Too weak, too strong, too cold or not there...

All the ways coffee can be served to 2,200 people from 5:30 - 8:30 AM- too weak, too strong, too cold or, even, not there.  All the ways to turn off an anxious group ready to ride.  Yet, this is not the way it works at Cycle Oregon. Chet makes it work.  Chet, former commercial fisherman; Chet, red-faced from the steam of brewing coffee hour after hour.  Chet, smiling Chet.  It is not too weak, not too strong, not cold and definitely there on time and ready for all of us.  I saw him on the second morning with four 2 foot by 3 foot high kettles brewing hot water; each with a spigot extending about 2 feet in front of the kettle.  Clearly  here was a man who knew what he was doing. The coffee grounds were in a cloth bag clamped onto the spigot of hot water, descending directly into the blue plastic serving container. Chet gently using a long spoon to lift the grounds as the water flowed through making a full, hot container of coffee.

Photo will come tomorrow...