Thanks everyone for the kind words.

FRF- The weird thing is that, right now, I have no desire to smoke a cigar. I don't miss smoking, but I know that I sure used to enjoy a cigar. I know from my notes and records what cigars I thought back then should be good to smoke right now, but that's about it. To be honest, I will be smoking mostly out of curiosity... I will post a review for the fun of it, too - with a coffee pairing, GT.

Will - I don't remember getting an email from you... when was it?

CB - roaster is on deck for the spring - I don't want to roast indoors as I have no stove vent or chimney.

KB - get an Aeropress. Bestest cheapest coffee maker ever. $25. You have to spend 10x that to get anything that will work better. Just don't develop a taste for espresso like I have - the expense is incredible (for 'real' espresso. Most machines you see in stores produce 'fake' espresso - kinda like the difference between machine-made and hand-made cigars - if you had to roll your own cigars.)

Buzz-thought that there would be someone into coffee here.

K7-

Ash-

Blues: good to see there are still Canadians here - especially one somewhere colder than here!