I have to admit my addiction. I love to drink coffee. I am not too picky about drip coffee versus single-cup coffee versus instant coffee. I love it all. But it’s time to take a few days off. This morning, I didn’t drink coffee for the first time in several months. To help with the caffeine headache, I slept an extra hour (until 7:30 am).
It’s 7 pm, and I’m feeling really good, after a few cups of earl grey tea. No terrible headache and still relatively productive at work. The best part of my coffee fast is that my stomach hasn’t troubled me at all today. For the last two weeks, I’ve been having discomfort after breakfast almost every day. I tried to change what I ate for breakfast, but it didn’t help. My husband suggested that it may be the acidity in my coffee, but I tried to deny that option. I so love coffee, not only for the taste and caffeine, but for the warm feelings the smell and hot beverage brings me.
But my good digestion today without coffee may prove that Ben was right about my coffee addiction. I wonder if the acid has burned a little hole in my stomach lining? I will see how long I can go without coffee/espresso drinks.
Speaking of such wonderful things, I went to the new Spro coffee shop in Hampden last weekend. It was so-so (espresso-wise), and was in a cute space, but the beans were from Intelligentsia in Chicago, which I thought was odd. Are there no good coffee roasters in Baltimore? I don’t like Zekes, even though I’ve tried very hard to like it.
I am amazed at the far-reaching influence of Intelligentsia, whose coffee roastery is located on the same street that Ben lives on, just about 1 mile west. I clearly remember how fun it was to take a tour of their roastery several years ago. Ben and I drank Intelligentsia coffee while we were in New York City at the Chelsea Market. OK, no more coffee talk. Back to my decaffinated green rooibos tea.