John Y’s Musings from the Middle: Coffee

I have been an avid coffee drinker for three decades and when traveling I like to try different coffee shops and coffee brands.

What is my standard for determining if a new kind of coffee I haven’t tried before truly measures up?

Easy. …One simple test.

After the first deep gulp (or second sip) do I start to hear this song play in my head?

If the answer is “Yes,” the coffee brand has made the cut and gets placed alongside Cafe Buestelo, Heine Bros, Cafe Du Monde (which I relied on while studying for the bar exam)  and other great coffees I favor.

If “no,” it gets filed alongside Sanka, Nescafe, Maxwell House and a few dozen others coffee brands that have tried but come up short for me personally.