Got a fun email today from Peter, who is obviously a very smart fella \u2013 I repost it almost in its entirety:<\/p>\n
\nFor the last several years I\u2019ve been a regular reader of Spengler<\/a>\u2026after he unmasked himself as David Goldman and announced he was decamping to First Things<\/a>, I followed along to see what he\u2019d be writing about as an Observant Jew contributing to a Conservative Catholic Intellectual Journal. That\u2019s when I found your Blog and became an occasional reader. It was on your blog that I saw mention of \u201cMystic Monk Coffee\u201d<\/a>. \u2018Cool name,\u201d I thought.<\/p>\n
A few weeks ago I ordered some \u201cHermits\u2019 Bold Blend\u201d<\/strong> \u2026I couldn\u2019t find the size of the bag of coffee but, since the price was about the same as at the Starbuck\u2019s and Dunk\u2019n Donuts shop I figured it had to be a pound. I can\u2019t tell you how annoyed I was when the package arrived and it was only 12oz. \u201cWhat a Rip-off!\u201d I shouted out loud.<\/p>\n
I still had some beans from an unfinished bag of grocery store coffee sitting in the burr-grinder so I put the Monk\u2019s coffee in the pantry. For the next few days I would grind my molars each time I opened the larder door and saw that 12oz bag sitting on the shelf.<\/p>\n
[Finally got] around to opening the Mystic Monk\u2019s. I took the top off the grinder to pour the beans into the glass holding vessel and, as I tore open the bag, I nosed the wonderful aroma and saw the volatile oils glistening on the surface of the beans. \u2018Wow!\u2019 I thought, \u2018Right out of the roaster and into the bag. You don\u2019t see beans like this in store-bought coffee \u2013 not even Starbuck\u2019s.\u2019 I ground some beans and made a brew. At the first sip I thought, \u2018This is fantastic!\u2019 But, at the equivalent of $14\/lb I thought it over-priced. After all Starbuck\u2019s and D-Squared only charge $10\/lb.<\/p>\n
[Only<\/em>? Admin, who is cheap about some things, but not about coffee]<\/p>\n
Yesterday I placed another order with the Mystic Monks<\/a><\/strong>. I got three bags of beans for myself and a couple of bags of ground coffee for some friends. This stuff is just too good not to share<\/em>. W. Edwards Deming<\/a>, the statistician who made post-war Japan an industrial powerhouse, famously pointed out, \u201cPrice, without a measure of Quality, is meaningless.\u201d<\/em> After doing a little thinking and drinking I decided that, yes, Mystic Monks Coffee is worth the price.<\/p>\n
Oh, and after reading a few blog posts and articles, I also became a subscriber to First Things.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
So, hooked on the Mystic Monks Liquid Crack and also subscribing to First Things<\/a>? Did I not say he was smart? Yes, the Mystic Monk Coffee<\/a> is a tad pricier than normal, but the stuff is so good, (and the Carmelite monks have such ambitious, heartening plans for growth<\/a>), that it seems a worthwhile expense, to me.
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\nSpeaking of First Things<\/strong>, take a look at some of the October issue. I think most will love this piece by Mary Eberstadt, \u201cWhat Does Woman Want?<\/a> and will find this piece on Economic Justice and the Spirit of Innovaction<\/a> equally satisfying.<\/p>\nAnd of course, I\u2019m a contributing writer, too! What\u2019s not to like?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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