I was never hooked to coffee until this summer vacation. Recently, I have been exposed to the adultery world of coffee. It all started in the office where I was interning. Making Cuban Coffee was a necessity that had to be taught to all the employees in the office. The mixture of the dry taste of the coffee beans and the sweat white sugar, it is very addicting. Don't be fooled, it is by far much more complex than it seems; its a game with specific rules. Cuban Coffee is known for its fine sweetness. In order to get the sweetness of the coffee, first you need to fill a tin cup with two teaspoons of white sugar and fill a quarter of that cup with coffee. From there you stir the tin cup until you can see a change of color to lighter beige. Finally, you fill up the cup with the reaming of the plain coffee. Walah! That’s how you make Cuban Coffee. These few steps might sound easy, but like they say, "Easier said than done". It took me more than once to make a perfect Cuban Coffee; however, once I mastered the technique I was making at least one cup for every breakfast. There are people like me that like to have a small cup of coffee in the morning to get my body moving, but there are others that like to have one cup after every meal a day. My boss was one of those people that loved to have a Cuban Coffee after a meal or a meeting. Of course she enjoyed the taste, but also it relaxed her psychologically and physically. Cuban Coffee is different from any other ordinary coffee. It’s sweeter and it’s stronger, but what it’s most intrigued for, is its secrets and its play in an important story. A person like myself can meet important role models in the world, like the upcoming candidate for the Presidency of Cuba. He asked a simple question of “Can you please make me a cup of Cuban Coffee?” and from there on we had an extended talk about politics and leadership. Todays post is helping me reflect on the importance of small objects and its impact in life. These few months “Cuban Coffee” has been that “small object” that has played a huge role in scenarios this summer. Finally, I wonder what is your “small object” that has impacted your life this summer?
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Nicolas WoodsIA student- Colegio Franklin Delano Roosevelt Archives
May 2015
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