Seattle's Best 1000 Cups

It’s the final day of the trip and we have just 13 cups to go. It‘s been a wild ride from Canadian coast to coast.

We went to Trinity Bellwoods park this morning and gave out 11 of our remaining cups of coffee. Then moseyed over to meet up with Jeanine Noyes, a Canadian singer songwriter, who did a version of Oh Canada that almost brought the crew to tears. Check out her web page jeaninenoyes.com.

That left us with one cup left to give. We debated for a long time on who or how to give out the final cup. We knew it needed to be special, and we had met so many people we wondered how we could find one person deserving of the one thousandth cup. So in the end we decided to make a very special hand drawn commemorative 1000th cup and give it to Canada at large.

We made a shrine complete with flag and offered the cup as a gesture of thanks to all the people and places we have been a part of the last 10 days. Coffee was the perfect conduit for getting to know people in a hurry. Everywhere we went, we were greeted with open arms and people shared with us such interesting stories all over a cup of coffee. It was a truly unique experience, one that I don’t think I could ever replicate. Little slices of life, from the rodeo to the big city, we did it all. People definitely had unique perspectives on life, coffee, and us, but every one of them was interesting and altered the way I think of Canada.

Thanks to everyone who went on this journey with me, it has been an excellent crew of people involved in this project to make the whole thing possible. I could not imagine doing it without any of them. Also, a big thanks to anyone who has been following along this journey, hope you have enjoyed the stories of the places and people we have seen along the way as we met our 1000 cup goal. This truly was an amazing coffee break, and I’m proud to have been a part of it.

Cheers,

Chris

Our plan at Nathan Phillips Square – a big give and hand some hot Torontites a cool iced coffee.

It’s a bustling public square with live music, food carts, and plenty of serious people watching. We set up on the sidewalk and handed out coffee like it was our job (which it is).

More interesting coffee stories seemed to just come our way as we handed drinks out. It’s funny how sharing a cup of coffee makes you more comfortable to share your stories.

We met plenty of people who loved coffee.  A few students who said that without coffee they would fail every class, and an elderly guy who hadn’t even tried coffee till 3 years ago and now couldn’t even imagine going a day without it.

Anyhow, we have just a handful of cups left to give. It’s been great meeting so many people along the way and hearing all of their stories. 13 Cups to go.

The end is within sight. We are setting up one last big push at Nathan Phillips Square, but I figured to get maximum impact I would have to get a new outfit, something that says, “you can trust me”. I decided to give myself the title of OFFICIAL SEATTLE’S BEST COFFEE AMBASSADOR TO CANADA. From there the outfit was pretty easy to assemble.  Note my colors choices, inspired by one fabulous coffee brand.

98 Cups to go.

Anthony demonstrates a very effective technique to framing one’s photos. A simple set of fingers making a box makes you look very important and powerful. Other people watching will assume you are a big deal. 120 Cups to go.