When you need coffee, you need coffee.  We have a Starbucks close to our house and although their style is too strong for my delicate palate, I can handle their light roast.  It has some snazzy Starbucks names, but a light roast by any other name, be it O so sweet.... 

The problem is that every time I would drive away from Starbucks with nothing but a plain cup of coffee the cash register in my head would go, “$2.45.  Ouch!  $2.45.  Ouch!  $2.45.  Ouch!...”  I also lack a gourmet’s wallet.  In a moment of tightwad splendor I decided to try the Circle K.  I sampled something called Ipanema Estates.  I was pleasantly surprised.

As I say, I am no gourmet.  That applies to coffee as well as truffles.  I do know a really bad cup of coffee.  I know a really good cup of coffee.  I don’t know that Circle K Imanema Estates is a really good cup of coffee, but it is as good as Starbucks light roast.

And the cash register in my head is dancing, “99 cents.  Yes!”

If you are a coffee snob, live dangerously.  Try Circle K.  (I get no kickback for this endorsement and warn you that business being what it is, the Circle K near you may be using leftover grounds from the local Thai takeout.)

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