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Get Yourself Some Real Coffee
Trying not to make this really long and preachy. Also trying not to screw up the links this post calls for. Apparently this Schultz feller over at Starbucks decided, as a foil to duly elected POTUS Donald J. Trump’s policies, to commit to hiring 10, 000 “refugees.” Ookay.
Black Rifle Coffee Company replied, “Well, we want to hire veterans, and we think Starbucks is on the wrong path.” My words, not theirs (hey, I’m trying to summarize, here. Here’s an article with the statement of BRCC’s CEO.
BRCC has some great ads (some, uh, not exactly PC, I’ll put those in the comments). But their Jumpmaster Dad video never fails to warm the cockles of my heart. For context, here’s a Jumpmaster performing his duties.
I like their punch-up response to Starbucks (full disclosure, I’ve never liked Starbucks; I’m a Dunkin Donuts/Turbo Shot guy myself), so I went on their website to order me some BRCC. Almost every blend was sold out. I got a caveat with my order of the “Blacker than black” blend of “due to extreme customer volume, your order might be delayed by two or three weeks.”
I brought a coupla/tree bags of BRCC Blacker Than Black into work. All the guys loved it. All the guys promptly went online to order it. Every blend of BRCC is sold out. ‘Murica. God bless this country.
Great Dads, Need Great Coffee. Black Rifle Coffee Company has you covered.
Posted by Black Rifle Coffee Company on Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Here is another business that didn’t believe in the Separation of Politics and Commerce.
It’s the Trump Cafe in Belleville, Texas.
After spending a week at Rockport, we spent a couple of days at San Antonio, and then used Brenham as a base camp for a few days. After checking in at our motel I did a quick ride to Belleville to keep from letting more than one day go by without a bicycle ride. The sun was going down when I got there, so the place is partly in the shadows. And my other destinations for the next few days were in the opposite direction, so I didn’t get back here for a better photo.
Belleville is the county seat of Austin County. As is often the case in these small county seats, there is a courthouse in the center of town, on the town square. And the lawyers and county bureaucrats need a place to get lunch, so there is usually at least one eating place on the square. I don’t remember if there were other eating places on the square, but this one was prominent.
We didn’t eat here, though. Mrs R and I thought about it but we usually prefer to get our driving done before dark, so we headed back to Brenham.
After reading this Houstonia article about the cafe, though, I kind of wish we had come back here. We had thought about it a couple more times.
See, now you’ve made assumptions. I said I’d stop at Starbuck’s and get a decaf American with a splash of half and half. That’s an afternoon drink. In the morning it’s a nice, dark, beans-n-water special.
Thought, now that I think about it, even a nice black coffee is mostly water. Unless yer dippin’ wet grounds like it’s Skoal.
Perish the thought; I’m a Copenhagen man.
I used to consume 2 cans a day….ugh…I couldn’t afford it now! Instead I smoke expensive cigars…
That type of thinking makes you eligible to be on a congressional budget committee right there.
Perfect.
Did you play baseball?
More BRC fun:
And, too, there’s this: