Pour Me a Cup!

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Coffee time!

I don’t know about you, but I love that first cup of coffee in the morning! The hot, bring-me-back-to-life liquid makes getting out of bed in the morning well worth it! No one, and I mean NO ONE makes a better cup of coffee than my husband. This is not up for debate.

That being said, I have often wondered what makes a great cup of coffee? Is it the beans, freshly ground? (Hubby’s does not use those.) Is it an expensive crap-o-chino machine? (Hubby uses a Mr. Coffeemaker.) I believe it’s the perfect blend of coffee beans and water (that perfect ratio IS apparently a HUGE secret…lol) AND atmosphere. The house is warm and cozy and the views are spectacular!

looks too complicated

If i had to venture outside the house to buy a cup of coffee, what might i look for? A good name, I expect. Starbucks does not convey good coffee taste to me–nor does Dunkin Donuts–McDonald’s? forget about it! Okay, maybe atmosphere would be a better choice to lead me to that perfect cup!

So I went looking into Pennsylvania travel spots for recommendations on a great cup of coffee. What i found was so much more interesting! I present…The Coffee Pot of Bedford, PA!

The restored Coffee Pot in Bedford, PA

This coffee pot really is giant. In fact, it’s 18 feet tall and 22 feet in diameter, making it big enough to hold over 800,000 cups of coffee! It was originally built in 1927 by David Koontz, a local gas station owner. He constructed the coffee pot of brick and metal sheeting to attract travelers along Route 30 (also known as the Lincoln Highway) to stop at his gas station.

original Coffee Pot

When it was originally built, the Koontz Coffee Pot was used as a small restaurant. In 1937, it became a bar and was attached to a hotel. It also served as a bus stop, but, rather interestingly, it was never a coffee shop.

In the 1980s, the Bedford Coffee Pot was officially closed and, by the 1990s, it was in bad shape and was nearly torn down. Fortunately, the local community came together, along with the Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor, to save this incredible roadside oddity.

In 2004, the Bedford Coffee Pot was moved across Route 30 to the entrance of the Bedford County Fairgrounds. And, over the years, it has been beautifully restored.

Sad though, never a coffee house. But what a gimmick!

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  1. shit-for-brains’ doesn’t have the authority to dispense personal debt–not that THAT will stop him.
    FTA
    Biden’s authority to cancel student loans rests with a dubious interpretation of his powers from the Higher Education Act of 1965, which radicals say grants the President sweeping authority to “compromise” or “modify” student loans. But the Education Act is an act of Congress, and only Congress should be able to amend the terms of the loans.

    Biden knows this, which is why he’s hesitating to use his executive authority in this case. A little thing like the Constitution of the United States won’t stop the left, so in the end, Biden may give in and end student debt anyway
    Rick Moran

    https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2022/05/01/biden-mulls-income-limits-for-student-debt-forgiveness-n1594244

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