WAS IN A TARGET CVS GETTING SOME MEDS TRANSFERRED AS I REACHED MY DESTINATION FOR THE SUMMER AND FALL IN CASTLE ROCK CO.

AS IS MY NATURE I STUCK UP A CONVERSATION WITH THE LADY WHO WAS HELPING ME! THE BEAUTY OF THE PLACE, THE AGGRESSIVE DRIVERS IN AND AROUND, AND SO FAR IN MY EXPERIENCE THRU OUT COLORADO, THE EVER CHANGING WEATHER, AND THE COFFEE WORLD IN AND AROUND! THE LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED VENUE OF THE BEARDED MAN CAME UP AS I STATED I AM IN SEARCH FOR A BEAN SOURCE…AS IT TURNED OUT IS WAS JUST THE TICKET.

THE BEARDED MAN IS UNIQUE IN THAT IS NOT A COFFEE SHOP THAT ALSO SELLS BEANS IT IS A COFFEE SHOP THAT JUST SELLS BEANS!!

THEY HAVE BATCH BREW IN A SIDE ROOM THAT ON THIS DAY HAD 3 BLENDS ON THE HOT SIDE AND ONE ON THE COLD ALL FOR TASTING!

MANY BLENDS AND A NUMBER OF SINGLE ORIGIN AVAILABLE EITHER GROUND OR WHOLE BEAN…

THE ONLY SURPRISE I HAD WAS THERE WAS NO ETHIOPIAN VARIETIES, OR ROAST DATES…SOMETHING I RAN ACROSS IN OTHER QUALITY COFFEE HOUSES IN COLORADO SPRINGS LAST TRIP OUT HERE.

I TASTED ALL THEY HAD ON SAMPLE THAT DAY AND ALL WHERE VERY GOOD BLEND AND ONE BRAZILIAN THAT I DID ENJOY MORE THAN I USUALLY DO…THE COLD BREW WAS EXCELLENT AND I AM NOT A COLD BREW DOER!

ANOTHER CUSTOMER CAME IN TO PICK UP A PHONE ORDER AND WE GOT TO TALKING ESPRESSO AND THE STORE I ASKED HIM WHAT HIS FAVS WERE. “MOOSESTACHIO” A INFUSED BRAZILIAN WITH TASTING NOTES OF PISTACHIO VANILLA, WITH A SMOOTH AND BUTTERY FINISH. INFUSED COFFEE IS NOT MY GO TO BUT I THOUGHT I WOULD GIVE IT A SHOT…AS I LOVE BOTH PISTACHIOS AND VANILLA, AS DOES MY DAUGHTER WHO HAS OPENED UP HER HOME FOR ME TO HAVE A HOME BASE FOR MY ADVENTURES THIS SUMMER! WILL UPDATE AFTER THE TASTE TEST!