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Do you remember the first time you learned about coffee? No seriously….as a kid I was aware of soda’s, etc. but not coffee until late High School. And I did not drink coffee until maybe late in college and that was only for staying up to study. The reason I bring this up is my 12 years old is drinking coffee….be it at Mom’s house but she has started. Is that crazy or not?
In High School, I remember being in the Midwest sweltering summer heat and my Step-Dad would come in from mowing the yard to drink a hot cup of coffee! We use to make fun of him, “how can you drink hot coffee after sweating it out mowing the yard?” For years we would laugh at him for this ritual. After college, the “coffeehouse” craze started in the mid-’90s. It was cool to head to a coffeehouse to sit, drink, and read the paper (yes, newspaper) or book. Then Starbucks came along and the rest is history. You cannot turn a corner without running into a coffee shop somewhere close.
As a long-distance runner, I laugh at myself now because I can clip off a 10-mile run and the first thing I want when finished is a hot cup of coffee! I have no idea how or why I got to this point but basically I have become my Step-Dad. I sometimes actually dream of waking up to a quiet house to have my first cup of coffee. It has become a part of my life and I have to have at minimum 2 cups OR 1…
