Long time since my last update, but I haven’t given up. For the sake of personal accountability, I’m planning on sending at least 6 more letters before the year ends. tumiferrer.substack.com/p/quarantine-c…

Over the past two years I have made it a point to buy whole bean coffee. It’s is the Wild West out there you guys. I’m drinking this $20+ 12oz bag of Rwanda, and it tastes like it’s five years old. Awful. This KEEPS HAPPENING. ———————————A thread -

Instant favorite. Fantastic and eye-opening as always.

Dune reminded me of Harry Potter movies: greatest hits moments from detail-packed text selected & strung together with disregard for overall plot arc, pacing, character development; obscure to those unfamiliar with source. Aesthetically sophisticated but narratively impoverished.

When you’re interviewing a potential new staffer and they drop “third wave” and look at you like…hope she knows what I’m referring to.

Conferences were wild during my first years in coffee. I remember once being blown away by Rene Redzepi Doug Zell Tim Wendelboe James Hoffmann @HamishDAnderson and Oliver Strand sharing their insights. I managed to take a group selfie with them afterwards 🥹