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Comfort In Joy... For the love of coffee (and the craft of what YOU do)

I know, I know: It's supposed to be 'Comfort AND Joy'. But as I was thinking about it, enjoying my morning cup of coffee, I became bemused at the whole coffee snobbery issue, when it dawned on me: it's not snobbery at all. It's taking comfort in joy.

I watch truly gifted baristas; they're hardcore coffee people. I love to watch gifted folks doing what they do. It's almost a religion. Think about it, for a sec. There's reverence and ritual in what they do and how they do it. And the why of it all is infinitely simple, too. Because they love it, and - by extension - you: They're sharing their love of coffee and tea craft with you, and they take a pure and unadulterated delight in your enjoyment of it. Other than a small flourish if foam art , they're striving to be as transparent as possible between you and the product. And it's comforting to feel someone take such joy in what they do...

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Sign Posts and Intuition

We look for signs to guide us. There's rules of the road, after all. Sometimes, however, we simply blink… and go. The roads we frequent are governed by rules for safety, for masses to transit, to ensure relatively well-ordered travel. Headlong, headstrong flight is mostly considered perilous: don't know what's ahead, (regardless of what you feel). That way lies danger. Read the signs, obey the rules. Stay on the road. Get there on time (OK, so you bend a few rules, like the speed limit) and in one piece (albeit a bit stale from the long stretch of highway). Stay safe. Forget the damn journey, just arrive someplace.

The signs we see have become nearly invisible to us. Not because we disregard them. To the contrary, we've become accustomed to the directives; we're used to the ostensible sanctity of their guiding presence. Lulled into acquiescence. But sometimes, they're clustered and confusing, causing us to slow down or even stop and consider which way (forward? back? left? right?) is the most prudent.

We may not be pausing solely for prudence, though...

enthusiastic babbling, sprinkled with a light dusting of coherence

Comfort In Joy... For the love of coffee (and the craft of what YOU do)

Sign Posts and Intuition

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