I have always like the smell of coffee, but until last year, I hadn't been able to stand the taste. My first experience, that I remember, was my mother bringing my sister and I to a friend's house and having a "coffee party." Then, as until recently, the coffee tasted like little more than warm water (which is not something that I like to drink). Adding cream just made it taste like watered down water. Adding sugar didn't give it the substance I wanted.
At Alex's graduation, Janelle decided to use a concoction called coffee bunch which is made out of a coffee syrup, whole milk, and even amounts of chocolate and vanilla ice cream. Normally, I don't even like coffee ice cream, but I really liked this drink and have since made an effort to make it at least once a year. I also have come to like some cakes and desserts that use coffee.
It was taking Alex up to college last summer that got me hooked. Despite knowing that I had a ten-hour drive in front of me, I had stayed up entirely too late the night before. Long drives can be difficult for me alone, but they are worse when the person riding shotgun is lightly snoring. Unfortunately, that was the condition we were in on the drive up: I was feeling exhausted while Janelle and Alex were dozing.
When we stopped at a McDonald's, I decided to try a mocha. Now, I know that doesn't count as coffee for you purists, but it got me hooked about the same as the chocolate punch. My carpool ride last year was often started with a stop to pick up a couple of mochas to wake us up. I had thought that caffeine didn't have much of an effect on me as I can fall asleep even less than half an hour after having a caffeinated soda, but I discovered that just a sip of the mocha kept my eyes from drooping while taking those long morning drives.
The sad news is that both I and my carpool compatriot are on austerity measures right now. Stops to McDonald's (even just once a week) are now a luxury that we literally cannot afford. Still, I'm usually able to convince my loving wife to set up the coffee maker (a machine that I have not taken the time to understand) on Fridays, and I've stirred up some lost cost mochas for us at least once each week. It's funny how something I didn't care for just over a year ago is now something that I don't want to live without.
At Alex's graduation, Janelle decided to use a concoction called coffee bunch which is made out of a coffee syrup, whole milk, and even amounts of chocolate and vanilla ice cream. Normally, I don't even like coffee ice cream, but I really liked this drink and have since made an effort to make it at least once a year. I also have come to like some cakes and desserts that use coffee.
It was taking Alex up to college last summer that got me hooked. Despite knowing that I had a ten-hour drive in front of me, I had stayed up entirely too late the night before. Long drives can be difficult for me alone, but they are worse when the person riding shotgun is lightly snoring. Unfortunately, that was the condition we were in on the drive up: I was feeling exhausted while Janelle and Alex were dozing.
When we stopped at a McDonald's, I decided to try a mocha. Now, I know that doesn't count as coffee for you purists, but it got me hooked about the same as the chocolate punch. My carpool ride last year was often started with a stop to pick up a couple of mochas to wake us up. I had thought that caffeine didn't have much of an effect on me as I can fall asleep even less than half an hour after having a caffeinated soda, but I discovered that just a sip of the mocha kept my eyes from drooping while taking those long morning drives.
The sad news is that both I and my carpool compatriot are on austerity measures right now. Stops to McDonald's (even just once a week) are now a luxury that we literally cannot afford. Still, I'm usually able to convince my loving wife to set up the coffee maker (a machine that I have not taken the time to understand) on Fridays, and I've stirred up some lost cost mochas for us at least once each week. It's funny how something I didn't care for just over a year ago is now something that I don't want to live without.
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