
Forgive me now my friends, for I am writing while in a fog. No, not like I’m ‘in brown study’ or a deep within a place of inner mindfulness. I’m not even feeling pensive. I am literally in a fog. It is Sunday morning. Gatsby woke me up so he can bark about town in our muddy excuse of a backyard.
Time is now sacred. While he prances and bandies about barking and I hurriedly wait for him to do his business, I must ready the french press yes, the effing Chemex, my darling Chemex broke again for my ritual nectar of the gods I guess here, in the morning hour, I believe, more like in a mythical way, but believing nonetheless. You see aside from Mr. Barky Pants, my house is quiet. The din is long done and I can literally enjoy my cuppa French Roast in all of it’s piping hot aromatic delicious glory. There is never a need to reheat at this hour. It is divine. It’s my ‘me time.’
I set the kettle to boil, and ready the parts of the press for the exciting addition of the gritty grounds of goodness. I open the coffee drawer, where the beans rest by night, expecting the explosive burst of smoky darkness and indulgent scent to tease my nostrils. No scent save for the acrid smell of a wet and muddy Gatsby?
G-O-N-E-!
Now, I know we had it yesterday and all of the proper preceding yesterdays. I was more than certain we were not living sans bean. Where could they be? I search. I sleuth. I seek. I sadden. Surely this travesty of coffee injustice can’t be real? I pinch myself, checking for a nightmare of the grandest proportions. OUCH! A bluish, purplish bruise begins to form on my arm.
I cannot awaken the Mrs., for that act alone will startle the process of a blissful balanced morning. Little and Big will arise, volumes will blare. I’m not yet prepared for the whining, bickering or boisterousness that can at any moment, start our day.

With my tail between my legs, I once again look in the stark, coffeeless cabinetry. I pull, dare I say it, a tea bag please my tea loving friends, take no offense. I let the hot water surround the floating bag of contained leaves. I am startled by hints of raspberry when I desperately seek the bold intensity, and surprisingly low acidity of my morning Frenchie. Tall, dark and musty.
I see now that this day can only improve.
Yiddish Proverb:
If you are going to eat pork, eat the best kind. Ez men est khazer zol rinen ariber del bord.
L’chaim! To life! This very beautiful life.

My first coffee of the day is all important. Tea just isn’t the same! #KCACOLS
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Thankfully, my Mrs. found the pound, mysteriously atop the high cabinet shelves. She must have been in a fag putting it away. 😂😂😂☕️☕️☕️💕💕💕 #kcacols
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Lisa your positivity is resounding! You carried on and found refuge with tea instead. I would have been kicking the kitchen cabinets and pounding the worktop in despair! I got a new coffee machine from my brother-in-law for Christmas and it has become my new best friend – we always have a mid-morning rendezvous and I would be lost without her so I feel your pain! #blogcrush
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Thank you, Tracey! My Chemex must be in coffee heaven. ☕️☕️☕️❤️❤️❤️ #blogcrush xoxo
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I don’t like tea, and anyhow could not imagine your frustration when expecting to find coffee and there is NONE, Oh NO, No, SCREAMING NO! Glad you overcame the apocalypse and found your coffee. I frankly don’t believe your raspberry tea worked the oracle for you. Hehe. #GlobalBlogging
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The raspberry tea did bupkis (not a damned thing) and my Mrs., she misplaced it in the highest cabinet over the stove? Thank you, Enda! xox
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Back from #MixitUp!!
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Dont worry, there are those among us English who never drink tea (we’re rare, but we do exist 😁)
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Thank you, Tracey 😂 ☕️ ❤️
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Awww yes I savour them quire morning moments when no one is around and I can enjoy my hot drink in peace X #mixitup
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It is the only way, right? #mixitup 💕
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I hide sachets of instant coffee powder in places nobody can find for moments like this!!! You need some kind of contingency plan when your family members are all coffee drinkers and you’re the only one replenishing the coffee drawer.
#GlobalBlogging
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Veronica, that is brilliant! A stash! 💁♀️😘
#globalblogging xoxo
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Oh I am with you. It has to be a morning coffee. #mixitup
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It was rough! ❤️☕️❤️
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Parenting needs a strong coffee no doubt! But like you I wouldn’t wake the house either – rather relish the peace and quiet and make do with tea!
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Ah Lisa I hope your day did indeed improve. I am a tea person myself and would never wish on anyone that perfection of a quiet still morning then realising the tea bags had run out !! #blogcrush
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Thank you, Kelly! It got better once we found the missing bag 😘#blogcrush xoxo
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There’s nothing worse than looking forward to something and realising it’s gone! Glad you managed to find some in the end! #KCACOLS
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Thank you, Helen! I knew it was there, somewhere. My Mrs., in her fog, she inadvertently hid it from me. Oy vey! #kcacols xoxo
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I once made a lemon tea instead of my mid morning mocha. It was not a good day 😦 I am drinking more coffee than usual now I am vegan, not sure how I’d cope without it now! Thanks for linking up with #globalblogging
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Oh a mocha. Starting your day in pure luxury! Love the way you roll 💕 ☕️ 💕
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Oh my goodness…the thought of having to face the morning without a cup of coffee has brought me out in a cold sweat!! 🤣🤣🤣 #KCACOLS
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Thank you! You understand my past dilemma! oy vey 😂😂😂
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And I hope it did improve. Not having your fave cuppa can really make a different to the start of your day! #kcacols
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I was totally thrown for a loop! #kcacols. 💕😘
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That first cup of coffee really makes me, me… I hate not having that first cup.. but that’s usually all I have to drink until dinner thanks to the pesky kids keeping me on my toes! Raspberry tea sounds yummy though!
Thank you for sharing this with us at #TriumphantTales. I hope to see you back next week.
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Raspberry tea is yummy, especially when that is what you want! 😘#triumphanttales xoxo
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When someone else has had it …..
Thanks for linking to #kcacols and hope to see you again soon.
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Tea has its rightful place, the afternoon! That first coffee of the day is nectar…I can almost feel the caffeine push away the fog of child enforced sleep deprivation! #dreamteam
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You feel me! Exactly! Now the stash is safe, with extra coffee stowed away for such days of horror! #dreamteam xoxo
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I really can’t do tea. MAYBE a fruit tea when my body starts to shake after too many cups of coffee, but that’s only about once a fortnight.
#itsok
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Carly, it wasn’t even palatable 😢😭 The day was rough from start to finish, #itsok 😘
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I would be exactly the same if I had no tea in the morning!
#KCACOLS
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I’m sure! We all have our ways of coping. #kcacols xoxo
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A morning without coffee is too dreadful to contemplate!! I love that time before everyone else wakes up!
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Right? It is the best time to 🤔 think! 😘
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I take no offence as a tea drinker lol. #kcacols
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Cheers! #kcacols xoxo
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Yes! My first cup of coffee in the morning is so important. I dream of coffee. Hahaha. It is kind of my treat to myself because I get the good flavored coffee and flavored creamer and make it my own every morning. I do love tea, but I need my coffee in the mornings. #KCACOLS
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oh no! I hope the tea wasn’t too bad and that your coffee was restored for the next day #KCACOLS
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It was a sleepy kind of day, and now I’m keeping a stash! Coffee time is sacred. 😂😘 #kcacols xoxo
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sorry you didn’t get your morning coffee, hoping the tea helped you function a bit #triumphanttales
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I think anyone who follows me on insta knows I LOVE coffee, but I actually don’t have my first until between 10 or 11 am, in the morning I just want my weetbix (I am assuming you have weetbix there?) Yes one weetbix with a sprinkle of bran and soy milk. I actually love tea and coffee, and have 2 coffee during the day and a cuppa tea before bed whilst watching Netflix. My dad is British and my Grandmother got my sister and I into drinking tea very young. I actually did not like coffee until I was studying Nursing at Uni, now I must have it everyday. PS: I love Gatsby
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I haven’t seen Weetbix since I was in Europe and I only drink tea after my first cuppa. Usually oatmeal, at least lately. And, Gatsby loves you too 🐕❤️😘
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