Showing posts with label Greek coffee. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Greek coffee. Show all posts

Sunday, January 19, 2014

On My Break from Boxing

  
Yesterday morning, after three gruelling rounds,
I managed to single-handedly defeat 
my two daring opponents, dust and dirt, 
in yet another weekly boxing victory.
I rewarded myself with a cup of strong, 
Greek coffee, the healthy heavyweight of brews!


Reaching for my daily dose of caffeine,
I noticed that a sketchy scene was stamped on
 my cup, from the froth that forms upon steaming.


What, pray tell, does this look like to you? 


Maybe something like the above?
Now, I may be bouncing off the walls, just
 a teeny bit, (yes, from that java hit) -
even so, battling dust and dirt,
 can drive the best of domestic athletes
briefly bonkers, but, I am not too dizzy 
to recognize a tree when I see one, 
whether it's perched on a mountain top, 
or carved out on crockery!
A tree is a tree, don't you agree?


Some of you may be wondering,
'Why all the fuss?'.
Well, you see, here in Greece,
the foamy debris, from your morning coffee 
reads like a mini marquee of your future!


 Thus,
My single, lush, leafy tree
symbolizes a content family,
(extended, included).
And for that, 
I sincerely am grateful.

Thanks for visiting!

 xo
Poppy
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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

GREEK COFFEE: JAVA FOR LONGEVITY



I started sipping Greek coffee about five years ago. 
Many decades before that, 
my caffeine concoction of choice was tea,
 as evidenced by the paraphernalia below!


One day, out of the blue,
my brain dropped a bomb 
on my taste buds and
 a chronic craving for Greek coffee 
exploded inside me!



How could this be?
 I hated the taste of brewed coffee.
It was going to take more
than some fancy froth 
to make a convert out of me!


Even dreamy clifftop cafes 
with views of blue hues
serving foamy wonders 
of waves in 'au laits',
fell short!


And that's when I knew
a force more powerful than mankind
was the cause of my chaotic, 
caffeine obsessed mind!


Mother Nature
decided that it was time 
my hormones braved
 the high incline to climb
 menacing Menopause Mountain,


where higher elevations in estrogen
are responsible for many physical changes,
among them, the onset of heart disease.


Was she protecting me
from this scary malady


by tweaking
 my tendency for 
and dependency on
 tea


in favor of this 
super powered elixir
hailed for its longevity?


Yes, apparently!
...And so, 
with the help
of her trusted,
mortal medicine man,
they spread the word.


Across the world
it was heard!


Supposedly,
this finely ground bean
when boiled, not brewed,
 and on a daily basis
 consumed, in the company
of friends and following a nap


helps your heart 
go pitter pat
eight years longer,
beating stronger
than those who pass
on its long -life powder!
 

Thanks for visiting!


xx
Poppy


All images: Google,
  except 2, 7, blue collage: top right, 
and where otherwise stated.

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