I want some coffee!

This coming November 2023 I will have been roasting coffee for 2 decades. I started with a fluid bed (hot air) roaster - something akin to a popcorn popper - that barely roasted enough for 2 cups of coffee. I found it at Sweet Maria's which became my coffee mecca: roasters, brewers, whatever- they had all things 'coffee' and especially green beans. Lots of different greens to choose from.  I met the founder and owner early on when we drove over one Saturday morning from San Francisco. I wanted to ask if I was grinding coffee appropriately for expresso. Thompson Owen was deadly serious about coffee and probably the most knowledgeable coffee guru I've ever had access to. The business is named for his wife Maria and had moved to Emeryville the previous year (2002) from Columbus, Ohio. It's a much larger warehouse these days, but this is kinda' as I remember it in Nov 2003... For over 15 years I bought all my green beans from Sweet Marias. Thompson Owen traveled fa...