Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Happy Tuesday

There is one constant happiness in my life...it has never wavered, never changed over the last 4 decades....the first cup of coffee I have in the morning. I have tried to eliminate it from my diet over the years -- but like a well worn, often used, well loved binkie, it keeps reemerging in my life, no matter where I am, what I am thinking or doing, it brings the same feelings of happiness. The smell of it brewing -- that deep, rich, roasty smell -- immediately takes me to my happy place. And it's a huge ritual, how it's brewed in the morning (I can still see through 7-year-old eyes the tin coffee pot on my grandparents' stove burner, with the coffee magically perking up into the crystal cap); the type of cup it's poured into; where I sit and drink it. This is my drug of choice (even though I now drink mostly decaf)! Studies actually show that it is the smell of coffee that people become addicted to, not the caffeine!

7 comments:

  1. I love the smell of coffee but very rarely drink it but I so get what you mean about the comfort and happiness factor of that first and special hot drink of the day! Now, for me, tea is the thing...

    Love the photograph too. I've always coveted one of those chairs or benches, in that exact blue. One day when I have my beach house, I'd like one (or maybe even two!) on the front verandah...

    Happy Tuesday!

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  2. there is something about coffee- i love the smell of it, the warmth,....my husband and i start our days with it, and weekends are my favorite time because we don't have to leave or rush to work or school...just visit and enjoy, slowly planning the rest of our day.

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  3. Coffee is my drug of choice too.

    I like your pendants.

    Happy Thuesday!

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  4. oh yes ma'am I am with you on this!!! truly one of the joys of my life.

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  5. i am probably one of the few people who does not like the smell of coffee. its funny how i used to like it before; but since i first got pregnant with my first child, i have just hated it.

    now tea, i can drink at any time... in fact even now i have a cup beside me :)

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  6. I understand...I have many friends who are long standing tea drinkers, and don't like the smell of coffee. I actually drink a lot of green tea, and occasionally enjoy a strong cup of Earl Grey or Lapsong Souchang! But coffee is my first love (well maybe dark chocolate is)!

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  7. i l o v e the smell of coffee brewing - anytime - i would agree, that smell tanks top for me! what do you brew and in what? just curious, ms lover of the caffeine bean

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