Sorry And A Sad Announcement

Posted on by Sarah A. Hoyt

As you probably noticed, I didn’t put up a promo post today. Mostly on account of taking a lot of unscheduled naps today. (I blame the cats for this. Havey kept pinning me down and not letting me move.)

I’m now thinking I’ll do the promo this coming Sunday. I always hate to do that, because sometimes people have promos. So, if you have a promo that expires before Sunday, ping me on Discord, or FB or even in my real email (not the promo email) and tell me, and I’ll figure out something.

On – I think, it’s all a blurr since Wednesday — Thursday night, I received sad news.

The King is dead.

King Harv, of King Harv Coffees, which by and large power this blog, passed away from complications of COVID.

You know, the woo flu while generally at this point about the same danger as the flu had the ability to cause more “What the heck?” deaths than any other respiratory infection, it seems. Or maybe it’s because we’re paying closer attention, and this happens with other viruses too. I just know that while for most people it’s a non-event, and a mild to severe flu, some people seem to become very very ill to an amazing degree. We almost lost one of my ducttape-family who is in his late thirties last year. And I lost half a dozen friends around my age, while people much older and in worse shape survived.

Anyway, the Chinese plague claimed a great coffee artist — seriously, since they started sending me coffee, I can no longer return to my “broke days” habit of just buying some Dunkin Doughnuts. In absolute need, I drink other high quality coffees, but I still prefer King Harv’s– and friend of this blog, one who had besides, a great sense of humor. (I can’t find the print out they sent me with their Planet coffees, but it explained about their great coffee plantations in various worlds. And the coffees are out of this world.)

The house has passed to the capable hands of his son and grandson, but I wish they had a page for us to express our condolences. They’re great people who make great coffees.

Of course, like any artist, King Harv will continue to be remembered in his art.

31 thoughts on “Sorry And A Sad Announcement”

  2. I saw someone mention this over at Ace’s blog. And given the timing, I thought it might be a stunt announcement related to Queen Elizabeth’s death. Guess not. My condolences to his family.

    As it turns out, I’m on Day Five of a flu. Since I rarely have flus that last for even two days, I got the nasal swab test yesterday. Positive. First time since the whole mess started. I’ll need to let my job site know, and they’ll probably force me to stay home for a while longer. Fortunately, I also expect to be symptom-free after one more good night’s rest.

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  3. What awful news. How sad for his family.

    I don’t drink coffee but did go and browse the King Harv web-site. The coffee descriptions were the best. They truly were entertaining.

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  4. Reblogged this on Head Noises and commented:

    King Harv, of King Harv Coffees, has died.

    The folks who do Mars coffee.

    His son and grandson can take up his work, but they’ll never take his place; and I’m pretty sure they wouldn’t want to.

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  9. Honor the dead by facing the facts; Your friend did not die; He was murdered.

    COVID is a man-made bio-war virus.
    As a Killer Flu, it is a flop; maybe twice SARS1 when it started and much weaker now.

    The mRNA vaccines are also bio-weapons.
    As an Immuno-Suppresser the vaccines are a successful test run, causing people
    to die from disorders with which their bodies were coping…until it came along.
    That is why the symptoms and actual causes of death are so varied, and barely
    above the noise level; It is similar to the rare lethal allergic reactions.

    The CIA did the same thing back in the ’60s: Released a ‘harmless’ virus in the NY
    subway to find out how well airborne transmission worked. The CCP is maleficent.

    Please do not believe a word I write; Search the Web for statistics and peer-reviewed studies.

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  13. Sincere condolences to the family and friends.

    I hope we’ll meet him “over Jordan”, as it were.

    As all my taste is in my mouth, I have to confess I just use Tasters Choice or Maxim because the wife can’t handle even the extra caffeine in decaf.

    I’ll visit the website and see if it fits my budget for Christmas gifts tho’.

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  14. I remember seeing the news when I got my mid-month sale newsletter, too, and ended up being the one to tell a few of his fans on Discord and around the job. My condolences to his family as well and thanks to them for getting me into coffee through their Saturn blend. Thanks to you as well for introducing the company to me, too, Sarah.

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