Drinking coffee in a paper-to-go cup is something I prefer to do alone. I sit in my car and crane my neck forward until my lips find the tip of the hot cup held away from my body. I contort my body like Naricssus as imagined by Carvaggio to avoid a coffee spill on my shirt. That first sip of hot coffee is I imagine what an ostrich feels like when it get its head stuck in the sand. On this first sip, I can sense that the hot coffee has melded with the paper cup to produce a concoction that transcends the concept of coffee. I will inevitably spill some coffee on myself when I squeeze the delicate paper cup too hard, and the cap comes loose. The little black cap that the barista had put on with the focus and precision of a veteran playing the carnival claw machine. Most baristas have given up on this practice. Now they place the black caps away from the bar, on an island, along with cream or whatever. Here, you can join all the other customers in playing a game of carnival claw machine with the coffee cup. Few walk out victorious. Most walk away fuming and pondering why they spent $3.25 and tip to be humiliated like this.
Drinking Coffee Alone
Drinking Coffee Alone
Drinking Coffee Alone
Drinking coffee in a paper-to-go cup is something I prefer to do alone. I sit in my car and crane my neck forward until my lips find the tip of the hot cup held away from my body. I contort my body like Naricssus as imagined by Carvaggio to avoid a coffee spill on my shirt. That first sip of hot coffee is I imagine what an ostrich feels like when it get its head stuck in the sand. On this first sip, I can sense that the hot coffee has melded with the paper cup to produce a concoction that transcends the concept of coffee. I will inevitably spill some coffee on myself when I squeeze the delicate paper cup too hard, and the cap comes loose. The little black cap that the barista had put on with the focus and precision of a veteran playing the carnival claw machine. Most baristas have given up on this practice. Now they place the black caps away from the bar, on an island, along with cream or whatever. Here, you can join all the other customers in playing a game of carnival claw machine with the coffee cup. Few walk out victorious. Most walk away fuming and pondering why they spent $3.25 and tip to be humiliated like this.