Counter Culture Coffee Washington, DC

For those of you who have spent anytime in the Washington DC training center, you are very aware of the problem that we have on Friday mornings in the summer while cupping on a stainless steel counter.  That’s right, glare.  The sun and earth are now in just the right position to attempt to burn all of the cuppers’ eyeballs right out of their heads.  It is like a heavenly conspiracy against all coffee lovers!  OK, so maybe I am overreacting, but it sure is hard to cup with your eyes all squinty!  There was also a problem of the space heating up because glass lets in and traps all that summer heat to drive the DCTC temps into the 80’s!  Certainly not the ideal environment for concentration.

We have recently had an exciting addition to the training center:  Blinds!  Not just any blinds, transparent window coverings made of two layers of material with an air cell in between.  The air in this cell heats up from the sun, but the heat transfer to the inside is minimized drastically!  Better insulation means more energy efficient and we love using less energy!  So come on down to the new and improved CCCDCTC…how about tomorrow (for the TNT starting at 8pm)?  Or Friday morning for the cupping (starting at 10am)?

Alex