Jeff Laing best bean counter in Bluffton
Jeff Laing of Bluffton is the winner of the Common Grounds-Bluffton Icon guess the number of Icon coffee beans in the container contest.
The official count of beans totaled 5,612, according to Phil Zimmerly of Common Grounds. Laing displayed his bean-counting skill by guessing 5,844 beans, which was off by only 232 beans.
He wins one large specialty drink and sandwich from Common Grounds, plus will be interviewed in The Icon's 15-minute interview feature.
Other entries follow:
1 gillion - Andrew Montgomery
18,372 - Aaron Jenkins
15,000 - Kevin Farmer
10,589 - Joyce Mason
9,500 - Craig Hilty
7,500 - Sarah Hilty
6,666 - Taylor C.
4,624 - Bri Nofziger
3,294 - Alexis
2,312 - R. J. Boehr
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