Javajunkie

If you are like me, your life doesn’t really begin until after your first cup of coffee, or if there is, you’re not fully awake to be aware of it. Like many people, I depend on the caffeine to jump-start my mornings.

I really love coffee. The funny thing is I never used to be a die-hard coffee drinker. It started innocently enough. There was a Starbucks on my way to work at my first graphic design job. I would drive by it every morning and I would drive by it at night. One day, I stopped in to see what the hype was about and I was hooked.

I was given a Keurig Elite Brewing System a few months ago from my dad and stepmom Cathy. Reason being they upgraded to the Special Edition Gourmet Single-Cup home Brewing System so they gave me their old one. In fact, that’s how I got my last coffee marker too.

Thanks again Dad and Cathy for making my mornings a bit easier.

Gone are the days of reheating up a cup of coffee in the microwave, because I didn’t want to waste the whole pot. It never tasted like that first cup. Or the other option was to spend 20 minutes in a line to pay over $5 for my morning pick-me-up.

I’m truly in love with this small kitchen appliance. It’s been a love affair from the start. Now when I want coffee, I just give my Keurig KCup Carousel a spin and pick that morning’s flavor of coffee. Grab my to-go mug or if it’s the weekend my black sheep mug and become the barista that I knew I could always be and have a hot fresh cup of Joe.

I enjoy how I’m able to switch my coffee flavors from cup to cup. I also just love the smell of coffee brewing. It also helps me get out of the morning fog and start getting ready for the day. It’s truly my heaven-sent brewing machine. Plus, no waiting in any lines.

The Top 5 Flavors of K-Cups That I Have Truly Fallen In Love With:

1. Café Escapes – Café Mocha

2. Van Houtte – Raspberry Chocolate Truffle

3. Café Escapes – Chai Latte

4. Gloria Jeans – Mudslide

5. Café Escape – Milk Chocolate hot Cocoa

All these flavors can be found at the “worship wall” in Bed, Bath and Beyond. That’s what Cathy and I have nicknamed the K-cups area in the store. Because they truly have the largest selection and are always adding to it.

“Amber, instant coffee is the same thing and a lot cheaper,” and friend of mine said to me.

“Lies, I tell you, lies! They’re all lies!”

OK, I might be a bit of a coffee snob, but to me instant coffee is not coffee. It’s colored warm water that taste like it was brewed and filtered through a dirty old gym sock. In fact, I would rather suck on the gym sock than drink instant coffee. If you really like that taste in your coffee you can just reuse a K-cup like my dad had to do because he ran out of k-cups last weekend. That even tasted 10 times better than instant coffee.

You truly have not had a real cup of coffee if you drink instant. Come on over and I will brew you a cup and you will never drink that poor excuse-so-called coffee again.