Coffee - Like gradually Falling Rain?

How do you start the day? A wash? Combing your hair? possibly grab that first cigarette (shame on you) or patting the dog and greeting the spouse. Or do you rush for that excellent coffee? I do!

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That is how, in fact, the day starts for many habitancy throughout the world. An espresso. A latte or a cappuccino. A deliciously warm and inviting, smooth, rich, roasted coffee. I can taste it now.

And it's not all about "addiction." Coffee is surprising in many respects. It can sooth the taste buds whilst simultaneously captivating them. It can calm and invigorate. A excellent start to any day? Well, almost.

Despite popular belief, coffee is for real refreshing. Tea lovers will wonder how, but coffee, indeed, reaches those parts that need reaching. There is nothing to beat the taste.

Let's not forget the smell, the aroma, the bouquet. You can detect the aroma in the kitchen from last night's coffee. But when the motor is fired up and ready to roll, that gorgeous aroma pervades the working space, nay, the whole house. I would be lost without it and am lost within it.

Even the noise the coffee maker makes soothes and enchants - like moderately falling rain or a firm breeze. Coffee making and drinking swiftly becomes an palpate (and even a religion) for those that study it.

And study it they do! A friend of mine lives and breathes coffee. He will tell you the history, the intrigue, the passions and the hopes. From the early beginnings to the rosy future. Coffee has it all.

But, that first cup is all the time the best.

Coffee - Like gradually Falling Rain?