The ball drops tonite!

We've made some coffee resolutions for ourselves here at Small Axe Coffee and thought we'd share them with you all.  Regardless of where you are in your journey of coffee enjoyment, we think these resolutions will improve your ability to appreciate coffee and where it comes from.

1. Drink black coffee for a week straight
    
2. Drink coffee that meets the fair trade standard (or even better!)
    
3. Trade your blade grinder for a burr grinder

   

4. Find coffee from three roasters within 100 miles of your home
    
5. Roast a batch of your own, if even in a dog bowl with a heat gun

   

6. Really dial in that grind at home
    
7. If you like Asian coffees, try Africans
    
8. If you like Africans, try Latin Americans
    
9. Get to a coffee cupping, or organize a cupping yourself
    
10. Try a French press for a month
     
11. Try an AeroPress for a month
     
12. Try a coffee siphon for a month
     
13. Give up paper cups, get a durable stainless travel mug, save some trees

    

14. Help someone else pick out a good coffee at the supermarket
     
15. If you drink preground, switch to whole bean
     
16. Help folks in coffee producing communities, support Coffee Kids
     
17. Scrap the annual beach vacation and take the kids to origin
     
18. Ask your barrista his or her name
     
19. Try a macchiato or cortado
     
20. Just say no to bad coffee

What are your coffee resolutions?  Add yours in the comments.