Mildred and I both had little sleep last night so we decided to hit Starbucks right after our morning Corporate Actions training. We each had a grande – hers a macchiato, mine a mocha – and that was all we had for lunch. We weren’t hungry because we had heavy breakfasts. Seeing our two big cups of coffee together reminded me of Castle and Bennett from the TV show Castle, who has a coffee routine.
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| Castle and Bennett? |
As we sipped our drinks, Mildred sighed about the pleasure this simple thing brought her, and I agreed. Coffee, especially mocha, is actually my comfort drink. I remember there was one time when I told my friends, “Ohhhh I got so pissed off that I had to go out and drink… mocha.” They laughed when I said that because they thought I had gone out to drink liquor, not coffee! XD
The funny thing is, I used to despise coffee. I hated its icky bitter taste and whenever my friends and I hung out at the coffee shops back when I was still in Manila, I would always opt for non-coffee based frappuccinos or coffee drenched with so much sweeteners that the coffee taste could hardly be detected.
I don’t even remember when I started to like coffee, and hot ones at that. I still prefer the sweet variety but my tongue looks for the bitter taste as well too, with Starbucks hitting the perfect blend of bittersweet. But I can’t afford that everyday so I make do with instant ones, my favorites being Nescafe Cafe Menu mocha and Kopiko Kopiccino.
Nowadays when I go without coffee, I feel as though my brain is not fully awake. And sometimes, when I skip it, I get caffeine withdrawal headaches. It’s one thing to love something but to be dependent on it? Eeeps. What have I done?
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