I believe I’ve found the cure for a headache or, possibly, the hangover. Espresso. I won’t bore you further with the details of the Pet Fashion Week tradeshow; but let’s just say the hours were grueling, the interaction and talking with customers seemed endless and the evenings were late, overendulged and, for the most part, sleep deprived.
I swear to you, espresso got me through much of it. There is just something about the characteristics of this beverage that either literally make pain go a way or it’s a Pavlov situation.
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I thought I was a genius when I created a homemade version of Starbuck’s “mocachino”. I’d make a small cup of instant espresso, hit it with some whipped cream and a little sugar. Presto! tasted just like Starbucks.
I started down this path because I don’t really enjoy coffee but have noticed that I love espresso, especially in fine restaurants. I started to drink 2, 3 even 4 cups a day. It was yummy, and I could have sworn that it has cured a hangover. Until…I crashed.
I’d never known what people meant when they said “caffeine crash”–now I do. My recent …read more