Your mouth opens. The name is right there. You've said it a hundred times. And then… nothing. Just a blinking cursor where a perfectly normal word used to live.
It happens to the best of us. You're standing in front of someone you've known for years and your brain decides that RIGHT NOW is the perfect time to take a little vacation. No warning. No out of office reply. Just silence and a very awkward smile from you.
Scientists have a few theories about why this happens. Stress scrambles things. Information overload buries the good stuff under a pile of nonsense your brain decided was more important. But here's the one that makes the most sense when you think about it. A tired brain is basically a bad filing system. Everything is technically in there but good luck finding anything useful when the lights are dim and the drawers are all jammed.
The name is filed somewhere between that jingle from a commercial you saw in 1997 and the password you made up for a website you've visited exactly once. It's in there. It's just not answering the door right now.
The fix is almost embarrassingly simple. A proper cup of coffee and a few minutes to let your brain actually warm up before throwing it into the deep end of human interaction. Not a complicated solution. Not a self-help program. Just a hot cup of the good stuff doing what it does best.
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Roaster/Cafe Notes:
Caliber Coffee Roasters (https://www.calibercoffee.ca/ )
Regina, SK
In their own words: “We established Caliber Coffee Roasters with a simple vision-to roast really good coffee on the prairies. We begin each day with green beans harvested from exceptional coffee farms around the world, & then roast meticulously in small batches to exacting standards. This ensures every bit of fresh, delicate flavour ends up in your cup! Crafted on the prairies for prairie folk-like us!
We roast coffee for the great Canadian prairies right here in the Queen City! For too long quality coffee and espresso had been limited in Regina—such was the genesis for Caliber Coffee Roasters.
We ethically source the best green beans from around the world. The beans are then meticulously roasted right here in Regina – available fresh for you! Visit our showroom to find your go-to coffee while you browse our extensive collection of curated brew gear and merchandise. You can also click here for a list of where to find our coffee in your neighbourhood.
If you’re interested in creating a wholesale account, send us an email to care@calibercoffee.ca. We have a dedicated team to assist in your business.
Our History.
Founded by Kyle Chalupiak and Desmond Mulvey in 2013, Caliber Coffee Roasters started with modest intentions—we wanted to brew fresh roasted coffee! Rather quickly, Caliber developed a strong following of coffee enthusiasts who also appreciated the quality of freshly roasted coffee. Fast forward to today and we can be found in several cafes and coffeehouses across the prairies as well as several other retail and grocery outlets—we also ship coffee all over Canada. All because we wanted a great cup of coffee.”
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Until your brain finds the file it was looking for,
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