A Prequel Origin Story - The Story of Cypress' Birth 2016

This one is funny.

Photo by Grace Marcellino Photography

To preface, our children were all born at home and our midwives had one rule.

Must have snacks and coffee.

Anyone who knew us had high expectations of craft coffee in our home. We did not roast at the time but we lived by Lux so at the very least we would always have a fresh bag of locally roasted coffee on hand at any given time, (emphasis on the fresh.)

We had everything prepared for this child to join us that week. Supplies prepped, clothes laid out, phone tree ready, food cooked and stored, Everything but COFFEE. This utmost important item left to the last minute in order to provide the freshest and best cup to go with our celebratory peach pie from Schnepf farms. We were certain to have the greatest event ever! Well, SURPRISE! Labor began in the evening and instead of grabbing a bag of beans we forgot and we decided to rest. To our pleasure and dismay, Cypress joined us at 2:38 am that day and to no coffee in the house! And no coffee shop or store open. We ended up serving pre-ground QT coffee that morning and took a vow to never run out of coffee again.

Learn from our mistake and never run out of Beal Beans