12/10/2025
This is a $398 bag of whole decaf coffee beans, purchased in Vermont, in August of 2025. Mind you, they had no intention of costing that much when they were purchased. Their fair-trade sourcing coffee roasters, never dreamed that their beans would one day be so expensive. My lovely wife, who bought me these hand roasted, luxurious coffee beans, had no clue what they would end up costing us… either.
I buy ground decaf, and supplement it in my little Mocha Java espresso maker, with just a tablespoon of ground regular coffee (from my lovely wife’s supply). I love coffee, but I don’t love caffeine. Just enough to get the wheels turning in the morning, if you know what I mean. So, after nine days solo with our two beautiful, smart… obedient children, while my lovely wife hiked 72+ miles in the Green Mountains of Vermont, with her lovely mother, I was gifted, among other thoughtful and tasty things, this bag of magical beans. Hand roasted, Fair-Trade, decaf whole coffee beans, from… well… I actually don’t know where they were sourced, but that doesn’t really matter right now. The point is, I haven’t ground coffee beans in 10 years, and we have a 5 year old cat.
Obviously he is not familiar with the sound of an electric coffee grinder at 7:30am, on any given morning. I learned that the hard way, as did he. The problem that particular morning was that he really loves our piano bench, which is quite, quite heavy. Somehow though, it is not heavy enough to remain upright when an 8 pound cat wakes from a dead sleep, to the sound of an electric coffee grinder, which he has never heard before.
The Vet visit and X-ray were $380. The cat’s all healed up now. He has learned a new trick, feigning a limp to get treats. The one cup of coffee was good, and I haven’t ground any more.
