Many people can be defined by their habits, like drinking coffee. Many coffee drinkers enjoy the taste, and some enjoy the nice boost that the caffeinated beverage gives them in the morning. People can tell you roughly at what age they started drinking coffee and why. People tend to reply “Oh! Coffee? I started drinking that in college! Studying and doing homework last minute. Thanks coffee and Google!”
Me? My first sip of the flavor was in third grade. I know what you’re thinking, third grade? That’s too young an age to even think about drinking coffee. Don’t worry, my mom used to trick me into thinking she was older than she really was. She filled the cup with milk and some vanilla-flavored cream. She topped the drink with a splash of coffee for color. Gullible, there I was having a cup of coffee with the elders at the age of eight!
However, I am absolutely convinced that they made me love coffee. My mom used to tell me stories about how she was pregnant with my older brother, Chris. Ever since he was the first child, my mom had to follow every rule in the book to have that beautiful, bright, smart, healthy boy by the time he was ready to come into this world. So the books and other mothers had said that drinking coffee was not the best idea for the baby. It stunts growth and all that nonsense (I’m a 5’7, young, long woman, if you were wondering, so I’d like to be evidence that coffee doesn’t stunt growth). But hey, my mom was only here to protect her firstborn from her, so in this case I don’t blame her for drinking coffee while she was pregnant with Chris.
Bada-bing-bada-boom, my brother was born and four years later I’m on my way! Things were different this time, my mom felt a bit risky with this one. I guess while she was pregnant with me she had the choice to have a healthy baby or drink coffee to her satisfaction. Yes… you guessed it. She fell for her wants instead of my needs. Can you believe it? Ha, just kidding, I came out a healthy baby. During pregnancy, she decided to try coffee.
To this day, I am convinced that drinking coffee while pregnant with your child will only breed coffee addicts. Here I am today, defined by my coffee drinking habits (well, that’s not all that defines me). I’m sure if you ask anyone who knows me, one of the facts they honestly know is that I’m pretty much in love with coffee, that’s for sure. So why not share the love with all the other coffee drinkers? Let’s learn together about more products, international coffees, what coffee does, health facts, decoration, art of coffee (because who knew such a thing existed!)
Well I hope you are making your second cup of the day because we are about to start!