Mmm I smell coffee

Coffee is a wonderful blessing.  Every thing about it adds to our lives.  The taste is robust and soothing.  Rich aroma radiating from freshly ground coffee, even for non-coffee drinkers, lifts spirits and stimulates sensual pleasure.  Who doesn’t enjoy taking a deep inhale when they pass the coffee aisle at the store? The stimulants within this drink make every part of your mind and body present and aware.  Our desire for coffee employs millions all over the world, creating an enormous industry.  Socially, going out to get coffee is a major component, whether it’s for business or just kickin’ it with friends.

            Early in the morning the alarm clock goes off.  My eyes are slow to open having been fastened together by a night’s sleep.  I stumble my way around the kitchen piecing together some fast and flavorless excuse for breakfast.  A little more alert now, I shower up and find my attire for the day.  Finally, after all the tedious and repetitive parts of my morning are completed, I cozy up into the sofa with a freshly brewed cup of coffee.  Black and hot.  I am now at peace.  The first cup goes down so smooth and so right; the second, just as satisfying. 

            Moving beyond the micro viewpoint, the coffee industry is a widespread moneymaking opportunity.  From Africa to South America, low-income families depend on the coffee tree for their bread and butter.  Often, these families are indigenous and don’t even speak their country's official language.  This can be dangerous; for example, some indigenous people in South America speak ancient languages and not Spanish making it impossible to read the warning labels explaining the harmful effects of pesticides.  There are places in Ethiopia where rituals and coffee are combined.  A series of three small cups of strong coffee are drunk before beginning the day’s work.

            Everyday millions of people walk through coffee shop doors accompanied by friends and people of interest.  Business people sit down to go over a new product line all while sipping coffee.  Analyzing chart after chart must strain their mindset so the wonders of coffee complement these tasks very well.  Friends find conversation provoked and brought into raised levels of enthusiasm with a few good cups of java.  After a mind-numbing exam an Americano is the best way to restore mental functionality and dive back into the never-ending student life of studying.