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Sudden Love for Coffee

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I have always loved the aroma of freshly brewed coffee but I never liked the taste. Not one bit. I'd force myself to drink it and end up feeling nauseous half way through. I felt offended even if someone just mildly suggested I have some...."I knew you never wished me well." is what I would be telling the person in my head. At work we always had two options: Tea or Coffee and if there was no tea, I'd go with nothing and slowly starve lol I have always loved tea. Whether it is freezing cold or scorching hot, I love me some tea. This love of tea angered my sister's when I was younger as I would wake up every day at 5a.m with a huge hunger/longing for tea and if tea was not by my bedside, I would cry bloody murder till my Dad woke up one my sisters to make me that cup. It took me a while but I grew out of it - thank God for older siblings :)

When I started work, I was brought into a new world of coffee. My new employers loved it, not the instant coffee, the one you brew lol (does that make sense? oh well). The aroma was just so amazing until one time when the Messenger gave me a cup. Now I don't take hot beverages, I wait for them to cool down because I love my tongue and its better that way. I will even add an ice block when I'm home - yes I do realise its mostly children who do that but uum I am somebody's child and besides who made it a rule to have tea served and drank hot?? Anyway, I waited for the cup to cool down and took one huge sip of the liquid which I assumed was tea but to my dismay found it to be coffee. It wasn't so bad so I continued drinking it.

Nausea starting settling in on me and i just knew it was the coffee. Later that afternoon and the rest of that week, more coffee and more nausea but since the Messenger and I were on good terms, I told him about the effect Coffee had on me and that I wasn't a huge fan, he just laughed at me and drowned me in cups of tea after that smh.

Three years later I found myself craving it so bad. I waited for everybody to clear out since I was the only one in the office who hissed at the sight of a coffee mug. I had to satisfy this craving alone, with no one giving me the side eye after my years of loathing. I poured myself a cup and added some fresh milk to it, the taste was glorious...so much better than what I had imagined. I had 4 cups of coffee that day. Every morning when I got in, I had to have some. I finally understood why most people craved coffee so much - it was highly addictive. And tasty *thumbs up* but why it took me this long to like, I do not know. Maybe just one of those things you hate but grow to love as time goes by...like the way I'm obsessed with eggplants now but years ago, I would skip a meal if it had eggplants in it.

Coffee is not so bad. Even better with some milk in it.

Hyacintha
xoxo

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