I Reek of Beans
Well if you didn't know already I have started working for CVRP (Carson Valley Roasting Plant) as a Startbuck roaster. It's been quite an eye opener as to what goes into the Starbucks product. They hold such high standards to maintain a consistent product and I am right where that all takes place in the roasting control room at the plant. There are so many different types of coffee and blends that are roasted that all have a unique flavor and quality that no other company has come to achieve and they keep pushing for better. I know so much more about coffee that I never would have thought about and I have never really been much of a coffee person. This is no longer the case since
I have been surrounded by experts that know everything about the anatomy of a bean and how it reacts and changes over a roasting period. It's very detail is all that I can say.
On a side note and in response to the title of the blog (which has nothing to do with the magical fruit), everyone of us has probrably been to a Starbucks and instantly smells the scent of roasted beans once you walk into the place. Well, when you are at a plant it's just like that but multiplied by millions of pounds of coffee that is at it freshest point once roasted. Not only do I marinate in the air all day, but every once in awhile (just about every day) you have to go in and clean out under the roasters and all sorts of bean particles are pretty much raining on you as you clean so it gets all over me. If you didnt know, coffee is very oily and this stuff sticks to just about anything especially humans. When I am at the job I am used to the smell once I am a couple hours into the shift, but once I get home and get out of my work cloths I just reek of the stuff. It's not a bad smell obviously, but it's probrably as potent as going into a Casino and rolling around on the carpet for eight hours.
Well those are my thoughts. I do have more in my head but this is long enough.
posted by The Age @ 12:20 AM
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