I drink a lot of coffee. Some would even go as far as saying that I drink too much coffee. That "some" would include myself. However, other than the twitchiness from too much, and the shaking hands and headaches when I don't have enough - I'm fine. I am not some coffeephile that spends an ordinate amount of time searching for or making a perfect cup, but I do enjoy a good French roast. At home, I drink drip-filtered coffee, and I don't grind my own beans or anything like that, but I have been looking for the perfect container to hold the coffee packet.
And I almost found it.
But it is round, and the packets are square.
However, I am still quite happy with the find, as it ticks lots of the boxes I am looking for in a coffee grind holder, if I actually cared enough to spend much time looking for one. Firstly, it is not new, it is second-hand, and while I have no idea when it was made, it wasn't this year. Secondly, it is also the right color to blend into our kitchen palette. Then lastly, it is quirky, with a picture that I think is probably not politically correct now, and perhaps never really was, so that if someone did see it, they would wonder about it.
A bargain for only 5€
And I didn't have to pay.
I didn't steal it either, but almost six months ago, I got a gift card to a culinary shop in the city for my birthday, and as we happened to be close by today, we went in to see what they have. They import packaged food like pasta, sauces and biscuits from Italy, but they also sell some bits and pieces like cups, glasses, carafes and cutlery that they have picked up from around Europe also. It was a pleasant surprise that they even had a small range of gluten-free pasta and gnocchi, so my wife and Smallsteps were catered for also.
The gift of food.
I am normally not a fan of giving gift cards as presents, because they are a bit of a "cop out" in some way. However, especially when there is a cost of living crisis that has driven the prices of food up much higher, getting one for a specialty shop is actually pretty cool. We would never have likely gone into this place otherwise, as while not super expensive, it would be far cheaper to pick up similar at the supermarket. But, we also wouldn't have bought this kind of food anyway, so it was nice to go in and be able to choose some things that we wouldn't normally, just to try.
A container of memories.
As this was given for my birthday by a group of friends, my wife suggested I get something to remember it by, and I chose the cool coffee cannister. It isn't in fantastic condition, but I will clean it up a little and put it into our breakfast cabinet so that every morning, I will see it there and be reminded that once upon a time and likely still today, people see me a lot like that picture and call me names to suit.
Nearly perfect.
Taraz
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