For the first time, I prepared two cups of the brew early this morning. I was awake at 5am and was at the garden before 6am. I prepared a cup with just a little sugar to go with it. I put it in a small foot stool near where I was weeding. Two of our naughty cats played around and the plastic stool toppled on the grass. Oh my!
I have to go back in the kitchen to prepare another cup and this time, I put it on top of our concrete garden table covered by a glass coaster. I don’t drink coffee every day except when I am in the garden this early and there is a morning breeze that plays with the leaves in the garden making the dry ones fall to the ground. Every day I have to sweep the yard. We have a small compost pit at the farthest corner of the garden and all the leaves that I gather are placed there to rot. This soil mix is one of the best to use when you are replanting.
Speaking of coffee, mom can’t get by without her early morning fix. Sometimes she doesn’t even eat breakfast as long as she has coffee prepared. We used to let her prepare her own but in the last few months, either the coffee is too much, the sugar too little and she ends up with an unpalatable cup. So what Josef suggested was for us to buy her three-in-one sachets complete with sugar, cream and of course coffee. These instant coffee packets are flavored in caramel. mocha, hazelnut, brown coffee etc. They come in different brands. Problem solved. All you need is to pour hot water and voila, it’s done.
Are you a coffee drinker or a tea lover? I am one of both. I’ve tried turmeric tea yesterday. They say it is good to boost immunity.
I like tea, but I mostly drink coffee. John brews a pot of coffee in the morning which we share. Later I brew a cup at a time for myself, pouring it over ice on a hot day. That can be very refreshing.
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I haven’t tried that yet, iced coffee. Thanks Anne☕
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Do you add anything to your coffee? I like creamer in hot coffee, but I drink it black when iced.
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No, just a little sugar. I don’t like creamer. I don’t like milk too but I eat ice cream, flavored with fruits or chocolates.
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I’d be worried about you if you didn’t like ice cream!
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Haha🥰😉🤗
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I only drink strong instant coffee (with some milk) in the mornings. I used to always have real fresh-brewed coffee, but it started to iritate my stomach a few years ago. Now I only have that occasionally, like in a restaurant after a meal. I tried those sachets, but found the coffee flavour too weak.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Maybe that is just good for mom because sometimes she drinks coffee twice a day. She doesn’t need a strong cup. Occasional brewed coffee, yes but I find it too strong. My tea varies, Matcha tea, turmeric, ginger and other flavored ones from Twinings or Celestial Seasonings.
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I drink black coffee without sugar every morning, but not later, and don’t like tea except perhaps when I am very thirsty
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I haven’t learned yet to drink coffee without sugar but I drink it black too without creamer which I don’t like.☕🍵☕ Thanks Derrick.
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I need coffee 😊 but I do enjoy an occasional cup of tea.
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Hi Kathy, thanks☕
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I love drinking tea….anytime would do…coffee too is good occasionally though..have you tasted dalgona coffee???quite nice
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No and I’ve no plan to taste one. I don’t like anything with cream or milk except in ice cream and chocolate.
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I start the day with green tea which I buy by the pound and have a little cup with a filter built in. I usually have two cups. Then I have a cup of coffee with a little milk in the afternoon. I think you were wise to solve the problem with your mom’s coffee with those little packets.
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It’s easier that way Elizabeth, even her hands are no longer steady when she pours the hot water. She’s already 91. I love green tea too.
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You certainly wouldn’t want her to struggle any more than she has to.
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Sometimes, she forgets but I think it’s not really a cause for alarm. She’s 91 now, we think that is just but natural for her age.
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I forget and struggle at 73!
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We are all getting old, I’m 63.
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i drink coffee once in a while. i prefer tea 🙂
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I am more on drinking tea too🍵
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I have been a coffee aficionado before it was cool and love to work in my garden too. However, I usually am in the garden in the evenings so no coffee then…..Thanks!
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That’s nice. I recently switched to tea. Thanks for the visit.
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