Age zero to 29- I hate
coffee. Coffee is the worst. It is gross and yucky. It SMELLS delicious
which is a BOLD FACED LIE because it tastes like sadness and damp
washrags. If I need to drink something caffeinated
I will have a Coke or a Pepsi or tea with lots of milk and sugar or
I’ll just have snacks instead.
Everyone who likes coffee
has already tried to convince me that coffee is great or that I just
haven’t tried this PARTICULAR drink or that I’ll grow into it and no. NO
I SAY! Coffee is Satan’s preparation H and
it can go right to hell.
Age 29- my sister buys me an “Ice Cap” from the little drive through coffee place in her tiny
godforsaken Oregon town. It is some sort of ice creamy milkshakey
caramelly orgasm in a cup that is now the drink yardstick
against which all future tasty beverages shall be measured. The next
time I visit my sister she buys me the horrendous CEARLY ALL WRONG
abomination “equivalent” from Starbucks which I take one sip of and say
YLECH. Ice Caps! I don’t like coffee, I like ICE
CAPS.
Age 30- I’m stranded in
Oregon after driving up with my sister and her kids. There was a plane crash at SFO and
now nobody can fly into or out of SFO and every tiny airport on the Oregon coast
has turned into a shit show. Planes are grounded, but I have to get home to go to work. I manage to rent a car at one of the aforementioned
tiny airports, so I stop at the little coffee place and buy the BIGGEST ICE CAP I
can get my hands on and then hit the road. YES I’ll take that extra
shot and whipped cream etc etc all of the sugar please and thank you. Half an hour later I have to pull over
because I’m too tired to drive. I reassess the situation and trade in my
rental car for a Greyhound ticket and spend the rest of the day pondering how the
Ice Cap failed me. (As a bonus, I get off
the bus in Oakland to use the bathroom and my bus leaves without me,
but that’s neither here nor there.)
Age 31- I cautiously try a
caramel mocha frappuccino at the local coffee shop. It’s okay, I guess. I
try the regular mocha frap. Gross. I try the regular caramel frap.
Gross. I try the caramel mocha frap with extra caramel
drizzle on top. It’s okay, I guess. And by that I mean okay enough to have one about 3-5
days per week for a year.
Age 32- Frappuccinos are
hard to spell and they’re expensive and I’m kind of tired of them. I’ll
try this iced coffee. Ylech. Iced coffee is gross, but maybe if I add
some whole milk and a drizzle of caramel it
will be tolerable. Yes, I’m sure I wouldn’t like to try a HOT beverage, thankyouverymuch.
When I'm home for Christmas my brother
in law brings me the same hot coffee drink as my sister- something
marked “CM” on the cup. I go to Starbucks and deduce that it must have
been a Caramel Macchiato. I try one. I like it.
