It’s been awhile since I last posted, but now without good cause. I have been very busy overseeing (getting in the way of) the final construction. I think it came out really great and once again I have to give a lot of the credit to my contractor David Robertson of Something Different Contracting. 
I still have to get through three more DC inspections (fire, health, ummm fire again?) and a lots of bureaucratic red tape. There is furniture and supplies to buy and lots of small details to address. But I am finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. So this might be a good time to update you on some of what I have been doing this past month. For one, I have settled on a name for the coffeehouse, which I will announce 
soon. I also have been meeting with some students from GW’s business school who are helping me define a comprehensive marketing strategy for Fresh Off the Roast. In an unexpected development, buzz about the shop has helped me make some new relationships in the industry that will enable me to offer a number of new direct-from-the-farm coffees. And finally, I have been working on a unique brewing apparatus for the shop that will expand on the success we have had brewing one cup at a time at the market stands. So stay tuned.
