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Walking with Coffee, by Bob Racioppo

A BOOMER-TO-BOOMER DIALOGUE with JOE FORD

After several columns talking with millennials I’m switching it up this month and talking with a fellow boomer Joe Ford.  Joe is a recording engineer and music producer, and full disclosure I grew up with him in Sunset Park Brooklyn.  This change is sparked by a comment in a previous column describing boomers as “too old to matter.”   We are sitting having coffee.

B.R.- Joe, the first question I always ask is, DO YOU WALK WITH COFFEE?, which is the trend these days.

Joe -The short answer is NO.  I like to grind my coffee every morning, then I make a pot.  I change my coffee every day , switching between 8 O’clock medium blend….”

B.R.-  “A&P?”

Joe Ford- Yes , “A&P”, whole bean Columbian  or French roast. I like to change my coffee up and I like to sit and drink it.

B.R.- But you’ve noticed people are walking with it.

Joe Ford- Yes people are walking with coffee, people are eating dinner in their cars, people are on their phones when strolling with their child who is looking up and being ignored.  We are multi-tasking everything and not getting the full experience of anything.

B.R.- Millennials tell me they walk with coffee because it’s just part of the flow. You get 2 things done at once. It’s production, production, like being part of the machine..

Joe Ford- “If you sit with a good cup of coffee the caffeine has the effect of energizing and relaxing you at the same time. It’s like a good cigarette, you take a puff…..

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