Piously Orthodox Coffee Drinking

As I've said before, to be orthodox (lowercase o) means to be in fidelity with the foundational principles of whatever I happen to be talking about. Well today I'm talking about coffee.

Every day for the past few months I stop at Dunkin Donuts and get my extra large coffee with skim milk and 2 splendas. By the end of each cup I have a terrible aftertaste in my mouth. For lack of a better option I get the same thing every day. I have absolute begun to hate it.

Call me a snob if you want. But as an avid coffee drinker, I buy whole coffee beans from Starbucks (until the day I perhaps find something better...any recommendations???), grind them myself, and brew my own coffee.

It's dark, it's strong, it's a little bitter. But there are deep dimensions to it. Real coffee has body and aroma. Dunkin Donuts coffee keeps me awake. Real coffee has a harmonious balance of acidity and sweetness. I kill my Dunkin Donuts coffee with packets of sugar until I don't really taste it anymore.

Now I know there are probably more zealous coffee purists out there. What I also know is that there is a proper way that coffee is supposed to taste, the way it was meant to taste; the orthodoxy of coffee drinking.

-Steve K.

Regarding my love for fine coffees...

I buy my coffee whole bean, grind it myself, then brew myself several hot steaming cups of coffee every morning to take to work.

Here's the take home Orthodox message:

It may not taste sweet, but it tastes authentic; the way it was meant to taste...

Think about it...