@CindyWeinstein@zirk.us honoring the good things of coffee for the coffee day: 1- growing up as a sheltered Mormon whose religion prohibits "hot drinks," I had my first coffee at 15 years old from a circle k convenience store. Loaded with creamers. I brought it to the counter and they didn't id me, my naivety about the limits of religion had me thinking that they wouldn't sell this item to me without an ID, like tobacco. The coffee tasted like liberation. 2- long after leaving religion I came back to coffee, settling in with a caramel macchiato as my favorite. It took me years to break out of the sugared coffees before realizing that I really prefer a breve sans sugar. (and the occasional afogato, which I kept forgetting the name of until I realized that I-forgot-o the name sounds like afogato) 3- spending new years in a coffee grove growing in the north of Thailand. The quiet peace of coffee shrubs growing amid banana and papaya trees and all of the old growth trees above us all. This amazing magical bean that brings me joy and focus, grows delightfully right from the Earth, her gift to us each morning. #coffee #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings #blog #BlessedConsciousLife