"Uh uh..don't you dare talk to me when I have not had my morning coffee yet!!! OK sure, talk...but I swear I won't response," that's me talking every morning. Yes OK OK, I admit that I have another vice besides the internet...COFFEE...GLORIOUS COFFEE!
No, I am totally not like my husband. He wakes up, mata terbuka and so does his mouth and vocal cords. He can wake up and yell at the kids to wake up in 30 seconds tops, and me...still in bed, covering my ears with the pillow and forcing my kitten to ignore the morning habitual yells.
I am a morning person, don't get me wrong. But I just have a slower pickup. My husband has a Ferrari horsepower pickup in the morning and I have a horsepower like our spare car, the 1989 Mazda MPV which has 179,000 miles on it. Slow and steady, quiet and very tranquil (but don't get fooled by this temporary morning personality).
On the way to work, David drives me to BART (train station lah tuh),"So what do you think, should we go grocery shopping tonight? Do we bring the kids? What are you craving for? Maybe I could shop for the ingredients to cook tonight." Tak boleh tak boleh, I can't think. And I always end up saying,"Whatever you want to do my dear". Dah orang tua tuh ingat I nih buat pe'el pulak kan? So almost every morning, I have to explain to him that I need coffee to think. No coffee, otak block!
Sampai ofis, hahahaha...the time for coffee is so close. Since my boss bought us an $800 espresso machine with the coffee grinder, we really have not been visiting the Starbucks booth at the cafeteria for a long time. So...steam the milk, add the double espresso in it and aper lagi, bedal lah itu kopi. Aaaahhhh...nikmat. Mata terbeliak, sungguh happy sekali!!!
But I do have my limits. I drink coffee just once a day unless I did not get enough sleep the night before. That's enough to keep me going throughout the whole day. But I try to ward off the coffee on weekends, just so that I could take cat naps in the afternoon. Tapi kalau keluar rumah tuh, coffee is a must by 1pm.
One indulgence though, I would love my coffee to come from Starbucks. When I was in Singapore, I use to love Coffee Bean but can't find one here in San Francisco. These americans semua suka Starbucks. So there, Starbucks or nothing. OKlah, kalau terdesak, McDonalds coffee can also give me the kick. Thick and rich. Not watery and icky. That's why my husband calls me the 'coffee snob'. So what??? If we're on a road trip and betul betul no coffee, then Red Bull is also acceptable. But it just doesn't give me the kick like coffee.
So usually if I go to Starbucks, my line would be,"Tall BOLD with room for milk."
How about frappucino..anyone likes frappucino?
7 comments:
ely,
wow!! you really love your coffee.. We have coffee bean here in NC.. but am not a coffee drinker.. My husband on the other hand is a coffee drinker but he likes the normal coffee no frills.. just norm..
He does not like starbucks.. with it's coffee grande etc.. and expensive too.. whenever we go to Barnes&Noble.. he always get into argument with the starbuck's cashier.. because they don't have the normal coffee.. *lol*.. whatever..
Anyway, hope you've enjoyed your morning coffee..
i love mine frothy with steamed milk poured over thick espresso and shavings of chocolates.
cookies n chocs make it better.
Same same here *hehehee* Must have my morning coffee if I want to keep my eyes peeled thru'out the day. Like you, I like Coffee Bean too!!! I thought it is a West Coast brand? Kat SF boleh tak ada? *sniff* Anyway, sometimes I cannot take Starbucks coffee... the milk somehow makes me feel sick. I'm not lactose intolerant, so maybe it's just THEIR milk :P But if I make coffee, I like it topped with hazelnut syrup. Yum!! Oh yea, just tried this new Nescafe cold coffee the other day - tiramisu flavor and banana caramel flavor - sedap!! Made a mistake of having coffee TWICE that day just coz I wanted to taste the new coffee, so you know lah... rasa jittery all day long *LOL* overdose on caffeine!
Coffee is a MUST! but what i dread now is going to one of these fancy cafes and not know what to order when all I want is plain nescafe - medium, yes and two sugar! I tak nak mocha, latte or whatever else that I can't pronouce. Last night, ook a group of unimates and prof to Malaysian restaurant - and they all enjoyed good old kopi tarek!
Ely, coffee is my vice too and happily so. I can drink it last thing at night and sleep really well & must drink it first thing in the morning for a perk-up. I enjoy it very much as restful therapy while reading, in a cafe, or when feeling satisfied after shopping or buying books etc. I always drink coffee when I'm writing. I used to like Nescafe a lot. But now my favourite is latte & when I'm in Australia, a flat white. My coffees are what you call, a regular Joe.
The one good thing about being abroad is that I've got to try and experiment with different flavours and brands but the sad thing is that I can no longer stomach Nescafe tarik...I just find what used to be once, a beloved Mamak version, too strong for me these days. In Britain, my favourite currently is Kenco.
P.S. And I think your photo on this entry, is swell! *love*
ok, ely just woke up. its saturday morning here. no coffee yet, i try not to drink coffee on weekends.
hartini, there is Coffee Bean but not too many like Starbucks. So starbucks lah jawabnya for me.
nazrah, i like THAT version of coffee too. i always have steamed milk over double espresso, enough for the day. itupun cos we have this machine kat office but i wont pay $2.50 every morning for coffee!
kak teh, thats me too. when i go to starbucks, just normal cofee. no latte no nothing fancy. just the bold coffee.
massy, kopi kat kedai koip pun best kan? nothing fancy, just the simple kopi tarik!
wah susan, u're a strong coffee drinker! drink and then ogo to sleep!!! thats cool!
oh yeah susan...dont u just love the coffee pics? yummy kan?
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