Latte Art

Coffee is a staple of the American diet. Right up there with bacon eggs and the McDonalds dollar menu. Yet, in recent years, it has gotten vicariously picked apart and picked on as “bad for you”. To see what could be wrong with these claims, lets look at how caffeine works.

Your brain, right now, is making Adenosine. Your brain also has adenosine receptors. When that fresh Adenosine connects with adenosine receptors, it creates a feeling of drowsiness. When you ingest caffeine in tea, coffee, soda, etc. it fools adenosine receptors into thinking caffeine is adenosine, causing the opposite effect. Also when you have caffeine in your system, your pituitary gland is constantly making adrenaline.

I started drinking coffee soon after I became homeschooled at 11 years old. I would drink 2–3 cups a day 8 oz from our Mr Coffee. I drink it fairly simple, probably a very popular way to make coffee, 2 saccharine packets and some half and half (not creamer, I am very particular on that). Most of the time it is fairly consistent, but I know quite a few ways that you can fuck up a cup of coffee. (such as I did when I was 12 and left the Mr Coffee on all day forgetting about it to drink it the next morning)

Exactly like the one we used (we’ve upped our Mr Coffee game)

Coffee is special. Everyone enjoys it differently, but most of us enjoy it. Just in America, over 500,000,000 cups are drunk of coffee on average.

When I go to a coffee shop my regular order is fairly simple, a medium or large Latte. My favorite coffee shop is a local one called “Mellow And Play Cafe” since they take care of their coffee and make each cup individually while having a kid friendly and fun environment. I have had the displeasure of visiting a Starbucks a few times, actually there I tried my first Mocha, which wasn’t really all that great. And there my regular order costs $4.75 + tax. Whether it’s the decent at best coffee, or them spelling my name “Lucus” Starbucks isn’t probably the first choice for anyone when it comes to a coffee shop.

What inspired me to write this article isn’t just the 3 cups of pure caffeine I have had today, but noticing upon my friends that go to brick and mortar state schools how hard it is for them to have just a cup of coffee. Apparently it is cited as being a positive for your body, and helping you live longer. So why can’t high school students just have a cup of coffee? I am not going to jump way too in on that question, but I will shout out The Canyon Independent school district in Texas for opening up coffee shops at least on campus with lounges dating back to 2002/2003.