12/23/2025
Coffee ☕
I am in Guadeloupe , French territory. I was looking forward to French cuisine, good food and a certain level of comfort that French are known for.
This morning I wanted coffee- I imagined a small porcelain cup ☕ with a cookie 🥐 on a side. You get the picture, right?
I come into a store that is proudly called Kawa Shop- the 2 other people in the store looked like they have been living off the mother nature for the past 2 weeks, and she wasn't very generous.
My "take-away" coffee was made with grounded beans(win!) and poured in a plastic cup without a lid. This is where my Canadian and Eastern European parts got a cultural shock... Then, I understood: I have a specific level of comfort, others may have different ones. And thats OK.
It doesn't mean I am settling for bad coffee, it means I can have different experiences and still know what I want, and get it through the means I can. I went into a grocery store and got myself a pour over coffee ☕ t.romano .ca