Monday, June 30, 2008

My Need for Coffee in the Morning

I totally admit it…until I have my coffee in the morning, I cannot exist in this world.

Not only do I love the taste of coffee, but I also love the feeling of caffeine flowing through my veins…like a stream of happy consciousness.


Coffee makes everything look so much better.

It also allows me to deal with all the shit-heels in this city, in a much more calm manner.

(It’s such a lovely legal drug)

Coffee for me, is like a gift from the gods.

It’s right up there with dark chocolate or a nice glass of red wine.

Now please understand, I don’t drink coffee all day - I have only two cups.

(two extremely LARGE cups)

I guess you could call them a venti-extreme.

I went through a faze of trying to switch to tea. I tried green-tea, black-tea, orange -tea, purple-tea, and red-tea.

PAALEEESE!…..I HATED THEM!

(it was like desiring an apple...and then getting brussel sprouts)

I remember about 4 years ago, when I went on a 7-day retreat at an Ayurvedic Institute. They had absolutely NO caffeine on the premises, because they frowned upon it. So if you wanted real coffee, you had to bring your own instant. I remember the first time I went to the cafeteria to have breakfast with the other inmates. As soon as I took out the jar of Maxwell House from my bag…everyone at the table GASPED and jumped like they had just seen a python snake.

That’s because they were all sipping their Valerian Root Tea and looking like they were in a constant state of COMA.

(need I tell you how UNpopular I was there?)

Now I do enjoy a nice cup of chamomile tea sometimes before bedtime, but as far as drinking something to “jump-start” my body in the morning…coffee RULES.

I was thinking of purchasing an IV drip machine - like the ones they use in the hospital. And then having a timer installed on it, so that it would slowing start dripping coffee into my blood stream before I woke up.

Wouldn’t that be NIRVANA?

And for those of you who don’t drink coffee…please leave this blog.

You have no idea what you’re missing.

(and please don’t tell me you drink decaf…because that doesn’t count)

However…I guess not everyone is like me in the morning….

A sweet gentle flower…