Caffeine is awesome. And Australia has the best coffee in the world (just saying'). But that doesn't mean I need to drink too much!
I used to drink flat whites. In a mug.
What a mug.
Thankfully - and this is probs the only time I'm going to say this - I have a sensitive stomach.
And a generous one. So I'm on a diet - the fast one. (More like slow and steady. On fasting days I can only eat 600 calories. If I was a woman it'd be 500).
It was because of my diet that I discovered that my coffee intake was way too much for my fasting days. It's not fair! I railed at the universe. Dieting is stacked in favour of black coffee drinkers! Black coffee has zero calories, you see.
The universe replied through the form of my friend Joe (whose last name shall remain... um... nameless). "Drink thee piccolos, instead of flat whites, for they are much calorie diminished!" (Exact words may have been altered for dramatic effect.)
So I gave it a try. At first bitter, but not so much as a Macchiato which is essentially a shot with a dribble of (milk) froth.
I started drinking it more often because a) it wasn't so bad and b) I noticed that drinking less dairy had a great effect on my general wellbeing.
And after a week or two I was hooked. It became my standard. Mugs of flat white? OMGs what had I been thinking all this time! I couldn't even taste the coffee!
As a side note, this is how I became a bit of a coffee snob.
But the moral to the story is that just because I have discovered the perfect coffee, doesn't mean that I need to drink 12 cups a day. Even if they are just little cups.
A piccolo is kind of like a mini flat white, and a flat white is... you know what, check it out for yourself here http://www.prepareforaustralia.com.au/living-australia/food-eating/coffee-cafe.aspx
And no matter who you are, drink more pure, clean, crisp, beautiful water.
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