Coffee...the substance we can’t live without

For those coffee addicts, you can survive without love, clothes, shoes, a bottle of Carlsberg or a grilled trout but can you smile when you open the cabinet only to realize the coffee is finished? And that sums up your mood for the day…fucked!

My ex used to have about 5 cups a day and so does my housemate; and to be sure she NEVER runs out of coffee. She has 2 spare bottles in the kitchen drawer.

So, let’s explore coffee….in its mission to conquer the world it has seeped into every gourmet meal/dessert laid on a table not to mention the variety of coffees available - Hazelnuts, Mocha, Espresso, Latte, Black, Macchiato, Cappuccino, Americano. You also have you have the strong, regular, decaf, light, Gold, Arabica sold in the supermarkets and if that wasn’t enough they have it in ice creams, cakes and biscuits

I must say, the one that knocked my socks off was the Civet Coffee also known as Kopi Luwak. The Civet is known to choose ripe coffee beans for their afternoon snack and while these beans are going through its digestive tracks it is combined with its saliva passing from the mouth through the intestinal track adding ‘flavour’ to the coffee otherwise also known as its shit to me.

And this is known to be a popular drink in Vietnam and exported to other countries where the suckers have no idea where their beans are coming from

Coffee for me? No thanx, I’ll just have my vodka neat..hic!