Stutley Tales

Good Monday Morning to you all :)

I like coffee. And over the years, I have developed a coffee appreciation that is quite surprising to me. And now I am the owner of my very own ‘pod’ style espresso machine. While I was putting away the boxes of coffee pods, a story came to mind.

Many years ago during one of our extended family gatherings, our hostess went off to fix coffee for everyone. After a few minutes, I went to help. I arrived silently at the kitchen door and spotted her spooning coffee from a can of the most inexpensive brand of coffee on the market, into a labeled jar of the most expensive coffee brand on the market.

I stepped back and watched. When the jar was full, she placed the inexpensive coffee at the back of the cupboard and proceeded to spoon coffee from the jar into all but one of the cups. From a cupboard about head height, she took a small jar and spooned coffee into the last cup, leaving the teaspoon in the cup.

Later that evening, I found myself alone in her kitchen and I just couldn’t resist looking to see what type of coffee she had spooned into her cup. It was my favourite brand – something I had introduced to her only a year earlier.

I don’t mind being served inexpensive coffee when I visit, and I fully understand that some people can’t afford the luxury of expensive coffee. It is the act of friendship and hospitality that flavours my coffee when I am with others, not the brand of coffee. But our hostess was not short of money, and what I did mind, was that she tried to pass off something that was not the real-deal.

You know… coffee is like our attitude. Bad coffee still tastes bad, even if it is presented in bone china or a ceramic mug. And good coffee will still taste good even when it is served in a tin mug or a paper cup.

It’s the coffee/attitude that matters, not the cups… Enjoy your coffee/life!  And have a good week :)

DJ

(c) DJ Stutley 2012

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