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Sweet is at war with bitter

My coffee brand this morning is Cookie Jar Coffee. The flavour takes its lead from the salted caramel cookie. The cookie is chewy, but I know that wonโ€™t be part of my coffee experience today because I lack cookies. The coffee is a deep darkness in my mug. Sweet vanilla-caramel smell wars with the fragrance… Continue reading Sweet is at war with bitter

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Donut Stop Coffee

An old-fashioned donut is a cake donut prepared in a ring shape with tapered edges. Its surface is often cracked. Itโ€™s crispy on the exterior with a tender interior and a taste that isnโ€™t very sweet. This is the inspiration for my coffee today. Iโ€™m drinking Donut Stop Coffee, the old-fashioned donut flavoured java. The… Continue reading Donut Stop Coffee

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Who doesnโ€™t love maple syrup?

This is a new coffee for me. Itโ€™s called, โ€œBean Around the World, Canada, Maple Syrup flavoured coffee.โ€ Thereโ€™s a caramelized smell of sugar rising in the hot steam from my mug. Itโ€™s sweet and delicious. It has a buttery mellow taste of cooked sugar with a roasted flavour. Can I offer you a cup?… Continue reading Who doesnโ€™t love maple syrup?

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The full story. You better grab a coffee . . .

If we were having coffee, I would start by sharing the full story of Bramble that began when we had our first coffee in January 2023. Are you familiar with that deep-seated feeling of tiredness? The kind of tiredness that weighs down all your limbs and clings to your thoughts like sleepy spiderwebs? Maybe youโ€™re… Continue reading The full story. You better grab a coffee . . .

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Bramble and Bee

After the rejected marriage proposal Bramble withdrew to the cupboard. I thought my cup was just taking a break, but Bramble ran off with an antique tea cup named Bee. They sent a coffee-scented postcard to let me know that they were happily married and are living in a tea and coffee shop on the… Continue reading Bramble and Bee

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Letโ€™s get married. Don’t choke on your coffee!

Bramble and I have fallen into a routine. Things have been going well. Today as I sip, Bramble speaks. โ€œLetโ€™s get married.โ€I choke on my mouthful of coffee and slam Bramble down onto the table with unintended force.Bramble waits for me to be able to breathe again before repeating. โ€œLetโ€™s get married.โ€โ€œIโ€™m already married, Bramble.โ€โ€œWe… Continue reading Letโ€™s get married. Don’t choke on your coffee!

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Bramble

Resolving to ignore Bramble, my living coffee cup, I sit back down at the table with my laptop. I have writing to do. The rich smell of coffee is teasing my nostrils. I eye the cup."So, Bramble how does this work? I mean do I just pick you up and drink?โ€โ€œOh yes, very simple. You… Continue reading Bramble

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A coffee cup named . . .

When I clamber to my feet I see my coffee cup sitting quietly on the table watching with wide eyes. I blink, rub my eyes, and refocus on my cup. Itโ€™s still staring at me.โ€œHow?โ€ I mumble.โ€œLouder, Shari. I canโ€™t hear you.โ€โ€œThatโ€™s because I wasnโ€™t talking to you,โ€ I fire back without thought. I smack… Continue reading A coffee cup named . . .

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โ€œCoffee is hot and fresh,โ€ said the snow-coloured lips

I woke with my head on my arms bent over at the table. My body felt as if Iโ€™d slept there a full week through. I creaked my eyes open and scanned around. Iโ€™m nose to nose with my ivory coffee cup, or I would be if coffee cups had noses. I stared off the… Continue reading โ€œCoffee is hot and fresh,โ€ said the snow-coloured lips

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A coffee mug created in the manner of Terry Pratchettโ€™s Discworld suitcase . . .

It all started on a morning very much like this one with a strange crystal-like mist plugging the air. The sun fought and failed to break through the gloom. My ivory pumpkin-shaped coffee mug sat on the table before me empty, and me to desolate to rise and fill go fill it. So, we (me… Continue reading A coffee mug created in the manner of Terry Pratchettโ€™s Discworld suitcase . . .