The best coffees are those we do not pay. It sound cheese, but having a friend who can take you out is a blessing. Last week, I got my friend Fiorella a cup of chicha. This is a thick rice-based drink that is sweet. It is also some kind of drink that could replace a meal. It is that heavy. It is made with condensed milk and also has cinnamon. It is delicious.
She told me about getting me a coffee after our class on Tuesday. As you might not know, she is my only student in my first ever music class. I am teaching Venezuelan Cuatro. It was about time I took my music knowledge into the money-making business. So we had our class and then went to Cafe Antaño to get ourselves some coffee. It was her treat.
We sat down to share some stories and gossips. She was also helping me with some homework. The people at the Academy where I work enrolled me into a course about Social Media Management. It is an interesting way to look at the whole deal with these tools. So it may help me get some better statistics on my Instagram profile. We are going around the whole idea of making engaging stories. Thus, I went to the friend I know who knows how to do this whole thing of story telling.
Fiorella gave me some interesting tips. And she also made me realize that I knew a lot about this since I have taken some classes on narrative. It works in the same fashion of traditional stories. Yes, the stories we read in books. However, they are shorter to make people get hooked on them. And I did some drafts and she took the time to give me some pointers on how to make it better. The best part was that I did not get the chance to present my idea on the class yesterday, but the examples and other ideas I got were amazing.
However, the whole meeting was about the mochaccinos we had. There is a thing about this type of coffee made at that place that is just amazing. They make some chocolate concoction that is made with a regional variety of cacao. They nail it with this. Besides, the chocolate is not too sweet. Amazing coffee. The best part of this deal was that it did not cost me a dime!
My advice? Get yourself a friend like Fiorella. She has amazing stories. She does not get mad if you buy her something. And she also gets you things from time to time. Long live this friendshps!
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