I didn’t discover coffee until about my mid-20s but since I did, I don’t know how I ever lived without it. It’s pointless to deny it: I’m hopeless addicted; to the caffeine rush, to the smell, to the taste and even more so to the good times I associate with drinking coffee.
I was reminded of this today when I went to one of my favourite coffee shops to buy more bean for the machine at work. The place was abuzz with smiling friends catching up, kids playing and enjoying a milkshake and others taking the time to relax and read a book or the newspaper. It was everything I love about coffee shops, and all with that undeniable, beautiful smell of freshly roasted coffee!