Dale Cooper already said it: treat yourself to a cup of coffee
Let's make it clear: we love coffee. We do it all year round, without measure, but we love it (if possible) more than ever now -when the cold violates our mornings and our joys. So shrunken the poor. We love the warmth of coffee at home (slippers, robe and flannel) but also the sound of the spoons of the first bar in the morning and its little revolution of glasses and cups. We like coffee photos, dedicated poems and more than both we like Agent Cooper and his "damn fine cup of coffee".
And we also like it for all these reasons:
1) It is not fashionable.
I mean, no more than it ever has been. Clooney has made us a bit of a pupa but take a look at Pinterest or Tumblr. This weird hipster and craftie decade is the decade of tea, not coffee.
2) It's warm.
Time also has his that of him. But a good coffee - take note - has to be hot as hell.
The real black gold
3) Literary cafes.
Do you know any literary teahouse? Why not? Well, we coffee growers have a history: Café Gijón, El Teide or El Europeo.
4) Tea is a cat thing, so coffee should be a dog thing.
And at Mantel & Cuchillo we are very -but very- of dogs.
5) Coffee liqueur.
Or the secret weapon of all Galicians in the world.
6) You will live longer.
According to a paper that was just presented at the 2013 American Heart Association Scientific Sessions: coffee activates our blood pressure and cleanses our blood vessels.
7) ** Skinny, they don't want your kisses .**
Gordito neither, and caffeine will help you -dear computer reader- to herd those extra lorzas.
8) It smells good.
It smells so darn good...
9) It makes you (a little) more gentleman.
Buying a drink is a bit hardboiled. A little direct, a tad "Let's go home, shall we?" . Tea is the most direct way to being his best friend (what's next, a muffin?) . A coffee is perfect.
10) Frank Sinatra drinks coffee. Luis Bunuel too. Wes Anderson drinks tea. To situate you, I say.
Sinatra: not without my coffee
11) Norwegians are smart guys.
And the Finns too, or so says Tyler Brûlé (Monocle). As well, Finland and Norway They are the two countries in the world where the most coffee is consumed (12 kilos per person per year).
12) Coffee and cigarette, clay doll. I am sorry for the thickness of the humor in the headline but it is like this: “coffee is a powerful stimulant of peristalsis”. In other words, a powerful laxative. I mean, you understand me.
13) It keeps you awake.
Sleep is poor.
14) Starbucks.
Despite the price, despite Carrie Bradshaw, despite the hipsters, despite the Starbucks in Callao, despite the coffee. I say yes to Starbucks: there is Wi-Fi, the sofas are -very- comfortable and they place a lot of importance on fair trade (Fair Trade Certified™) in their selection of suppliers. Oh, and the Starbucks of Ortega y Gasset, which is heaven.
Admittedly, Starbucks is lovable
15) Colombia.
Colombia is cool: Barranquilla, Sony Croquet, Sofía Vergara, (a part of) Shakira and of course, the coffee.
16) Oh, the prostate.
The great taboo subject. Well, daily coffee consumption could reduce the risk of prostate cancer by 20 percent, according to research carried out by the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. How cool is the name, eh: Karolinska.
17) It was forbidden by a Pope.
Specifically Pope Clement VII in 1600 when he arrived in Italy imported by Venetian merchants. Can you imagine a Pope banning tea? Why not?
What did you intend, Clement VII? WHAT?
18) The origin: a crazy goat.
That, friends, is the origin of coffee. Let me explain: the most widespread legend tells that an Ethiopian shepherd named "Kaldi" observed how one of his goats became crazy and spidious after eating the fruits of some wild bushes called "bunnus", today known as “coffee trees”.
19)Macchinetta.
A lot of Eames and a lot of Dieter Rams, but let's see, designers. Have you seen something more beautiful, perfect, eternal and functional than the “Mocha Express” ? Alfonso Bialetti invented it and his Bialetti company continues to produce it.
twenty) I hope it rains coffee in the field.
let a downpour of yucca and tea fall,
from heaven a jarina of white cheese,
and to the south a mountain of watercress and honey,_ oh, oh, ohohoh, I hope it rains coffee.
21) It's good.
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A whole ritual, a form of courtship and pure happiness