Coffee.

Texts / Thoughts.
 The coffee theme
Honestly?
I know for a sattvic diet one should not drink coffee.
I love the taste, smell, and texture of light roasted drip coffee.
I hate being physically dependent on a substance or mentally addicted to things.
Coffee is a reason to get up in the morning. Maybe it's the only one, nobody knows.
I think coffee might make my brain hyperactive. Maybe the ritual keeps me calm instead. I haven't figured it out yet.
I think coffee keeps me warm in the cold. 
I find it strange, that so many people in the world do the same thing every day. Drinking coffee. Isn't that strange? Beautiful.
Differences in coffee
My histamine intolerance makes it difficult to drink dark roasted or bad quality coffee. In addition to symptoms like brain fog, my skin gets irritated with too strong espresso and such. 
I never was a big fan of milk coffee – ehh. As a child, I used to put coffee into the warm milk I was given (to make it drinkable, hahaha). But even then – for me, bad milk sometimes tasted like vomit when heated.
The vegan plant based milk catalogue wasn't of much help either. I get brain fog and they often include oils I'm allergic to.

So when a few years ago the "trend" for light roasted drip coffee came up, I found a very funny hobby: drinking altering sorts of coffees coming from small bags, from small roasteries from little plantations from all over the world. It’s a lot of fun and very interesting.

I wish, there would be more coffee places and restaurants, where drip coffee is served. Nowadays there exist so many good micro roasteries all around. They should be considered for an exclusive offer in the menu. Even if it is only a daily prepared batch brew (because of lack in time). I feel and wish in those little manufactures lies the future of coffee.
Speciality Coffee
The delightful thing about speciality coffees is, that the whole chain pays special attention on how the coffee plant/fruit/bean is grown, processed and roasted. There are several varieties of coffee trees and several methods of processing them after the harvest. Finally the roasters, with their modern equipment, can extract fine and special notes out of the beans during the roasting process.

One, then is able to smell/taste strawberry, cognac, whiskey, amaretto, lemon, orange, honey, caramel, sugar, maple, hazelnut, pistachio, walnut, plum, chocolate, black tea, cinnamon, clove, anise, jasmine, rose, lavender, and on and on, while drinking just a thin black watery thing, called speciality (or third wave) coffee.
It's very nice for allergics like me, who usually have to refrain from all those yummie tastes when it comes to eating them.
Gear
My coffee equipment is very basic: I use a very – very – old coffee grinder from the thrift store. My usual recipe at home is a handful of beans paired with half a liter of hot water. Since some month I have a kettle with gooseneck, very modern, the old one broke.
Design
I often must ignore the packaging (and some coffee shop interior) designs in kind of shame. I’m not happy about the «designer», who no longer wrote the important informations on the packaging. Instead, QR codes have been on printed and people been forced to search in their mobile screens to find the important informations. I find it insecure, how fast informations can be changed on a website. As an allergy sufferer (or imagine someone with a chronic illness) I really don't want to depend on a phone, electricity and an internet connection to know what exactly is in a food package. This information must be provided always and in all cases.

The standards and achievements of good design should be celebrated especially here. Since there has been paying so much awareness to every step in the chain already. Do not forget to set up a crown at the end. And don’t get fooled by trying to appear unique, bold trendy or for saving money. It should be remembered, that there are well educated designers who would like to help and do the job the right way.

To wrap it up: I don't want guess what is in a package. I want to read it in readable letters, I've learned in school and can decipher. Stick to this:

Beans origin: Land
Variety: Sort of bean
Drying Process (natural, washed, fermentation procedure)
Roast (light or dark)
Usage (Filter or Espresso)
Flavors (some hints about the character)
Date (of roasting)
Additional Information (QR)
The Price
Might all good things come to an end?
Maybe, this love for coffee will one day have an expiration date. For woman at a certain age decrease in bones and joints. Coffee might cause even more harm to them. Maybe I will refrain. Until then cheers on speciality coffee.



Recipe for a
Drip Coffee.