it occurred to me yesterday, that a person’s coffee habits are more telling about an individual than their own fingerprint. with so many different ways to drink it, i think someone who’s got the time oughta sit down one day and map out the different meanings of coffee preferences.
you take two sugars? that means you have an inquisitive mind.
okay, not really. about the 2 sugars, i mean. i don’t know enough actual people and their coffee preferences to be able to properly decipher it, but i know there’s something to it. i just feel it. when i was in middle school i got a book titled “the complete book of fortune telling”. if someone can tell you your personality quirks by looking at the lines in your hand, the arrangement of tea leaves in the bottom of your cup, or the page number you open a book to, i think something as deeply personal and preferential as coffee preference should speak worlds about a person.
on a regular, every day basis…
- do you drink drip or espresso?
- what type of liquid do you cut it with? (water, [hot, cold] cream, [regular, whipping, non fat, flavored, etc.] milk [skim, whole, 2%, etc.]
- what kind of sweetener, if any do you use? (honey, sugar, equal, splenda, agave nectar, sugar, flavored syrup, etc.)
- how many cups? (or shots, if you drink espresso)
- what is your favorite coffee cup?
- when do you drink your coffee? (first thing in the morning, every once in a while as a treat, never)
- if you don’t drink coffee, what do you prefer when you are in a situation where everybody else is drinking coffee? (tea, hot chocolate, etc)
me? i prefer 4 shots of espresso, in steamed skim milk, with one shot of hazelnut flavoring syrup in my black latte mug first damn thing in the morning. in the afternoon, if i need a quick pick me up, i’ll get 2 shots of espresso in steamed whole milk, with half a shot of hazelnut flavoring syrup in a smaller white latte mug. i like other forms of coffee, but those are what i most commonly drink.
my husband drinks about 15 ozs of cold whole milk with 2-3 ice cubes and two shots of espresso thrown on top, so he can watch the espresso swirl down to the bottom, first thing in the morning. if he needs a pick me up, he makes another of the same thing.
i just know there’s a personality profile in there somewhere… so how do you take your joe?
