News from the Beard: October

If you've ever met us in person, you know that Big E has a superpower. His executive functioning levels are superhuman. If he were a comic book character, he'd be "The Astounding Already-on-It Man." He juggles all the adulting balls in the air while I just tell the jokes and make the snacks. This means anytime I say, "Hey, we're running low on xyz," he either tells me where the next box is or orders it right then and there.

A few months ago, we opened our last box of bag labels. No problem—Amazon to the rescue. Three new boxes ordered, received, and queued up ready to go. Last week we finished the roll and opened the new box of labels. Immediately, there was a problem (see photo). The label, which is thermal printed, was streaky and faded. The good news? We were at the end of our roasts for that week.

As "The Astounding Already-on-It Man" investigated the issue, we discovered that there had been a change in the paper format back in June, and many people had complained. We also discovered that this was literally the only vendor that sold the kind of labels we use in the color we needed. Oh, and Big E was headed out of town for the week for his day job. So we needed to quickly find another alternative.

Big E activated his super-duper research brain and began exploring options. In the next 24 hours, he found three alternatives. We discussed, decided, and ordered a new printer—which left me to set it up when it arrived so we'd be ready to roast the following weekend.

If you've been wondering why our labels look a little different, mystery solved. I'm sure you've all been losing sleep over it. This new printer is way fancy and prints in color! Who knows what possibilities we might explore?!

Being a small business has its ups and downs. Sometimes you can be on top of all the things and still have to make a hard pivot. I'm thankful I have a real-life superhero as a partner.

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