A number of years in the past, my good friend Rebecca Hurlen-Patano gifted me a portray of a golden chook flying in opposition to a turquoise backdrop. It’s known as “The Seeker” and it hangs on the wall proper above the place I’m typing this now. Alongside my highway bike and a leather-based bag my dad gave me years in the past, it’s one in every of my favourite issues I personal. I’m unsure why Rebecca thought this explicit portray match me, however I do know why I prefer it. It’s vibrant, slightly summary in a manner that fits me, and provoking. The colours, for me, are very a lot the colour and feeling of summer season on this space. Fields turning gold, hawks hovering above, blue skies for days, and warmth that simply bakes you, however you like it after the lengthy, chilly winter and moist spring.
The title, too, feels good to me. “The Seeker.” Terry and Rebecca, who based DOMA and whom I labored alongside for years, appeared to be all the time in pursuit of “higher.” All the time looking for. We share this and it’s one of many built-in traits of DOMA that I really like. Maintain seeking out methods to supply higher espresso, be a greater firm, take higher care of our accounts and prospects. On a person degree, I’m looking for to be a greater husband, dad, and good friend. Perfection ain’t it, fortunately, as a result of perfection isn’t attainable. The fixed pursuit of it, although, is the place progress is, and progress is nice. However sufficient of that soapbox. It’s not my job to wax philosophical, which is nice, ‘trigger I’d get fired if it was and I’d deserve it.
Summer season Lovin’ 2024 is about to launch and it’s a great espresso. You’ll be listening to loads from our staff about methods to brew this at house and in your cafés over the following few weeks/months. It’s a clear, energetic Ethiopia. Tastes nice scorching or chilly, which is what we love in our summer season seasonal espresso. Keep tuned to all these social media platforms and such for data, visuals and guides on what we suggest you do with this espresso. (Yeah, yeah: “drink it.” However, extra particularly, some nice methods to brew it.)
The POINT of this explicit piece of writing, although is taking me a variety of phrases to get to is that paintings, The Seeker, was painted by Coila Evans, of Roundup, Montana. Coila was displaying a few of her work at an area present placed on by Jeff Weir (good good friend to DOMA, rad artist and all-around good man). I really like that piece Coila created a lot that for the previous couple of years I had changed into a damaged file each time we have been in search of a brand new artist to work with us on one in every of our seasonal releases. “Get in contact with Coila.” “Can’t we work with Coila Evans?” “When you f@5#$s don’t name the artist that painted The Seeker I’m going to flip this desk over ” . . . issues like that. Quick-forward to immediately and it’s my absolute pleasure to put in writing that Coila Evans has created a very distinctive Summer season Lovin’ piece for us. And no tables have been harmed within the course of. Though she did break her foot throughout the time she was engaged on this, however that’s gotta be unrelated to something I did. We took her work and thru some bizarre mix of magic, science and business that’s properly past my understanding, transformed it right into a digital picture after which right into a stunner of a can wrap.
“The Seeker” hangs over my desk, and now “Elaine,” the unique longhorn on our Summer season Lovin’ label, is hanging fortunately in our Espresso Lab. Beginning on June twenty first and operating by way of the most well liked months of the season, Summer season Lovin’ can be out there for all to take pleasure in. So go to us on-line or cease into the roastery and seize a drink and a can. This summer season’s espresso is nearly prepared for you. We hope you like it as a lot as we do.
Cheers,
Muir
