Just Coffee

I like my coffee first thing in the morning. In fact, I HAVE to have it. Yes, I'm addicted to it. There, now that we have gotten that out of the way, please let me continue.

I have strong feelings about my coffee. I have discovered that I don't like DARK roasts - they make me shake. My girl friend tells me (and I have no reason to doubt her!) that dark roasts don't actually have more caffeine than medium roasts. But I do doubt a bit. (Why would my heart beat so fast after one if they aren't extra loaded with caffeine?) (Perhaps it's all in me head!)

I know that lots of people have done the rant about the stores that sell coffee in sizes that aren't in English. Well, if I wanted windy coffee I'd ask for it. All those barristoes (or whatever they are called) speak English - they know what I mean when I say a large coffee, medium roast. And because I don't take sugar or anything sweetened with sugar, I have to take EVEN more time. I might like to have an iced cappachino mocha - but I have to know what's in them - and that takes even longer than them explaining the sizes to me.

Okay, I got off track. Back to my own little slice of heaven in the morning! I get up, and I usually feed the cats before I make the coffee. However, if they are too lazy to come over and stand by their dishes and look up at me... if they just sit on the back of my couch, or worse, if they just lie there all curled up... Well, heck, if they aren't in any hurry, than the coffee comes first.

I hate to talk about the water here in any disparaging way. It is clean and safe and they have spent a lot of money here in this town on deepening the reservoir, and on a water treatment plant. (And our property taxes reflect that!) However, it has the faintest smell of chlorine - and I find that a filter takes that away ipsquitch (I think that is a BFG word - use the context!) The only issue that I have with the filter is that you have to remember to fill the darned thing when you use the water in it all up! And if it is half full, you are supposed to wait until it is empty before you fill it again... So, some mornings, the coffee is delayed by the water being filtered.

I used to make 8 cups on my coffee maker. Which makes four mugfuls (Are the coffee maker people drinking their coffee from ventis??) But I have discovered that I drink the coffees closer together now that I am retired. When I was working, I'd fill my thermos and I'd finish the last coffee early in the afternoon - but four mugs of coffee before 10 is too much now!

So I fill the thing to the 6 cup line. And I have a moment of heaven! :-) Enjoy yours!

Next topic - mugs!