Here’s three coffee related stories for you from a guy who doesn’t even like drinking coffee.
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When I worked at an internet cafe during the summers of University, one of the first things that had to happen each day was that the person who got there first had to start up the coffee pot.
I was there first on this particular day. Actually, I was normally there first every day. I opened up the place and put the pot on. After putting the beans in, I notice that it’s being much louder than usual.
The boss comes in and has a cup immediately. He is then wired for the rest of the day. That was the last time they would ask me for my accidentally unfiltered blend.
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One time when I was a a week long program at APSEA, we had a coffee house. A friend and I did a cover of the Scorpions song “Rock You Like A Hurricane.” He sang and I…ruined the guitar solo. After we played, I was looking for something to drink. My dumb self assumed there was only coffee there, so I had some. It took 7 sugars and 3 creams to be tolerable.
Did I mention I don’t know anything about coffee?
It was only after that when I noticed another table across the room with juice on it…
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Whenever we would visit my grandparents, you always knew that it was 7:08am by the sound of the coffee grinder. Didn’t matter if it was their place or the cottage.