"Usapang Kape"

By Christine Cordero

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I LOVE COFFEE more than life itself. Really. It's better than any drug out there. A day without coffee is like… I can't even imagine! Je ne sais quoi! How does one even survive a day without coffee?
I like to think there are three different types of coffee drinkers…

1.) People who take themselves way too seriously and cant seem to stop bragging to everyone in the world that they only drink black. No cream. No sugar. Only business. Okay we get it! Your life is so sucky that the only thing that makes you look good and confident is you black coffee. You don't deserve a bagel with that coffee. Here, have some rocks with your bitter coffee and your bitter life. --- The only time I've actually enjoyed my coffee black if it's Barako coffee freshly grounded from Batangas. (with sugar of course, because I actually love my life) It smells and taste magnificent! Must try!
 "Barako ba, ma?"
2.) Coffee drinkers who actually enjoy drinking their coffee. These are the people who literally wake up and smell the coffee. They literally inhale the smoke coming out of their coffee mugs. They're the type of drinkers who actually have time to eat and read the paper at the breakfast table every morning, while listening to the three little birds on their windows. Cream and sugar for you dear? Yes please! Ahh, so peaceful…

3.) Obnoxious coffee drinkers. People who only always get coffee from Starbucks, Coffee Bean, Seattle's Best, and whatever overpriced coffee chains there are. "I'll get a triple venti frap with extra whip, caramel and chocolate sauce." That is not coffee sweetheart, that's dessert! How dare you call yourself a coffee drinker. Nothing more than overpriced low quality coffee. Why do you think all their drinks are so sweet? Simple, they mix all different kinds of flavors to overpower the real taste of their low quality coffee. --- Alright, I'm not gonna lie and say I don't enjoy a cup of diabetes every once in a while (Oh I do love them peppermint lattes)

But as for real coffee, I like mine plain and simple. 3-in-1 instant coffee to be exact(preferably San Mig Brown Coffee, it's like crack y'all!) No hassle, no effort, and it's cheap. Not high quality, but I'm guaranteed to get the real coffee taste. Instant coffee actually tastes like coffee! Those little packet-thingys! Whodathunkit!?

However, if you're in search for real quality coffee. Go to a coffee house where they PROUDLY make/sell/market their own house blend. That's when you know they actually take their coffee seriously.

Or you know, you could also fly to Paris and visit a real café, or maybe go to Columbia and pick your own coffee beans… but come on, ain't nobody got time fo dat!