Hello, coffee friends around the world.
Today I'm going to take the opportunity provided by this week's contest prompt to thank my friend 
If there's someone with whom, besides our friendship, we share coffee, it's Martica, as I affectionately call her.
Whenever we meet (which is quite often, almost daily), the greeting is followed by the phrase, "Shall we get coffee?"
Coffee is the universal facilitator of difficult conversations, of easy ones, of necessary company.
Martica is a necessary companion because I always laugh with her.
No matter what we're talking about, she always makes me laugh. Sometimes with her jokes, other times with mine, and sometimes we make all kinds of jokes, as if we were little girls.
And it's not just me. When she comes along and jokes, everyone who hears her laughs. Martha transmits that joy that comes naturally to her.
Martica is incredibly knowledgeable, which is why it's so easy for her to create references to different moments or artistic personalities.
As if that weren't enough, she almost knows Les Luthier's shows by heart!
The last time she was at the house, we were with 
Of course, always, always, we do it while drinking a good cup of coffee. It could be at Café Real, here in Las Tunas, or at the AHS cafeteria in Santa Clara, or in Havana. No matter where we've met, whenever we have coffee, we do it while laughing.
Coffee and Martica are synonymous with happiness.