On futher coffe incidents

The sugar packets
raining down, fall from the shelf.
Klutziness prevails.

"Miss the cup!" I cry,
but alas coffee splashes -
goodbye, sweet nectar!

Pants splatter pattern?
That's insult to injury -
sugarless and stained.


(I hate the mornings when the coffee fights back.)

On Pining for Real Cream

Non-dairy creamer;
Powder’d heathen substitute
Why taste you so bad?

Coffee profaneth;
Shopping negligence punished -
You make me so sad.

On morning tea woes

Craving tea today -
Want nice soothing peppermint,
Instead of coffee.

Tazo, rescue me!
No caffeine indicator?
Plz die in a fire.

Seriously – what tea thinks it’s funny not to make it incredibly obvious which flavors are caffeinated and which aren’t? What a pain. At least in the time it took me to compose this, it’s probably done steeping…

Coffee Woes, Entry the 57th

Pour the sugar, count:
One two three four - the perfect
coffee cup sweetness.

Alas! Malfunction!
Sugar chunks prevent pouring -
my count is thrown off.

The end result? My over-compensation lead to overly-sweetened coffee. Le sigh.

On unobliging coffee shops

You're a coffee shop -
how can you not take credit
under 5 dollars?

Bumping my total
inevitably leads to
ham and swiss croissants.

It just seems silly not to take cards when 90% of your clientele will be spending between $2 and $4. Whenever I'm cashless I end up bumping my total over 5 bucks with a super tasty cheesy croissant - which is great, don't get me wrong, but I don't need that much fat in the morning (nor to be spending $5.88 every day at breakfast). Sigh!

Over creamed, under coffee'd

Today's entry in
continuing coffee woes:
rebellious creamer.

On coffee disappointment

Hazelnut coffee
is not the flavor I crave.
So much less tasty.

Why not Cinnabon?
Or delicious Creme Brulee?
Brew faster, dammit!

On being undead before caffeine

Started the coffee,
then returned to empty pot ;_;
Technology fail!

Next time remember:
No shortcuts! Worth the effort:
just use the french press.

My morning caffeine dose should not be delayed by crappy coffee makers!

Seriously, guys?
Leaving ALL the coffee pots
Empty incites rage.

People in the DC office need to learn some freaking kitchen matters, yo.

On rude baristas

"A tall mocha, please!"
"Uh, The sizes we have are:
smaaaall, medium, laaaarge."

From Caribou Coffee last night... I don't think the transcribed text of this conversation really does justice to the absolute smug rudeness with which it was delivered. The woman was seriously nasty about what basically equates to a slip of habit. What I should have said was "Well, if you're going to be rude about it, I'll just go somewhere that doesn't mind how I order my coffee! *grin*" instead I was so baffled at her nasty tone that I just kind of blinked and handed her my money.

Sigh.

On wearing white

How does food DO that??
Is there special attraction
to pristine white skirts?

I swear to god, it doesn't matter how careful I am - if I'm wearing white I will get something non-white on it. This morning a drippy coffee lid was to blame; I couldn't even have prevented it ;_;

Oh what a tangled web we weave....

Phone cords, computer
wires - tangled, convoluted...
a mess on my desk ;_;

Curly Q phone cables are the worst invention ever. Having to plug and un-plug my laptop and its various accoutrements daily is also displeasing. And my coffee's leaking.

On Distraction

So preoccupied....
neglectfully unsweeten'd,
haiku trumps coffee.

As usual, too busy debating algorithms and composing haikus to remember to put cream and sugar in my coffee. That was an unpleasant first sip.

Coffee - Forcibly Black

big clumps of sugar,
cruelly blocking the pour-spout...
can't make coffee sweet.

It drives me nuts when huge sugar chunks keep the sugar from pouring out of those sugar jars they have and diners and starbucks and coffee stations. I have no conception of how sweet or bitter my drink is when i can't get a steady pour!