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Smell what? you ask!! Why the aroma of coffee. Of fresh brewed coffee. AAAHHHHHH Can you smell it now? Apparently, I am 90% addicted to coffee. ADDICTED!! NAH!! I am not addicted. I can stop if I want to, but guess what I DON'T WANT TO!! Why would anyone want to STOP drinking coffee. You know, for all you non-coffee drinkers out there (OMG there are non-coffee drinkers out there?!) it is not just in the drinking of the coffee. It is the smell of it through the house. It's the FEELING you get when you drink it. I call my morning coffee, liquid gold!! I know, I know, I LOVE COFFEE.
It all started a long time ago in a city far, far away....... New York to be exact with my Grandfather and it wasn't exactly coffee, it was the OTHER liquid gold, ESPRESSO!! Can you smell it? I can!! My Grandfather, as I now have, had a espresso machine that you brew on the stove. It is genius and it is Italian, of course!! Anyway, Grandpa ALWAYS had espresso, EVERYDAY and he would give me a little of his. It all started with, you guessed it, the smell, and then he asked if I wanted to taste it. If I WANTED to taste it, are you kidding me, bring it on. I could tell that for Grandpa, making and enjoying his espresso was a process. One that he thoroughly enjoyed. To this day, drinking my coffee, black (drinking it any other way is just not coffee), is like being back in NY with Grandpa, sitting back and enjoying, no savoring my coffee or espresso, everyday!! No, many times a day, because it is that feeling, that bliss of being with him. If I close my eyes, if I close my eyes and breath in deep.....
So here's to you Grandpa. Salute. Even though you are no longer here to enjoy this with me, YOU ARE HERE!! Right here with me and my liquid gold. Don't worry, I'll save you a cup and it will be steaming hot! CIAO :)
3 comments:
Gasp! I'm one of those non-coffee drinkers. I've never liked it-I get that from my mom. It's always been our joke that if we ever asked for coffee then we knew something was wrong( like a secret code). The aroma can be pleasant, but it's just not my thing. I prefer my caffeine in something sweeter like chocolate.
Nice that you have such special memories of you, your grandpa and how your coffee addiction began.
coffee is heaven!
well, not really. but i do love coffee
HEY!!! Those of us who put stuff in our coffee are still REAL coffee drinkers!!!!! Some of us just need to add a little soy to sweeten us up!
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