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First I just have to say how amazing it is to be outside and enjoying the sun again!  Ok on to the cheese.  Today Evan and I went down to Murray's cheese to have a tasting with our friend and wholesale cheese monger Elizabeth.  When I arrived I had a sense today was going to be special.  Elizabeth knew the kind of cheeses we were looking for and had pulled a few specialties to try.  

We decided because it was amazing out that we'd go and have the tasting on the bench out front. (Great Idea by the way!)  Here is what we tasted.

Jura Erquel-Switzerland
Gabitou-France
Bergkase-Austria
Garrotxa, La Bauma-Spain
Manchego, El Trigal Aged-Spain
Ossau-Iraty-France
Idiazabal-Spain

Of all the Cheeses we tasted the Ossau-Iraty was the one that stuck with me.  Complex cheese lots of flavors.  We may be using this one for our "Honey Pot" sandwich.  

As we were sitting on the bench enjoying our cheese a woman walked up to us a bit confused at what we were doing and the three of us were certain she was coming in to sample as she looked on with anticipation.  She decided to go into the shop instead to get her own.

After the sampling, and being that it was 70 we decided to go over to Grom for gelato to wash our palates.  Perfect afternoon!

Hey Coffee Lovers,
We hope you all had a great weekend! Here's the latest at Birch:

Please join us this week as we continue our daily meditation Monday through Friday at 12:00 noon. The first 15 minutes are guided and the last 45 are dedicated to silent meditation.  What a great way to get away from it all even if it's just for 5 minutes!  Hope to see you today at noon.

Saturday night (2/6) we'll be having a night of acoustics with Tommaso Antico who'll be playing covers and originals in the library at 9 pm. This event is free to all who care to attend.

Saturday and Sunday we have brunch with food and drink specials.  But, please don't forget, you can come in at any time, any day and always get one of our delicious homemade waffles, with our special homemade selection of butters.  The espresso butter practically melts in your mouth!

And...... Valentine's Day is right around the corner so stay tuned for the special night we'll be hosting.

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All the best,


Birch Coffee

Hi.  Yes, I know. It has certainly been  a while since we last chatted.  More than a month exactly.  But, I have a few minutes so I'm gonna bring you up to speed. 

First of all, I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas, Hannuka and I wish everyone a wonderful year ahead in 2010.  

So, just a couple of updates.  We are just days away from our liquor license so please pop in (probably next week) for a beer or a glass of wine and a delectable cheese plate.  We were thinking about doing something New Year's eve but found out a bit late the latest on the liquor license.  Instead, from 12 pm - 5 pm, we are going to close off the Library and use it for a 5 hour meditation.  What better a way to spend the last few hours of the year reflecting on the year past and what to hope for in the future (sorry if my grammar is a bit off there).  

On January 2nd and 3rd we're gonna be kicking up our Arrested Development marathon.  How friggin cool is that?  Watch all 53 episodes or just one.  Will be awesome.

Things are really good though.  Paul, Evan and I are working hard at making this place your place!

See ya in 2010.

Hi, so I don't want you all to think that I have been hiding.  I certainly have been here. Busy, working, 14 hour days, 7 days a week.  Loving every second of it.  Dealing with everything from ordering, to payin bills to washing dishes when our runners "forget" that they are on the schedule.  Its allllll good though.  Today was a busy one.  We had a nice big lunch rush.  

Still some kinks being worked out which is always fun.  Making sure the kitchen is settled and pumpin out food in a timely fashion, becoming an expert at buttering and cream cheesing bagels, things really couldn't be better.  Well, it could be busier, but we're working on that.  

Trance Thursdays have been pretty cool.  Had some electronica cameos which is pretty friggin cool.  And out meditations during the week have been picking up some steam.  

Again, if I didn't clarify it, Paul and I couldn't be happier!!!  Thank you all for your continued support.