Ancestral Fitness Meet Up: Intelligentsia Coffee & Tea in Venice Beach

[ Above: (L) Chris Owens ( @SingleOrigin ); (M) Aaron Blaisdell ( PigeonRat Professor of Psychology @UCLA ); and, (R) me ( @epistemocrat )]

I enjoyed an awesome, relaxing Ancestral Fitness meet up yesterday with Chris Owens, Aaron Blaisdell, and my brother, Kai ( @kaipott ), at Intelligentsia Coffee Bar & Tea in Venice Beach. Chris is the 'Educator' at the Venice Beach Coffee Bar, and his hip spot was just featured in GQ --very cool.

Chris regaled us with his insights on the entire coffee experience, ranging from sustainable farming and purchasing practices; to bean flavors, varietals, and roasting techniques; to the intricate human-coffee interaction history that emerged originally out of Ethiopia. Chris knows coffee--he understands his core product unbelievably well--and he has a sharp, intuitive entrepreneurial mind and spirit for tinkering innovatively. If you are ever in Venice Beach, CA, stop by Intelligentsia for a few--Chris and his crew won't disappoint you ( sport your Vibrams too ).

Chris shared his inspiring and practical Paleo/Primal/Evolutionary/Ancestral Fitness journey with the A ncestral F itness E pistemocracy ( AFE ) about a month ago in my post, " An Ancestral Fitness 'n=1' Journey: Cheers to Chris!" He's definitely fit and healthy as a result of his conscientious lifestyle choices, as is Blaisdell.

A few notes (in no particular order) from our conversations:

There was more, of course.

I had a good time.

To good health,

Brent