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POLLYGLANDULAR / THE DAILY CUPPA / COMMUNITY
Instant Cure for Loneliness
Coffee brewed with love
When I was a child in the eighties, every advert persuaded grown-ups to ‘fake it to make it’ regarding meals. Ding and it was done — instant mash, micro-chips, and gravy granules.
Actors promoting jars of freeze-dried coffee puffed out their cheeks and chugged through their best steam-train impression. Dinner party guests would surely be convinced that their host was brewing java using a fancy machine, wouldn’t they?
That’s my excuse for still drinking instant.
I drink it in good company though, and served with love in the village during coffee hours.
When I read that this year’s International Coffee Day’s theme is ‘the power of collaboration’ I immediately thought of the volunteers creating their rota, opening up the hall, baking cakes and brewing up to give us all a safe place to make friends and stay warm.
