Wednesday, May 27, 2009

a damn fine cup of coffee

as part of my saving money exercise (which will take on more urgency when i'm living in london, surrounded by glitter and fabulosity that can only be purchased with many, many GBP), i have been saving on the cost of a latte a day by making coffee at home in a french press.

i've taken heed of all those studies that show just how much you can save in a week / a month / a year if you give up your "starbucks habit". what those studies fail to consider, however, is the value of the increased quality of life that comes with a damn fine cuppa joe.

i make bad coffee. it's why my career as an intern didn't take off until my 30s. my coffee is so bad that even i won't drink it. i could never foist it upon anyone else. now that i'm making coffee at home again, i've come to realize just how bad my coffee is. it's wretched. i pour most of it down the drain and fantasize about those halcyon days of yore when i would wile away hours at coffee shops, throwing down cash for lattes and croissants. ah.

but this morning, something kind of amazing happened. i just enjoyed my homemade cup of coffee. and i actually ENJOYED it. i finally made a good cup of coffee! i'm going to stop typing to pat myself on the back. ok, done. so now i just have to replicate the formula for today's cup of coffee every day for the rest of my life.

yeah, good luck with that.

5 comments:

les said...

Why does coffee made at home taste like crap? Why does the ocassional pot taste good? Why is it that the accidental success is never replicated, despite what seems to be the same measurements of both coffee and water? Is the secret to Tim Horton's success really in the cream?

rxm said...

these are all vital questions! these are the mysteries of the universe i want the answer to!

Jennifer said...

I believe you’ve finally learned the value of beating your tastebuds into submission. It’s how I survived for years before adopting a diet consisting entirely of takeout.

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