Daily Perk

I’m not what you’d call a coffee person.

Oh, I drink coffee.  But I’d say that I appreciate it more than love it.  I need caffeine, & coffee provides.  It’s no Diet Coke, but it does the job, and without chemicals I can’t pronounce or digest. 

So, yeah.  Coffee & I have reached an understanding.

Coffee makers, though?  Those are still a struggle.

Mr. Sey has a Keurig one-cup brewer, & he loves it.   He only wants a single cup for the drive to work every morning, & the convenience of just throwing a pod into the maker delights him.  I’m not thrilled with the waste & the expense, but I guess it beats stopping at the coffee shop.

We also have a cranky old coffee pot that we press into service when we have company & need a whole pot.  But it doesn’t work all that well & I haven’t been happy with it.  Recently, however, I visited my sister & was reintroduced to the good old plug-in percolator.  No filters, no programming, no buttons.  Just fill the pot, dump the coffee in the basket, throw on the lid & plug it in.  Some musical bubbling later & viola!  Coffee!

I’d forgotten it used to be that simple. 

I had to have one. 

It took some searching but I persevered.  And I am now enjoying a lovely, hot cup of freshly perked coffee with my morning paper.  And it is delicious.

How about you?  Do you have a caffeine habit?  How do you feed it? 

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