What is Your Favorite Coffee Memory?

A LOVELY QUOTE

“Remember, coffee is not just a drink. It’s a way of life, a travel companion and an endless source of memories and inspiration.” Author unknown

MEMORIES

Reading that quote, I am taken back to my childhood, and a particular memory about coffee.  Every morning, I would get out of bed, a full school day ahead of me. I would stagger from the bedroom, through the living room, and into the kitchen, where my father was sitting at the table, a steaming cup of coffee next to him, reading from a Louis L’ Amour novel, the long workday ahead of him, his day starting with a quiet moment, probably the last peaceful moment of his upcoming day.

I think of that memory often now that I am the grownup, preparing each day sitting at the table, a steaming cup of coffee next to me, settling my mind and finding comfort from that childhood, finding strength from the memory of that good man.

Coffee is not just a beverage.  It is a part of the American fabric, as American as home, Mom, and apple pie, as the 4th of July, as Easter egg hunts and drive-in theaters.  It is Disneyland and swimming in the lake on a hot summer day; it is the first tentative kiss at sixteen and making snow angels during the first snowfall of the winter.  There is a very good reason why coffee is the most popular beverage in America, and it has very little to do with the taste.

Coffee is feel good!

A WORD ABOUT MADRES ESPRESSO

Madres Espresso is locally owned and operated, a fact we are proud of, just neighbors serving neighbors here in Olympia.  To the rest of the country that may not mean much, but to us, at Madres, it means the world.  It’s the stuff of memories and that makes us feel good.

Stop by and see us, either at our coffee stand on Cooper Point Drive, or our coffee shop on Pacific Avenue. We would love to meet you, neighbors!