coffee conflict

i’ve already had two bodumfuls of glorious halfcaf. for the second cup, i made scalded milk and whipped it up into a froth with my beautiful aerolatte wand, then proceeded to ignore it and drink cup number two black. i ignored the milk despite my efforts to present it in a gray russel wright creamer. so now the question is…do i make even more coffee?

i think the answer is obvious. soon it will be sundown. there will be no coffee drinking tomorrow morning, as it is the day of atonement, or reframed for my current purposes, the day of no coffee. in preparation, i should drink and enjoy as much as i like.

the only remaining obstacle is that i am on the couch and nobody else is home at the moment.

Filed under: 2nd cup of the day, aerolatte, bodum, coffee, cup, enjoyment, first cup of the day, milk, yom kippur, coffee

in only six hours i will have fresh coffee.

today i was thinking about altaf’s apartment in gramercy park. i had these coffee-related thoughts because it was yom kippur and i was fasting and as such had not had any coffee, none at all. so i was remembering all the kinds of espresso coffee he had in his house. he had instant medaglia d’oro crystals and also actual espresso. he had several jars of this instant coffee in his refrigerator. during the day i was wishing i could have a nice cup of instant espresso. in fact, the first thing i had when i broke my fast was a sip of diner coffee. and it was good.

it is important to know that i was friends with altaf in 1986. i haven’t seen him or his apartment in a long, long time.

Filed under: 1986, coffee, espresso, yom kippur, coffee