Working With Coffee

I came to a realisation long ago that I don't just love coffee but I'm actually addicted to it. I'm not alone. The reason why there are so many lovers of this foul tasting brew is addiction, plain and simple. It's not actually foul tasting though, far from it, rather there is a vast range of tastes and after-tastes that may only be detectable after many years of drinking the dark stuff. In that respect coffee is similar to tea or even wine.

I drink a few cups of coffee daily, depending on how stressed out I am or how much work I need to get done. Pre-pandemic, I spent many hours in cafes with my laptop typing or editing away. There were some cafes that I liked more than others which I frequented more and spent more time in. One starts to recognise the same faces in those places and, like me, they're all addicted to the wonder brew. The cafes love us, of course, because we keep the coffee tap flowing and payment cards swiping.

For at least 12 months we haven't been able to live our laptop lifestyle here in London. I'm happy that for almost a month now I've been able to work from a cafe at least twice a week. In the past week, I've been able to do it every day. Sadly, it seems as though that is now being threatened by the spread of the "Delta variant" of the bug. I really hope the get a handle on this thing before it pushes us back into cocoons. We've tasted freedom again, like we used to have it, and it's going to be pretty hard to give it up again.

Peace & Love,

Adé