The coffee I am drinking right now is excellent. It is Fratello's Ethiopian Sidamo Regular Roast brewed in a french press, (the best way to brew coffee I think). I shouldn't be blogging right now. I should be working on a huge paper that is due monday that I have not started writing. Of course, I've been thinking about it lots though...
Coffee has been on my mind lately. It seems to me that North American society has gone bananas over coffee. In my town newspaper a couple weeks ago, there was an article about a traffic problem that has arisen because of the extremely long car line ups stretching from the drive through onto the road and down the street to where is plugs up the corner. At my university campus, there are a number of coffee shops with a varity of delicious brews, some even fair trade, however, the line up still flows all the way across the cafeteria in front of one particular franchise. One of the reasons I think I have been thinking about this lately is because of the frequency in which I hear someone say, "I NEED MY COFFEE!" or "What would I do without this?" I thoroughly, and I mean thoroughly enjoy a freshly brewed pot of dark brown caffinated goodness but I have been wondering, should we be so dependent on this stuff and should we be so zealous about it. (At this point my sister pipes up, and shouldn't you be working on your paper. Yeah, actually I should.) I just want to be conscious of where my coffee comes from, (who is harvesting them, selling them, who is supported) and make sure that it is not the priority of my morning. I have a feeling the time that I spend making coffee should be balanced by time spend with the One who grows those beans and cares deeply about everyone who has anything to do with those beans from harvest till when my cup is warm.