Coffee tastes different?

It is raining today and I am limping towards my self-imposed 400 k target for this month. Low for me, but I like to wind down after the 300 miles I do in September for Cancer Research.

My October stats with Strava

I decided to get to the bottom of what has been happening to my coffee as my taste buds seemed to revive after I had Covid before the pandemic hit here in 2020, although my legs are still affected, and I still have “CovidToes.,” and the coffee was bitter again.

I asked the barrista whether they had changed their coffee, whereupon she admitted that “every three months” they change their coffee. I had no idea. I still didn’t understand where the coffee comes from as I am hard of hearing and the venue is a large warehouse so sound bounces off the walls. I must get a hearing aid. Maybe I will ask again when it is quieter. I am an early riser and usually take my coffee at 7.30 or 8 am, depending on when the opening hours are. Still, I know that my coffee has been different on at least three occasions in the last few weeks here, which suggests someone forgot to use the cheaper coffee.

Today I plumped for the expensive coffee and consoled myself with the thought that it is going to a good cause. In my view it beats all the other coffee shops hands down for staff attentiveness, ambience ( I like the noise), and great tasting coffee, even if you do need to be Sherlock Holmes.

Now to return to my cycling before the rain sets in.