Look, someone moved two million stone blocks weighing several tons each across the desert without cranes, trucks, or even a decent wheelbarrow. The official story involves logs, ramps, and thousands of workers who apparently had nothing better to do than drag limestone in 120-degree heat. Sure. And next you'll tell me crop circles are just bored farmers with too much time on their hands.

The whole thing screams alien intervention.

Think about it. These stones fit together so perfectly you can't slip a playing card between them. The pyramid's alignment with true north is more accurate than most modern buildings. And the workers supposedly did all this while living on bread and beer. Either those aliens had some seriously advanced technology, or that beer was doing a lot more heavy lifting than historians want to admit.

Here's the thing though. Maybe it wasn't aliens at all. Maybe those ancient workers just discovered the world's first energy drink. Some wild combination of fermented grains and mysterious herbs that gave them superhuman strength. Like rocket fuel in a clay pot. The recipes got lost to history, along with the instructions for building impossibly precise monuments. Convenient, right?

We all need that kind of energy sometimes. The kind that makes impossible tasks feel doable. The kind that helps you face a mountain of work without wanting to curl up under your desk. Most days, you don't need to move limestone blocks, but you do need to move yourself from zombie mode into actual human being territory.

That's where the Black Coffee Please Newsletter comes in. Every issue brings you a whimsical look at coffee, the roasters making magic happen, and places serving up decent cups of joe. Perfect for people who love their coffee strong, their humor sarcastic, and their conspiracies refreshingly non-political.

No aliens required.

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What is the best tasting coffee?

The simple answer is: there isn't one.

When someone says "coffee X is the best", what they really mean is "coffee X is the best to my specific tastes". 

Don't listen to coffee "connoisseurs". Simply try different coffees.

Which of coffee you should buy isn't as important as whether what you're purchasing is fresh roasted. Coffee is at it's peak flavor within days of roasting. Many bags of coffee sit on store shelves in Starbucks and Amazon for weeks or months before they finally arrive at your door step.

A great cup of inexpensive fresh roasted single origin coffee will always be better than best (and often priciest) old, stale blends.