Caribou Coffee… yes, please. I love their dark roasts, like Obsidian. If only they hadn’t discontinued Eclipse. When going through the drive-through, it is often helpful to get a cardboard drink carrier. And as a courtesy, they put little plastic sticks in the drinking slots of the lids, to keep the coffee warm. I hate plastic.
I also reuse those plastic sticks in the woodshop. They’re great for mixing and spreading small amounts of whatever I’m working with. They also make nifty little shims/gaskets for tightening parts into jigs. When they come into the house with drinks, I snatch them up and add them to my collection.
Cardboard carriers are torn into strips and used to start my bee smoker.
Our local Runnings sells used burlap bags, and many of them are from Caribou coffee beans. Organic, Rainforest Alliance – and cupcycled. Three of those bags at fifty cents each make the bottoms of three Warre hive quilt boxes, seven or more top-bar cover cloths, and more than a year’s worth of smoker fuel. Burlap does work great in the smoker. $1.50 for all of that.
Just a tip.
