Showing posts with label longevity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label longevity. Show all posts

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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