The Importance of the Third Place

It's been a great weekend, seeing so many familiar faces.  Located about a hundred feet from Lafayette College, the students make up a significant part of our customer base, but more importantly a significant part of our coffee community.  I think The Cosmic Cup is one of those rare places in town where community members and college students interact without an agenda.  It's been a long break without the students, I miss the fresh perspective they bring to our shop.  I think I'm more aware of this right now as I plan for the barista jam in February, because the jam will be the same sort of opportunity.  I get really excited talking to people about it, because I think sharing information, opinions and fellowship is one of things I most value about the coffee industry, and I'm excited about being able to provide an opportunity for that right here in Easton.  We're all so interconnected, whether it's in our small community here, the barista community at large, or globally, any time we can get together on common ground and share of ourselves the better we become.