"Thom Stewart" wrote in message
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Max,

When "ARCO" built the Refinery here in Washington in 1969, A group of
old timers from the Phila., Texas, Calif. Chicago, Wyoming and Iowa. We
done our own hiring of local people and trained them . I by the way
transferred from Phila.

Now when we had our Coffee Clubs the saying was; "Don't let the Damn
Philadelphias make the Coffee!" We made it to strong for them.

That was in the early 1970's. Before "Starbucks" started with their
Little Coffee Drive In Houses. That was when Seattle became the Coffee
Capitol. The locals fell in love with custom blends. That includes my
two Kids. I'm still making the same coffee but it went from Strong
Coffee to Weak Coffee.

I still make "Boiler House Coffee" and I love it

P/S I also use Tony's, Millstone and Starbuck's but still prefer "Good
old BOILER HOUSE!" Often with a whole egg in the Perc to hard boil it
for breakfast or lunch.

AND: That's my history lesson for today

Interesting--thanks, Thom. By the way, what is Boiler House Coffee--is that
a brand?

On our dock in the summer, we used to brew up a pot of good, strong coffee,
something like a French roast Tanzanian Peaberry, and put it in an insulated
carafe to offer to others on the dock. It only took one sip and now no one
will touch our coffee. They, like you, like to be able to read a newspaper
through it, apparently. That's fine, actually--it means more for us, or at
least we don't need to brew up quite as much. But I really do like good
strong coffee in the AM. It's just the best way to start the day.

Have you ever had coffee made the way the Egyptians make it? That stuff is
too strong for even moi. You almost do have to chew it.

Max