Travels with Jeep - Breakfast Picnic

Jeep and I went on another trip in search of the perfect cup of coffee. This time we went to Dutch Brother's Coffee. 

As a teacher, I get gifts from my students. My favorite is their drawings or other little sentimental gifts. I also get gift cards to lots and lots of places. At the beginning of this year, I got a gift card to Dutch Brother's Coffee from a young man. I was hanging onto the gift card hoping that there would be a Dutch Bros. built closer to me. There isn't one in Magna and no plans for one to be built that I know off. The nearest one is around 3200 W. and 3500 S. which is not really that far away. 

I made my plan for our coffee trip. First, I would drive to Dutch Bros. on 3500 S. and then stop by a McDonald's for a breakfast biscuit. After getting everything we would drive to a park.  A good plan if it had not been on a Saturday morning.

There was a line at Dutch Bros., that took about 10 minutes or so to get my order, and then when I got to McDonald's there was yet another long line. By the time we drove to the park next to the animal shelter it had been 45 minutes since leaving home. Here is another kicker. The road into the park was blocked off by two huge cement barriers. Why? I have no idea. Jeep and I ended up parking behind the animal shelter facing the baseball field. 

The only people there were the occasional dog walkers from the shelter. So we were alone. I opened my moon roof to let some sun in and began eating my breakfast and enjoying my coffee.

Oh no, not my Dutch Bros. coffee but my McDonald's coffee that came with my breakfast biscuit and hash browns meal. I poured my fancy coffee into my travel mug to keep it hot. The breakfast was really good and fresh. Even the coffee was good, but not the coffee I expected to be drinking. After eating I wrote and read and drank some of the Dutch Bros. coffee. 

I can only give the coffee a 3 cup out of a 5 cup rating, here is why. First, they did not have a white chocolate mocha. The closest coffee to that was the Double Torture. I did not get the whipped cream on top, I usually don't. The coffee was a bit bitter and I just did not like the combination of chocolate milk and coffee. To be honest, I enjoyed the McDonald's coffee more. Another reason for the lower rating which has nothing to do with the coffee is that they were out of stickers. I still have about $4 remaining on my gift card which means I have to go back for more coffee and a sticker. Or, I might just give the card to one of my sons and they can fetch me a sticker. 

Next week I have plans to drive quite a bit farther than I have so far in search of good coffee. Come back and check out next week's Travels with Jeep installment (Oh, and you can buy me a cup of coffee by clicking on the donate button at the top right of this blog. I would be ever so grateful.)

Travels With Jeep - The Beginning

My New Adventure

My new car is a 2021 Jeep Compass Trailhawk. I bought it over a year ago and only have 3,150 miles on it. That is it. I just do not go anywhere except to work and perhaps to a friend's house or the store. It took me 9 months to get 2000 miles on it. Some of the last 1,000 plus miles were put on by a son. 

I love driving it. It is a great car and has all the bells and whistles. So why have I not gone places in it?  I am afraid to go places. Up until I got my jeep the furthest I would go in my truck is to work and back home. It takes so much energy to walk out the door. To overcome the fear of what is on the outside of that door. I have had this fear since 2007. There have been so many times when going out the front door has brought on full-blown panic attacks. I just can't do it. I know that it is not rationale because there is not anything out that door in which to be afraid of, other than what most people fear. So why is my fear so debilitating? Not sure, but I have it done the less. This year once again I have to make myself face that fear and walk out the front door get into my Jeep and just go somewhere. 

I have decided to go on little adventures in my Jeep. What I plan to do is to search out some coffee shops that are not the typical ones such as Starbucks and the like. Along with going to the coffee shop to sample new coffees I have a journal and a book to write and read for a bit. 

My first adventure: January 15, 2022, I went to Bad Ass Coffee at about 3700 S. in Salt Lake. It was a place that I have been going to for quite some time but never got around to going. Turns out that it was an excellent first choice for the first trip in my little adventure. 

The coffee was really good. Very smooth and hot. I am going to try and buy the same flavor of coffee at the places I go so that I can review them through that flavor. My usual flavor is a very hot white chocolate mocha with no whip cream and whole milk. 

Bad Ass Coffee offered this flavor. It is probably the best white chocolate mocha that I have ever had. At least in a very long time. Sometimes the Brew Monkey in Magna offers up a good cup of it but it all really depends on who is making the coffee that day. I am sure that Bad Ass Coffee has those Baristas that knock the socks off of others when it comes to making an excellent cup. The Barista on this day was spot on.  

On a scale of 1 cup to 5 cups, 5 being the highest mark of excellence and 1 being the least, Bad Ass Coffee gets a solid 5 cups! Not only was the coffee smooth, hot, a mouth orgasmic pleasure the atmosphere was cozy with eclectic vibes. The only tiny complaint is that the music might have been a bit loud at times, but that could just be me. At least, it was good music that was not jarring to the ears and soul. 

If you get a chance to visit the Bad Ass Coffee Company go for it. I believe that it is sure to please your pallet. 

5 cups out of 5 cups!!!