Coffee

          

 

I love coffee.
It's so delicious.

When I  was in elementary school, sometimes we would have this substitute that I loved.  She was about 5'3, probably in her late forties, with graying brown hair-- and she always smelled like coffee and cigarettes.  She dressed really cool too, like a dignified, classy hippie.  I can't recall her name now, but her sweet face and her scent have never left my memory.    I thought she was super cool, and I totally wanted to be like her when I grew up....sipping on some coffee, in a cool hippie fab outfit. 

I've loved coffee for a long time. I used to go to work with my dad a lot when I was a kid.  If my mom wasn't around...I could get by with having as much coffee as I wanted.  I liked it extra creamy and sugary back then-- so that's mostly all it tasted like--I would stick a peppermint in the corner of my mouth while I sipped the steaming hot, sugary goodness, and as I sipped, my peppermint would melt.   I'd have cup after cup, mint after mint. 

Those days have long passed, but it was a pleasure I never grew out of.  I still sip coffee with mints.

I read once that people who drink coffee live longer.  If that's true, I should be good to go, because I literally drink coffee morning, noon, and night.  Have a good day...celebrate with coffee! Have a bad day, definitely need some coffee.  Feeling unmotivated, have a cup of coffee! Coffee is always good-- can I get an Amen! 

Did you know that coffee is the second most traded commodity next to oil?  It's a big deal y'all!
Around 2.2 BILLION cups of coffee are consumed per day around the world.  Coffee became popular in America around the time of the Boston Tea Party, and  the Civil War also helped to boost its popularity, as soldiers relied on it for the energy....good ole caffeine. 
As time has passed, coffee has stood the test of time, becoming more and more popular and evolving into specialty blends...just think of everything you can get at Starbucks these days!   

It's just soooo delish.  I like mine with a splash of creamer.  My favs are Almond Joy, Italian Sweet Cream, Mocha, and York Peppermint Patty.  You know, you can make a most tasty iced coffee simply by filling a cup with ice, pouring the coffee over it, then adding mocha creamer...it's so yum! 

So how do you like your cup of joe?  Do you choose de-caf or regular?  Sugar or no sugar, one shot of espresso or three, cream or black?
Do you even choose the coffee or are you a chocolate milk sort of person?  My mom is a chocolate milk gal.  She doesn't even like the smell of coffee.  She has milk instead.  I wonder if the milk drinkers look forward to their milk like us coffee drinkers look forward to coffee?

Furthermore, I wonder how anyone doesn't LOVE coffee.

Coffee is good.  Tastes good, makes ya feel good, is good. 

Happy coffee drinking ya'll.  :)