First Coffee of 2000: Frozen Columbia Supremo beans ground in a Burr Grinder at a coarse setting, poured into a Bodum French Press, water added from the whistling kettle, let to steep for five minutes, and drunk slowly from a porcelain bowl. Black.
Sipping and sitting and petting the dog. Wearing a thick black terry robe, a Christmas present. Feeling lucky to not have a hangover, or having slept through it, it being very late morning. Listening to NPR on the stereo.
Letting the fresh grounds clear my head, letting the coffee sit in my mouth long enough to find my taste buds. Adoring my girlfriend who never has to nurse a hangover while hoping she would be so kind as to not say,
“I told you so.”
I never left the house the entire day until the night.
Location: Capitol Hill, Washington, DC
Time: 11:30 AM, 1 Jan 2000
Name: Chris Abraham
Occupation/Life Purpose: Coffee Drinker
