How I love to awaken to the sound of the coffee grinder! That means that my dear husband has awakened before me and that coffee will be ready when I go downstairs if I lie in bed just a few minutes longer. What a bum I am! Actually, we're both hopelessly early risers, and I am often the one who makes the coffee in the mornings. Still, it's a real treat to hear the grind, grind, grind, as Kevin turns the handle exactly 54 times to get just the right amount for our coffee pot.
The coffee grinder pictured above is one we had on the farm when I was a kid. I don't remember that my mother used it, so maybe it was just an antique we had lying about - like the stereoscope and all those 3-D cards my mom threw out, or the old crank telephone which I was happy to take off their hands and which now resides in our living room.
It's Saturday morning. My husband had a long drive home from Madison last night, so I was the first one up today. It's quiet in here. The dogs have been out, fed, out again, and have now settled into their favorite spots for their morning naps. And I've got my coffee.
Here's my coffee with Half 'n'Half. What would my morning coffee be without it. That rich color, that mellow taste, aahhhh. In fact, it's the only coffee I dare drink during the day, if I plan to get any sleep at night. No matter how much I would enjoy drinking coffee with friends in the afternoon, lying awake totally wired at 3 A.M. is extremely annoying. So for me, caffeine is only for mornings.
As you can see from the size coffee mug I use, I don't have to worry about getting my fair share.
So are you a coffee drinker? Tea drinker? or maybe you drink Diet Coke in the morning. Shudder.
