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coffee cups and broken cups

I woke up this morning with a headache. A headache for and from the world. I woke up and a coffee cup was sitting next to my bed, getting cold. Half an hour prior it had just been brewed by my lovely partner, using our whiz bang coffee machine. why was I feeling so disgruntled then; what more could I ask for if not an extra half hour sleep in and a cup of coffee upon awaking, even if it had grown cold.  How spoilt I felt…how spoilt I felt was what was causing my non-caffeine related head ache. What about all those millions of people in Haiti, for whom morning cups of fresh, hot coffee couldn’t be a further reality; for whom coffee machines and espresso mornings are now frivolously ridiculous.

This morning, and this whole next week of mornings, I am donating my coffee morning rituals to Haiti…and even that would be so ridiculously minuscule. Some wise man once said ‘we are a fucked up generation’, and I am adding, ‘fatigued by the horrors of the world’…let’s hope and pray for Haiti.

woke up this morning

and the milk was off…Me being a latte drinker found this discovery to be an extremely rude awakening. This meant no coffee for me, or did it? Would I have to succumb to the espresso? Would I have to simply take the plunge and dive in first thing in the morning…I was left with little choice as I needed to be wide-eyed and awake by 8am. So I did it. I made an espresso and drank it like a shot first thing this morning. Now, I wouldn’t say I’ve been converted. Not quite. I have still left my coffee machine pre-set on ‘latte’ for when the milkman comes around again (does that still happen). However,  the experience was far better than I’d imagined it to be. Drinking coffee without sugar did ease the sudden caffeine explosion that occurred in my mouth.

The moral of the story… I’m not sure, I was just thankful my coffee machine was working.

coffee and the weather

Well this blog comes to you from Melbourne, Australia, where temperatures of late have been far less than pleasant. Activities such as soup-making and bed-laying suddenly seem to be the only things people do. And what of coffee-drinking? Is coffee something you feel like drinking, when you’re freezing cold and can’t feel your feet? Do you prefer tea, or even soup? When is coffee time – and why? Is coffee comfort food? Should it be? What about coffee cake?

These are all questions I’ve been considering lately, suffering it out in the freezing cold temperatures, as I wait for my office coffee machine to heat up and my brain to thaw out.

coffee and your health

Rumour has it  – this week – that coffee is good for you.

The new Nestle bottle of green and brown greens mixed up together is all over this line…they have well and truly jumped onto the “coffee is actually healthy” bandwagon. What are the facts though, and can we really find out? Should we perhaps just be satisfied with the fact that coffee makes us feel good, coffee gets us out of bed in the mornings,  coffee keeps us alert at work during the day, coffee makes conversations with boring people more interesting…how much more could we ask of a beverage – that it deter the threat of stroke as well? If anyone does have any facts available…please post them.

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the art of coffee drinking

Well it’s after lunch, you’re back at your desk after just having visited the coffee machine…time to explore our blog while you finish your cup before it all gets hectic again.

xox