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Roos Roast - Free Speach Coffee
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• Shadow Art Fair Saturday Dec 6th Noon to Midnight!
  The vendor list is available at: Shadow Art Fair go look at all the really interesting and talented artist, writers, beer and coffee drinkers who will be there all day from Noon to midnight. You gotta appreciate the stamina of these folks. See you at the Farmers Market on Wednesday. Roos!
• Chilly November Wednesday at The A2 Farmers Market.
  Tomorrow is going to be busy at the farmers market as people go for the deep local experience in shopping for their Thanks Giving Meal. I have some excellent single origin choices for everyone. It doesn't matter if your used to drinking cappuccinos from the gas station or a coffee snob who recently moved here from the Bay Area you're going to find a Roos Roast to compliment the holiday meal and after party's that follow. Please, come on down! Last Wednesday Michaela brought a pot of potato soup (in a re-use-able bag) made with leeks and Yukon Gold potatoes from Trante Farms and gave everyone at the Roos Roast stand a steaming bowl. It was so good and hot! Thank you Michaela! (real bowls and spoons from the re-use center) As I snapped this picture she said "Get used to it, this is the new economy, it's called sharing." On Saturday Emanuel who now works at Zimmerman's Road House brought us a beautiful plate of sugar cookies and we shared them with everyone. Come on down tomorrow so we can share the love of coffee at Roos Roast. See you there. Remaining your faithful roaster of excellent coffee. Please note I'm off for the holiday and will return to the roaster on Monday December 1st. See you then J. Roos
• Coffee, Art , Food, Literature and Speed!
  I wanted to send out a sincere thank you to everyone who's been coming out to the farmer market now that it's not all "tank tops and tomatoes." People are still embarking on the deep local experience. I love this town! I look forward to opening my home once or twice a month for "Sunday Cafe/Coffee Camp." Once you taste my true hash browns and real butter milk pan cakes (A-Bar-A Ranch Wyoming style) you won't miss the event. I have so much great coffee for roasting and tasting!. Timor Emera, Papua New Guinea, a washed Rwanda is my favorite right now, Peru La Florida, Congo, and so much more. I have mastered the most fluffy eggs and winter greens with flax seed oil. (Ask Ari at Eve.) Sorry I I've not been getting crazy hitting the bars with journal and pen and writing like a wild man. I have been thinking about it and I will again soon. I picked up one of my all time favorite books at the library the other day "On the Road" (The Original Scroll) by Jack Kerouac. If you didn't know Kerouac wrote the book in 3 weeks in April of 1951 in an apartment on West 20th street, Manhattan. It was type as single-spaced paragraph on sheets of paper taped together to form a 120 foot scroll. Before I believed the myth that Jack type the scroll flying on Benzedrine, (Benmny's) a high powered speed popular with hipsters and entertainers of the era. What I learned re-reading this edition is what Kerouac told Neal Cassady in a letter: "I wrote the book on COFFEE, remember said rule. Benny,(speed) tea, (weed) anything I KNOW none as good as COFFEE for real mental power kicks." (Kerouac averaged 6000 words a day!) How bout that? Come on down and get some Race Roast or some Frontal Lobe Focus for your writers/artist bloc and get things moving like DJ Drano! See you tomorrow. Your faithful roaster J. Roos PS If your looking for roosart.com it will be back in action next week.
• Clouds I saw after the election which I thought fitting...and your questions answered
  "How long are you doing the farmers market?" Is the question everyone is asking me and it's a good one. I will be at the Wednesday market right up until Christmas which is how long the Wednesday market season lasts. The Saturday market, goes year round with stalwarts like Shannon Brynes and his famous greens. (there are other farms buy I can't recall them off the top of my head). I will be at the Saturday Market the next 2 Saturdays, and away the 29th and December 6th (Out of town for Thanksgiving and at the Winter Shadow Art Show with my friends at the Michigan Design Militia and the Corner Brewery) See you Wednesday Dec 10th. Tomorrow I have Fair Trade Rwanda!(and other great choices) This coffee is huge! Take all the coffees you've ever loved and put them together and brew them up cowboy style (without overheating the water) stir well and pour. Let it settle now you've got what I'm talking about tomorrow. Come on down and see Kath and I for some Theater in the raw and we'll explain what Lobster Butter Love is!
• Tomorrow is the Big Day
  I think tomorrow is going to be historic so let's get out there and choose a better history! Go Vote! Your faithful roaster of fine coffee Thank you everyone, for all the support! Roos!
• Coffee Class; November 2nd, 2008 1:00 PM at Kitchen Port Zeeb Road
  The vitals: Where: Kitchen Port When: November 2nd, 2008 at 1:00 PM till 2:00 PM (shopping after) Subject: Espresso. Cost: $10 Advanced sign up: Call the store 734-665-9188 Here's your chance to score on the long awaited Roos Roast Coffee Class for only $10! That's right! The price includes 10% off for shopping after the class (restrictions apply). This class will take place in the demonstration kitchen at Kitchen Port the kitchen supply on Jackson Road. (they have a TV cooking show ceiling mirror so you can really see everything) The store is fun because it's tastefully laid out and has a great selection of valuable kitchen equipment. It's really a great setting for a class. Make sure you sign up in advance as space is limited to 20 people and 6 have already signed up. I will be doing a 1 hour talk on espresso starting at 1:00 PM. Since the class is so short, please be on time. On Nov 15th my buddy Max Sussman will be signing copies of his first cookbook "Freshman in the Kitchen" also at Kitchen Port. See you at the market on Saturday. Your faithful roaster Roos
• The Busy World of Caffeinated People
  Have you ever thought that much of the worlds busyness was self imposed? Are we all addicted to the value of being busy? I see that when I talk to my mom on the phone and I say "I'm really busy." and she says "I'm busy too!" as if don't call me a slacker, punk ass son of mine! I may be retired but I'll work circles around you inspired on something like Tasters Choice. What is it, we're a more valuable component of society if we're busy? What if some of the busyness was related to caffeine and a passion of coffee? I don't want to waste your time working out my consumption issues here on the Roos Roast blog but this is just how I write. Let's get busy. Start by going here: monkey business The guys at Main Street Motors are going crazy for the AeroPress! They have them in the office and will make you an excellent cup of Roos Roast right there in the shop while you wait to have you car serviced. I have not seen a more dedicated group of Techs! These guys know what a cup of coffee is supposed to taste like. Here is what Chip Smith said about the AreoPress: "Just wanted to say what a great call the AeroPress is. I love it and will never make coffee with the old coffee maker again. It's so great, I bought another for my neighbor. I love the coffee, the bike delivery and the entrepreneurial spirit!" Dude I'm in the middle of dinner with Donald Harrison of the Ann Arbor Film Festival Fame, Michael Flynn protector of true net metering, Solar Power in Michigan) Heidi Kumao has never had any problems with Verizon and is a brilliant professor at the school of art and design at U of M, Stephen Kinnard of Cordova Alaska (Democrat), Kath Weider extraordinary cooker of Italian Food and my future wife. And of course me. We're here to remind everyone that you can't wear any political garb to polling places. You also need an ID. So bring your drivers license and don't wear your Obama shirt. We want everyone to be able to vote! Get out the vote. Donald is twittering about the movies they're going to make tomorrow and the secret ingredient,(string) while Heidi photographs me blogging while everyone else looks on and comments. Kinnard: "Picking apples is Sexy." Donald is picking apples tomorrow with his sexy ex. He's what I have to remind you of: Cowboy coffee tomorrow at the Farmers Market. (See photos) Cowboy coffee is the wild combination of course grounds, boiling water, stirring and cold water sprinkled on top to encourage the grounds to settle. The result is an incredible strong cup of coffee that rivals the Clover while being much more rustic. There is all kinds of stuff happening tonight, Art Walk, Play at the Yellow Barn with Roos Roast coffee, cool crisp weather, Ann Arbor Acting like Portland Oregon 10 years ago, the moon, clear nights. See you at the Farmers Market in the Morning Remaining your faithful roaster of coffee, Roos PS: To my editors please contact me if you see any errors I'm too busy to send this to be edited and wait for it to come back. I need to post it now!
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