Early Morning Coffee

As I've stated before, I have an eight o'clock class. While I realize that most adults have to rise and be at their designated work work before this hours, I still find it difficult to remain awake and/or civil without some form of drug-induced awakeness. This is usually brought about by me making coffee in the morning before running out the door.

But there's one thing you should know: I make fucking terrible coffee.

It's not that it's weak or unflavored, rather quite the opposite. You see, the coffee that's made in the morning fills only two cups, mine and my friend's. So, when I get everything ready the evening before, it should be obvious and prudent to only put around two scoops of Foldgers in the filter. Sounds reasonable, right? Well the thing is, I usually put four to five scoops in, just to make sure that the coffee will have the kick that early morning requires. This results in an overly-strong brew that has caused me to wince and nearly gag on more than one occasion. We (as in myself and my coffee buddy, Andy) sought to remedy this situation by buying some milk to cut the intensity. Today was our trial run. Even today, despite the milk, Andy did not finish his mug and I barely did mine. By the end, the coffee was not only disgustingly strong, but also cold, due to the milk and the long, cold walk to class. Why I finished it is still beyond me, as by then I had attained an acceptable level of alertness, and that it just tasted terrible.

So now I'm writing this post, regretting my coffee. There is a bad taste in my mouth and my stomach is just a wee bit upset with me. This is a common ending for any experience with my coffee, which should lead to some sort of reform in my drink creating process.

The operative word is "should", seeing as I doubt anything will change in the near future. Old, two week habits are hard to break.