It’s a delightful morning to be drinking a salted caramel cookie-flavoured coffee. Thank you to Cookie Jar Coffee. The scent is sweet, bitter, and salty—my brain registers salted caramel. The taste is smooth and buttery, with a bitter punch at the end. It’s a tasty cup of Java. If we were having coffee, I would… Continue reading Is it a cookie or is it a coffee?
The smell of sweet spices rises from my mug: ginger, cinnamon, allspice and cloves. A true gingerbread smell captured in a hot cup of coffee! That honey and molasses odour conjures up warm and cozy holiday feelings. My first sip of Brooklyn Bean Roastery Gingerbread Man brown sugar ginger coffee is no let down. Those… Continue reading Coffee in the pre-Christmas build up
The grains on my spoon are miniscule like powdery sand. The grains are a mix of tan, cream and a deep brown. I take pleasure watching the small compact particles pour slowly from the spoon to fall into the bottom of mug. The transformation in the grains once the boiling water hits them is magical.… Continue reading Instant Coffee for Weekend Coffee Share
Would you like a virtual cup of coffee? If we were having coffee the smell of cinnamon would be pungent. It is a sweet, spicy and woodsy odour. The rich black liquid is so hot that only tiny sips breach waiting lips. As it slips over the taste buds they explode with the strong warm… Continue reading Blazing Cinnamon Coffee
Use this image as a prompt to create a post and reference back here. You can come back and share by posting your link in the comment section below. That’s it! Can’t wait to view your posts… I choose to go with a 100 word post, but you by no means have to. When years… Continue reading Photo Prompt #43: When years pass by
The definition of smile – form one’s features into a pleased, kind, or amused expression, typically with the corners of the mouth turned up and the front teeth exposed (Google). It is the time of the year when my boy’s aunts and uncles start sending Christmas gifts. The come unwrapped and I stash them away… Continue reading Weekly Smile
A rich coco scent is alive in the air and it adds to the festive feel while we put the decorations on the Christmas tree. I have a fun collection of various coffee ornaments that I enjoy placing on the tree. It is hard to believe that Christmas is around the corner. If we were… Continue reading December’s First Coffee
The sky is as dark as my number 12 black pencil crayon. I stare out the front windshield at the frosty light posts as they race by the window and I am mesmerized by the sparkly decorations shaped like candle sticks on a plate. They hang gracefully from the light post coated with the pale… Continue reading Zellers
I associate fruit cake as a grandparent Christmas Tradition. Dad and I always celebrated the holidays with his parents. Looking back on it I see that there were a few things that I took for granted like that Christmas fruit cake grandparents love so much. Even now, when fruit cake isn’t something that makes it… Continue reading A Christmas Shade
That scent of coffee is mixed with a cocoa smell this morning. It is the perfect time of year to mix a little hot chocolate into the coffee. It isn’t anything to fancy; there is no whip cream or chocolate drizzle and there is no chocolate sprinkles either. It is just a nice simple flavour… Continue reading Coffee, Cocoa & Melting Snowmen
Brewing Coffee, Twisting Words & Breaking Pencils 