The clock behind the counter at my local cafe must be broken because somehow fifteen minutes turns into three seconds flat.
One moment you're settling into your chair with a fresh brew and the next thing you know your cup is empty and you've got seventeen texts asking where you disappeared to. Time has this annoying habit of vanishing right when you need it most. Kids say summer vacation lasts forever while adults blink and suddenly it's December again.
The whole thing makes zero sense until you think about it like a road trip. When you're five years old, one year is literally twenty percent of your entire existence on this planet. That same year when you're fifty? It's just two percent. Your brain files it away like another Tuesday. Same twelve months but your mental filing system treats it completely different.
But here's where it gets weird. Time doesn't just speed up because we're older. It speeds up when we're not paying attention. When days blur together like one endless loop of wake up, work, sleep, repeat. Your brain stops making memories because nothing stands out as special or different.
Coffee changes that equation entirely. Not because of some magical time-slowing property, though that would be brilliant. It's because a proper cup makes you stop. Makes you notice. Makes you actually experience five minutes instead of letting them slip past unnoticed.
The ritual of brewing, the first sip, that moment when warmth spreads through your chest and suddenly your thoughts line up properly. Those minutes stick in your memory because they matter.
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Today’s Coffee Notes: Sumatra
Some of the world's best tasting premium gourmet coffees are grown in Sumatra. These coffees are distinguished by their full body, more earthy flavours than Java Arabica, distinct herbal tones, and with a low acidity. This low acidity makes them particularly attractive for people who have a sensitivity to the otherwise healthy organic acids in coffee.
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No nonsense or pretentious tasting notes. Just good conversation about good coffee.
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