{"id":308,"date":"2010-03-04T04:55:18","date_gmt":"2010-03-04T04:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/simplelifecorp.com\/simplelifeblog\/?p=308"},"modified":"2010-03-04T04:55:18","modified_gmt":"2010-03-04T04:55:18","slug":"oh-sozo-thats-a-good-cup-of-coffee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/simplelifecorp.com\/simplelifeblog\/2010\/03\/oh-sozo-thats-a-good-cup-of-coffee\/","title":{"rendered":"Oh! Sozo! That&#8217;s a good cup of coffee!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-309\" style=\"margin: 4px 6px;\" title=\"Coffee \" src=\"http:\/\/simplelifecorp.com\/simplelifeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/j0422391-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been drinking an absolutely wonderful cup of coffee.\u00a0 Monsooned Malabar, to be exact.<\/p>\n<p>I finally ordered some coffee beans from my cousin\u2019s coffee roasting and espresso bar in Ionia, Michigan.\u00a0 My mom spoke of it often, but I just figured it was one of those family things.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m a bit of a coffee afficionado (see my earlier blog on making coffee in my French press coffee maker) but not a fanatic.\u00a0 I buy whole coffee beans and grind a few days of coffee at a time. I\u2019m selective about the coffee I buy, but also price conscious.<\/p>\n<p>So when I finally clicked onto my cousin\u2019s site, I was delighted and a little surprised.\u00a0 Sozo, their coffee shop, was winning local awards. (Cool!)\u00a0 Judging from the Sozo Facebook posts, the shop has a faithful and enthusiastic following of customers.\u00a0 For me, though, I was drawn to the good online selection of coffee.\u00a0 I was fascinated by the descriptions and the localities that the coffee came from.\u00a0 I could get Costa Rican coffee, or Mexican, Ethopian &#8230;. up to then, I had just associated\u00a0 coffee with Columbia, as in Juan and his donkey.<\/p>\n<p>Sozo also offered a new concept for me: fresh roasted coffee beans.\u00a0 They roast their own beans every day.\u00a0 Now this was something I hadn\u2019t thought of: that the fresher the roast of the beans, the better the taste of the coffee.\u00a0 What started as a sort of hobby for the Sozo owners &#8211; roasting coffee beans at home &#8211;\u00a0 had magnetically attracted other coffee afficionados and thus they eventually opened Sozo.\u00a0 Fresh roasted coffee beans do make a difference and yes, you can taste the freshness in the cup.<\/p>\n<p>Back to my favorite cup of coffee.\u00a0 Monsooned Malabar comes from India.\u00a0 According to Sozo, \u201cThis is a very unique coffee hailing from India. After harvest, the beans are exposed to the yearly Monsoon weather of India. As the beans absorb the moisture, they expand in size and take on a unique flavor. We light roast this bean, which retains the very special taste characteristics. Monsooned Malabar has an earthy flavor and a lot of body that is surprisingly smooth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mmmm &#8230; just reading that description enhances the flavor.<\/p>\n<p>You can read about Sozo\u2019s coffee at www.sozocoffee.com .<\/p>\n<p>How about you?\u00a0 Do you have a favorite coffee?\u00a0 I would love to hear about it.<\/p>\n<p>Wishing you joy, peace, and abundance.<br \/>\nPatti<\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________________<br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n  google_ad_client = \"pub-4166420025940107\"; \/* 160x90, created 10\/25\/09 blog flowers *\/ google_ad_slot = \"6170560648\"; google_ad_width = 160; google_ad_height = 90;\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve been drinking an absolutely wonderful cup of coffee.\u00a0 Monsooned Malabar, to be exact. I finally ordered some coffee beans from my cousin\u2019s coffee roasting and espresso bar in Ionia, Michigan.\u00a0 My mom spoke of it often, but I just figured it was one of those family things. 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