[geeks] Barbeque Geekery

[Dan Sikorski]

Sheldon T. Hall wrote:
> Saith Phil Stracchino ...
>
>   
>> We tend to buy either from First Colony, 
>> Trader Joe's, or a small local roastery.
>>     
>
> Go for the local roastery, so you can have the beans in your grinder two or
> three days after it comes out of the roaster.
>
> When we were living near Seattle, I had a choice of loal roasteries, and I
> loved it.  Over here, in France, it's a bit weird.  It's hard to find
> whole-bean coffee in the stores, unless you want a cafe-sized 5-kilo sack.
> If there's a coffee roastery around here, it's a very well-kept secret.
> Moreover, coffee in a restaurant or cafe is usually pretty sad.  I find the
> coffee situation here downright weird; the French are totally passionate
> about food and wine, but any sort of swamp-water in a cup passes for coffee.
>   

Are the french more of tea drinkers? 

Or do they just start the morning with wine? ;)

    -Dan