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10:50 AM, Friday, 1 September, 2006
Papua New Guinean coffee is delicious. When you make it in a plunger, it gets a little film of oil on top of the crema. I pretend that this means it is the freshest coffee on the planet. Maybe even in the universe.
It isn't made very well in cafes and restaurants and hotels here. But it still does the job when debating WHO sang 'Boom Boom Shake Shake the Room' (Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince), WHAT is the Run DMC song that I forgot the name of but it's obviously better than the others (It's like that... and that's the way it is), and WHO sang that song that goes, 'I don't want a place to stay, get your booty on the floor tonight, make my day' (Nobody knows, we have all forgotten). And it is certainly made well in my house.
Well the point of all of this is that despite the coffee here being delicious, I have decided that I'm not going to drink it every morning. I haven't given it up, because it really does facilitate those discussions regarding the nineties songs that we all love. But I have decided that the extra fifteen minutes I am able to sleep in instead of boiling water... making coffee... pouring coffee... waiting for it to cool down so I can drink it coz I can't stand hot drinks that are too hot... is worth it. Fifteen minutes is significant for somebody who really likes to sleep, which is me.
I had a teeny-tiny-ant-sized headache on Wednesday (first day of no coffee). Yesterday I was dopey (but that could be normal, and coffee had blinded me to this fact. Do I really want to know that I'm dopey? I'm still considering taking up coffee again in order to prevent said knowledge). Today I'm feeling ok so far.
Was my addiction really that small? Or is this a show of the amazing power of one volunteer's mind? Let's pretend it's the latter, just like we pretend that the oil means the coffee is fresh-orama and not suspiciously involved in the latest oil spill in the Gulf province.
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Indeed, you are courageous. does that mean you're not drinking it at all anymore? If I'm not mistaken, I think the side effects or real withdrawals will be felt in a week or so once the caffeine is completely out of your system.
I have taken to drinking one cup of coffee in the morning and stopped drinking it at all during the day (except when i meet friends for coffee or something like that). I think this is a step up for someone who used to drink 6 or 7 cups a day. heh.
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| September 1, 2006 5:03 PM
Technotronics!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Yehia | September 1, 2006 5:52 PM
Katia - If you had bothered to read what I wrote, I said I'm not giving it up completely! Furthermore, this is all about me, not you.
Posted by: Carolyn | September 20, 2006 12:42 PM