![]() ![]() For good measure, I’ve made my coffees into photo mosaics, coffees within coffees within coffees, like a Mandelbrot espresso set. ![]() That’s a lot of caffeine, yeeee haaaaaw I feel good and very much awake. I’ve continued what I started three years ago, keeping a photo diary, a coffee diary, all my coffees in all the places I’ve been. Over the year I’ve been at the University of Bradford, every coffee I’ve drunk has told a story. I’d made such a nuisance of myself at the coffee bar with my skinny-latte-but-don’t-overfill-the-cup-because-I-like-it-strong requests that they gave me a freebie just to give me a send-off in a kind-off ‘thank goodness she’s going’ way. The final coffee, drunk from what had become my trademark sparkly red mug from a certain Seattle-based cafe chain tasted good, mainly because it was free. Not a bit of it, I was just trying to focus! Colleagues and staff must have thought I was being aloof as I looked at them through narrowed eyes. My first coffee in my new job was a bit of a blur, with good reason, I’d forgotten my glasses. I’m still waiting for them to improve my running performance, I think it may be a delayed reaction, I’ll ask Mo.Īll my uni coffees in one mosaic. This mosaic is made from 5000 coffees, I’ve drunk them all. For a bit of fun, I’ve made them into a mosaic, using Andrea Mosaic, a rather natty open source product. So for the past few years, I’ve kept a pictorial coffee diary, photographing most of the coffees I’ve drunk, and a couple I’ve send back because they’re undrinkable. While I wouldn’t call it an obsession, I certainly do insist on good coffee, and I like to remember where I had that coffee, making a mental note on whether or not to return. Coffee’s too important to leave to the chance of the supermarket shelves. It’s Italian, of course, so is very stylish, even the sound of the click of the ‘on’ switch is a thing of beauty. And we don’t just let any old coffee grace the grounds basket, our selected blends, ground to fit the machine, come all the way from that there London. It has lots of shiny chrome, a pressure tank that goes up to 11 and a serious-looking frother. One of our first major purchases was a decent and rather indecently-priced coffee maker, well, who needs furniture? You have to get your priorities right. Even the workmen get the real stuff, though one poor plumber bounced his way out of the house juggling his spanners after drinking four double-shot cappuccinos. No Mellow Birds or Nescafe Gold Blend for me, in fact we don’t have instant coffee in the house. ![]() I am partial to a good coffee, emphasis on the good. In fact, evidence shows that caffeine can help achieve that illusive PB! Mo confesses he has a caffeine hit before training and let’s face it, it hasn’t done him any harm. If it’s good enough for Mo Farrah, it’s good enough for me. ![]()
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