Now, having a job and
chronic fatigue means lots of brain fog at work. While as a rule,
you're not meant to have caffeine with this kind of chronic illness
as it tricks your body into thinking it has more than it does and you suffer more because of it, the Spoon Shortage page
on Facebook is always posting coffee memes. This, along with a year of
serving countless coffees to people (most whom would rather have it
with cake than tea?!) has triggered curiosity in me. Why do people
love coffee so much? If I have some to get me through a shift I have
to do anyway surely it'll help more than hurt? Can I actually find
coffee drink I can get past my nose, into my mouth and swallow?
Previously in my few
attempts at trying coffee, the smell invaded my nose and made me gag
before the mug could even touch my lips, let alone tip some coffee into my
mouth. After exploring the refrigerated Freefrom section in Tesco I
discovered iced coffees, already made, with chocolate. Now, if there was a gateway
coffee drink for me, one without nose-invading steam and CHOCOLATE
would be the one. So after a while, I bought a couple.
It took the Easter
holidays for me to turn to coffee to function okay at work, and I
tried the Mocha first, as it was the most chocolaty.
I was (for
some reason) surprised how strong the coffee taste was. I was
expecting it to taste like coffee chocolates, or my Latte lip tint
from Lush or something, but it really was coffee with a chocolate,
not the other way round. It reminded me of the first time I tried
lager. I didn't like it, of course I didn't I was 12. When I swallowed it my
nose scrunched because it was so gross, but I soldiered on and sure
enough, my nose stopped scrunching and I became accustomed to the
beery taste. So, with this in mind, I slurped on. After just a couple of gulps the coffee taste made less of an impact every time I swallowed
and I managed to drink the whole bottle without hating it. I then
wished I bought two of the mocha bottles rather than a mocha and a cappuccino to get
used to the taste more, but hey ho, I'm hardcore.
Only a few days
after that I tired the cappuccino version. It was a very similar
experience to that of the mocha; “Oh, wow, it really tastes like
coffee... wait, why am I surprised? Drink on, I can handle this,
drink on. Drink drunk. Okay then. Not horrendous. Not amazing.
Coffee.” I do think I shall be sticking with my chocolaty, cold
coffees for a while before braving warm ones. Or even non-chocolaty
cold ones for that matter. This is partly because I rarely come across coffees I can actually
drink and partly because I am a wimp. Hot black coffee
is what's most widely available to me at the moment and that really
is the deep end. However, if I find myself in a proper coffee shop I
may have to brave the warmth for a nicely flavoured, properly prepared
“milk”y drink of some sort.
Do you have any advice for starting to drink coffee? Any would be greatly appreciated!
Right! Straight to the point....
ReplyDeleteForget coffee in jars...bottles..packets...sachets...
Forget coffee shops...Don't go near Starbucks...!
Except One...Costa! The quality of the coffee is the
very best...However you like to drink it!
Me! I'm a Sicilian...I have a small cappuccino, with
chocolate, l sprinkle one paper sugar stick, over the top,
insert the spoon, and stir gently, from the bottom, not
disturbing the chocolate.
Drink the coffee at your leisure, through the chocolate.
when finished, take your spoon and scoop out the
chocolate...And...Enjoy! :).
At home...I use a Moka pot...I enjoy good strong coffee!
Black with sugar! (But that's another story).
P.S. Am sending you film, by e~mail...Enjoy! =(^..^)=
Costa it is! :D
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