Black Coffee

You know you don’t want to know my opinion on this, that or the other thing. It’s early. People are not awake. Even the birds are grumbling.

But if you’re getting a cup anyway, I’ll be glad to tell you that the best kind was the discontinued Maduro Blend from Peet’s Coffee and Tea. This is sad.

But as there is always comfort somewhere in even the saddest of departures, I will pull up my bootstraps and look on the bright side.

Peet’s still offers the stronger Garuda Blend. It’s an Indonesian coffee blend named after the Garuda bird.

Garuda is “The King of the Birds” and the Hindu god associated with rays of the sun. Garuda was told to have a wingspan of miles upon miles. As Garuda roamed the universe, his immense wingspan would darken the earth below: foretelling that he would soon swoop, snatch, and devour every drop of evil below.

As strong as it is, Garuda will pick you up, no problem. It could also probably pick up your house and the city you live in. But Garuda has a good kind of strength – strength without bitterness or bite. It is so far from being bitter or acidic it almost resembles sweet molasses. It will make you feel better. I promise.

I should probably not tell you that a certain famous restaurant’s super secret recipe was at one time:
1/2 Peet’s French Roast
+ 1/2 Peet’s Arabian Mocha Sanani.

Coffee afficionados turned up their noses at this recipe. It was like charred, burnt raspberries. But the foodies were right: It was darn good.

I lasted exactly four hours at this restaurant, incorrigible dreamer that I am. I tried earnestly to be a busgirl, but alas, I was too slow.

Perhaps if I had remembered to have my black coffee first, things would have been different.

Laura Hartmark is a writer and is glad you took the time to read this blog.