http://michaelshults.net/blog daily 0.75 2018-05-27 http://michaelshults.net/blog/2018/5/27/a-post-about-coffee-that-isnt-really-about-coffee monthly 0.5 2018-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55d63251e4b019cdc5318f99/1527440723838-LTR5XY896Z0NJEQ7453Q/1556355_10100143840978989_117648143_o.jpg Blog - A Post About Coffee That Isn't Really About Coffee Clint Ashlock took this picture of me being insufferable a few years ago. I hate me in it, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55d63251e4b019cdc5318f99/1527442606976-JU6JYHYRZ2HHOIH7K0NO/969418_533030431516_826090316_n.jpg Blog - A Post About Coffee That Isn't Really About Coffee Not joking: I google image-searched "handlebar mustache barista" after writing the above paragraph and this picture from one of my favorite spots in KC, Quay Coffee, showed up. 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