My blood type is coffee.
As coffee was discovered before blood types, that may have ‘bean’ a common belief…
Coffee is the second-most traded commodity in the world. It became popular and set off a social revolution by creating the modern coffeehouse after being discovered by goats.
A goat herder from Ethiopia is thought to have discovered the invigorating effects of coffee in the 16th century when he saw his goats excitedly jumping around after eating berries from a tree. I’m not comparing people directly to those goats, but I do understand their excitement. These berries were dried and ground and with hot water an early version of coffee was born.
Though, had the zealots gotten their way there wouldn’t be many coffee houses open today. Coffee has a history of suspicion and religious disquiet. Luckily, people came to their senses. Besides, if coffee was truly that wrong, then who would want to be right?
Coffee has become so popular that it has been incorporated into countless culinary creations. The most interesting must probably be the drink’s evolution into a wine glass… Mooiplaas Wine Estate introduced ‘The Bean Coffee Pinotage’ in 2010 and with its “dark purple colour and mocha/roasted coffee bean/dark chocolate flavours” it became quite a hit.
Whether you’re on the Langpad, Bergpas or wine route, coffee is an essential. And whoever said that ‘too much of a good thing is bad’, lied. There truly is no such thing as ‘too much’ coffee. It’s a timeless, normless classic.
-Mathilda Steyn-
]]>In a world of slight chaos, these words are sure to resonate with every coffeeholic out there. Every shimmer of joy can light up the seemingly overbearing darkness. Even when that joy comes in a cup…
Although we are missing out on adventures, whether that be a coffee-date with friends or a moonlit night on a hiking trail, one thing we have gained is time. Usually there doesn’t seem to be enough hours in a day, now we have hours in abundance. And how to better spend those newly acquired hours than unwinding and relaxing, relieving yourself from that overbearing stress of urban life? And how to better do that than with a cup of coffee?
Strangely enough, contradicting the stereotypical caffeine-hype you experience after a cup of coffee, coffee has proven to be an effective way to calm and ease nerves. Scientists have long suspected that caffeine boosts moods. Several studies, in fact, have found a link between coffee consumption and a reduced risk of depression. These studies suggest that it's the caffeine itself that helps us cope with stress and puts us in a better mood. Who would have guessed? With the whole country and world being stress-ridden, a bit of flavoursome stress-relief is the least that each individual deserves.
They say there is no time like the present, and there is certainly no better time than right now to curl up beneath a blanket with a good read in one hand… and a cup of Stofpad coffee in the other.
-Mathilda Steyn-
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