Editorial: Constructive, Nice, Constructive, Nice, Constructive, Nice. . .

So if I repeat this to myself enough times, will it sink in?  Regardless, I'm going to make a special effort to include only constructive comments in this post.  And nice.  And constructive.  And nice.  And. . .

• This thought crystallized in my mind today—for the first time in quite this form: all Milwaukee-area coffee shops could (should?) curtail or even eliminate their drip coffee program, particularly after noon.  This is anecdotal evidence, but I almost never observe drip coffee being ordered in any of the places mentioned in this blog.  (Technically, I think I mentioned Omega somewhere.)  One caveat here is that Alterra cafes are configured such that it is very difficult to hear other customers placing orders unless you're standing behind them in line. Obviously, you can't just not have drip coffee, so the answer is to have a brew-to-order system.  Now that the Clover is out—insofar as that would have been feasible anyway—I think the solution is decidedly low-tech: single-cup pourover of freshly ground beans.
• Lest you think "no drip coffee" is a New York thing, here's an article about how it was done in Tulsa, Oklahoma.