😃 Hi @millycf1976. So it’s coffee or red wine for you.
In my first year of moving to Japan, I had at least 2 cups of black coffee a day. That’s how my co-workers had it except that they had 4-5 cups. They paired it with some lovely snacks. At first it was hard for me to finish a cup because prior to that, I hardly had coffee and having it black, wouldn’t have been my preference. There was one particular co-worker who understood me very well and helped me with translations. We had a good connection. There were days when I felt homesick and just wanted to express myself in “my own language”.
She would make me coffee. With her, it was so easy to relax, talk my blues away and finish not only a cup but at least 2 cups of black coffee.

That goes down very well, and picks me up nicely 😅

Lol!! I like the term “picks me up nicely.” Hehe!😂