My, my, my. Have I been gone that long and haven't walked into a Circle K in ages? They now offer…read morefresh ground, fresh brewed coffee of different types. My fave, of course, is and will always be Colombian 100%. But they have the usual culprits--House blend, vanilla, hazelnut, to name a few of what I did see.
There is a bit of a learning curve when it concerns the operation of the coffee machines--or it's just me. First, it is all touch screen now. You must pay extra careful
attention and due diligence because if you don't, you
may have picked up the wrong size cup, or the wrong type of coffee you want to grind, or not notice that the coffee bean you chose is not available. Then you will end up waiting around, scratching your head and wondering why the darn coffee hasn't started dripping yet. Luckily, there was a young lady and her daughter who, together with me, figured the whole thing out before I could.
The ubiquitous iced coffee dispenser is also there, but this time you do need to push the button in with a bit more passion and conviction--because if you don't, nada happens, once again.
You learn something new everyday. We can't run away from high tech, especially since she has come to the Circle Ks of the world and everywhere else. I pity the less than tech savvy folks, but then again, I still yearn for the percolator, and/or the tea kettle days of getting up early enough in the morning, and waking up to the smell of the coffee. Remember those Folger's TV commercials? I especially love the one of the girl
waking up, running downstairs and finding her soldier brother coming home from deployment, and he was just brewing coffee. My memory probably isn't so accurate, but that certainly would make for a perfectly
sentimental coffee commercial, I think.
Caveat emptor--don't go here if 1) you're in dire need of a nitro brew-strong coffee to rouse you from a zombie-like state (party hangover, late night work shift, cramming for a finals exam, etc.), because who has the patience to fiddle with touch screens and making so many decisions as to which coffee to grind, especially at 6 in the morning; 2) there is a power outage--in this case, you're just SOL.
Overall, a fun adventure on a Sunday morning, on my way to the laundromat.
