Spring is coming...

As Michiganders we are a little suspicious of the sun, yes?  April and it is in the 70's...Yikes!  It is though we continue to look over our shoulder expecting that last...well, maybe second to last snowfall.  Even so, we will plod  along into summer...with  70 degree smiles on our face. 

FABULOUS NEWS for you Rudyiacs.  The renovation at The Soup Spoon Cafe' is almost complete.  We are expecting to have the coffee bar up and running by 4/14 with Lady "V" following shortly.  We will be back everyday as soon as the bar opens, until then, Tuesday, Thursday, 7:30-10:00 AM and Saturday, 9:00 AM-Noon, serving the finest and best espresso along with the finest and best brewed coffee in the mid-Michigan area and a bar to sit at!  Oh my, "Michigan Avenue Cheers"  is back.  Wow...!!

New coffees in.  A new Sumatra that is the finest we have had, rich, earthy with the flavor building through the cup plus a very nice Nic for you light and bright Rudyiacs.  Store is open so you can conviently order on line...can you belive it, Rudy making it convenient...yeah as a friend of mine says, "We will see."

Rudy says, "Keep your head up, look to the horizon and remember The Beatles, "Here comes the Sun'"

"We are all in this together. Walk in love!"

-Rudy 

Welcome To Rudy Baggs!

  Have you ever had BITTER COFFEE? The primary source of bitter coffee is stale coffee. What is stale coffee? Stale coffee that is only seven, yes, seven days from roast and that is in whole bean form. Coffee in whole bean form significantly loses it flavor, becomes stale, in seven days.

A couple of things happen when the coffee bean is roasted, it will lose 10-15% of its weight and gain 10-15% in volume. As a part of this process the bean literally begins to give off carbon dioxide.

It is this “degassing” that causes the flavor to be extracted from inside of the bean, to the outside. In whole bean form the bean itself restricts the “degassing” and some of the loss of flavor. However, once the bean is ground, more surface area of the bean is exposed to the air and the process of oxidization begins. If the beans are not used immediately the flavor dissipates, is gone forever, lost…if you know what I mean?

Joe is dead...Have a cup of Rudy!

"We are all in this together. Walk in love!"

-Rudy