KC Perky

OK, fine, it might not be as bad as blood diamonds are, but the coffee industry definitely has its indiscretions in Africa too.

This coming Saturday, there will be a free screening of Black Gold, a documentary exploring the global coffee trade and its impact on the people who produce the coffee.  The screening will take place at Jacob’s Well Church at 7 PM.  A brief discussion will be held afterwards to explore ways we (Americans) can work for justice in this multibillion-dollar industry.

Much of my coffeehouse exploring happens during my commute to work on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Over the last year and a half since I started this mission, I have covered a lot of ground, mostly in the urban corridor, as that’s where I’ve traveled to and from work. However, this pattern will be changing in just a few months- my commute will go from 20 miles to 2 blocks, so most of my T/R morning coffees will be at Eljay’s and City Market Coffeehouse. That just means I’ll have to make more of an effort to hit the suburbs to keep bringing you good shops we hadn’t heard of before. That, or …. just read a pretty little book??

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<— This is you, KC.

You love coffee.

I love coffee.

I am here to help guide you.

There are a ton of KC coffee shops and there are a number of good local bean producers. I’ll be focusing more on the prior, but will still touch on the latter too. Facts, gossip, and bold-face funny fabrications are all par for the course. Haters of sarcasm should get their own coffee blog.