Coffee Hero

Some baristas really care, don’t they?
I recently stopped by the Mudhouse, the classic Charlottesville hang out and anchor to the Downtown mall. I was feeling a little chilly and a little sweet-toothed on this fall day, and so I ordered an even weenier drink than I usually do: half a cup of decaf, half a [...]

I recently moved to Charlottesville, Virginia. With all the packing and unpacking, and finding my way around, there’s been very little time for writing. Or sleeping. Frankly, I’m exhausted. As such, I almost switched to regular coffee.
Almost. So close. I was right there.
For one, I continue to carry the anticipatory self-loathing before ordering decaf at [...]

So I happened upon a new form of disguise this weekend. A new method of both up-ing the tastiness of generally blah-to-icky decaf coffee and also hiding a little of the decaf-self-loathing I carry around.
Decaf soy latte. This is my latest strategy to keep the coffee flowing.
In my fully caffeinated coffee days, I enjoyed just [...]

When last we met, I was pregnant, abstaining from all coffee-beverages of any kind. And so I spent forty weeks and two days without a single cup from the beautiful bean.
It wasn’t until I had a newborn at home, and I learned what true sleep deprivation means did I rethink the whole coffee thing again.
There [...]

What? Decaf? On Coffee Hero?!
I know, I know. Just get it out of your system. Throw something at me. Yell. Call me names. I deserve it.
If it makes you feel any better, you should know that I’ve been similarly flogging myself for the five years that I’ve been drinking (gasp!) decaffeinated coffee.
It all started when [...]