Just Drink the Darn Stuff!

I have come clean about a lot of stuff here. If you have read very long you have figured out I am really not a coffee snob at all; I just like really good coffee. You want to drink Maxwell House? Knock yourself out. If you like it you drink it, you wont get argument from me.

Unless you are doing a review, or are a coffee roaster (or similar) you probably should just enjoy the flavor.

What makes coffee perfect, to my mind, is the reason you are drinking it. I loved the coffee dates Marc and I used to have, sipping coffee and just being together. It was the being not the doing that was important. I dislike coffee cuppings because all the slurping makes me cringe. I am, after all, a rather experienced mom and when I hear those kinds of noises whilst someone is drinking I want to tell them to drink it right or leave the table.

In any case, rather than coffee being the focus, good coffee should be the backdrop of what you are doing. Analyze it to death in private if you must, but coffee has always and should always be a social event.  Nearly every town has some old restaurant where everyone goes for coffee and to find out who left who and who is moving out of state.

I guess I am tired of all the hoopla. Just drink the darn stuff and enjoy it. Somethings shouldn’t be analyzed. Some should just be savored in the moment.

Go ahead, grab a cup. Take a break. Don’t try to taste the citrus, tobacco, or chocolatey-nuttiness. Just sip it and be mindless for a few minutes.

Felt good, didn’ t it?

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