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VICTORIA STOPPIELLO
Ra'ry Day Artistry
At T h ree C re e k s la k e , 6 5 0 0 fe e t e le v a tio n ,
c a m p in g , 7 a .m ., I'm w a itin g f o r c o ffe e to
e m e r g e f ro m t h e fire . F e e lin g a little g ro u c h y
b e c a u s e I'm n o t g e ttin g m y c o ffe e a s q u ic k ly
a s I’m u s e d to . R e a liz in g t h a t a s 1 lo o k o v e r m y
c o ffe e s u p p lie s , th e y a r e lim ite d , a n d I
w o n d e r if th e y w ill la s t th e trip . T h is re m in d s
m e t h a t I'm a n a d d ic t, a c a ffe in e a d d ic t, c o ffe e
a d d ic t, w h a te v e r la b e l y o u w a n t to p u t o n it,
b u t I'm b o t h p h y s ic a lly a n d p s y c h o lo g ic a lly
hooked.
T h e p h y s io lo g ic a l a d d ic tio n h a s a sim p le
s y m p to m : If I d o n 't h a v e o n e o r tw o c u p s o f
c o ffe e in th e m o rn in g , I g e t a ra g in g
h e a d a c h e a t n o o n . A s in g le c u p o f c o ffe e will
s to p it in its tra c k s .
T h is s e n s itiv ity to c a ffe in e h a s le d m e to
ju d g in g th e c a f f e in e c o n te n t o f c o ffe e in
tr u c k s to p s , c a fe s , a n d r e s t a u r a n ts o n th e
r o a d . If I b r e a k o u t in a sw eat, I k n o w th e r e
w as h ig h c a ff e in e ; in t h a t sin g le c u p o f o fte n
w a te ry , b i t t e r b re w .
I s ta r te d l e a r n in g a b o u t c o ffe e w h ile a
c o lle g e s tu d e n t , d o in g m y la u n d r y n e x t d o o r
to P e e t's C o ffe e in B erk eley . M r. P eet le c tu re d
h is c u s to m e r s a n d e v e n tu a lly t r a i n e d th e
p e o p le w h o o r ig in a lly s ta r te d S ta rb u c k s . Ripe
c o ffe e b e a n s h a v e le s s c a ffe in e t h a n g re e n
o n e s . Big c o ffe e c o m p a n ie s h a r v e s t th e b e a n s
w ith m a c h in e s a n d a s a re s u lt, g a th e r u n r ip e
w ith th e r ip e . S m a lle r, s p e c ia lty c o ffe e
g ro w e rs p ic k t h e i r c r o p s b y h a n d so o n ly rip e
b e a n s a r e h a r v e s te d . R o a stin g re m o v e s
c a ffe in e to o —so th e d a r k e r th e ro a s t, th e less
c a ffe in e . If y o u w a n t m o r e c o ffe e f la v o r w ith
less b u z z , b u y d a r k e r r o a s te d co ffee.
N a tio n a l G e o g r a p h ic h a d a n a rtic le w h ich
sh o w e d o n a w o rld m a p t h a t c o ffe e is g ro w n
in a b a n d o f c o u n tr ie s re la tiv e ly -clo se to th e
e q u a to r , a n d it's c o n s u m e d p r im a r ily in
c o u n tr ie s d i s t a n t f ro m th e e q u a to r . In fa c t th e
N o rd ic c o u n tr i e s in p a r t i c u l a r h a v e th e
h ig h e s t p e r c a p i t a c o n s u m p tio n o f c o ffe e in
th e w o rld . T h e F in n s a n d S w edes le a d th e p a c k
so I c o m e b y m y c o ffe e h a b it p e r h a p s
g e n e tic a lly a n d d e f in ite ly c u ltu r a lly .
M y f ir s t c o ffe e e x p e rie n c e w as w ith m y
g r a n d m o t h e r in C la ts k a n ie , c o ffe e w ith lo ts o f
m ilk . B e c a u se m y g r a n d p a r e n ts g o t raw m ilk
fro m a n e ig h b o r in g f a rm , it w as p r o b a b ly to p
m ilk. T h e h e a v y c re a m , th ic k a s p u d d in g , h a d
b e e n p u lle d o f f f o r b u t te r . T h e c o ffe e w as
u n d o u b te d ly s e r v e d w ith k o r p p u a , a
tr a d i ti o n a l F in n is h r e b a k e d c a rd a m o m b r e a d ,
lo o k in g lik e c r is p to a s t w ith c in n a m o n a n d
s u g a r o n o n e sid e .
T h e r o le o f c o ffe e in F in n s' so cial life
g r a d u a lly s e e p e d in to m y s e n s ib ility . It's
s e r v e d in e v e r y s o c ia l s itu a tio n , n o m a tte r
h o w la te a t n ig h t. O ffe rin g c o ffe e is-a
b a s ic - g e s tu r e o f h o s p ita lity . O n c e o n a r r iv in g
a t t h e h o m e o f a n o ld re la tiv e , w e d id n 't h e a r
th e o f f e r o f c o ffe e f o r t h e firs t tw e n ty
m in u te s a n d I b e g a n s c a n n in g th e e m o tio n a l
la n d s c a p e to d e te r m in e if I h a d so m e h o w
g iv e n o f fe n s e . E v e n tu a lly th e c o ffe e w as
s e r v e d a n d I r e la x e d , a s s u r e d t h a t e v e ry th in g
w a s a ll r ig h t.
In m o s t N o rd ic c o u n tr ie s , th e fo rm a l co ffe e
is still a liv in g t r a d itio n - a tim e to sh o w
r e s p e c t a n d r e g a r d . B esides c o ffe e , a t le a st tw o
b a k e d g o o d s a r e o f fe r e d c o o k ie s, a c o ffe e cake,
o r " D a n ish ," p lu s p o s s ib ly s m a ll a m o u n ts o f
m o re s e rio u s fo o d .
B eing a g u e s t a t a fo rm a l D a n ish c o ffe e o n
th e is la n d o f Fyn w as a m e m o r a b le
e x p e r ie n c e , J o in in g m a n y o th e r s : f r e q u e n t
e s p r e s s o s a t T h e M ed o n T e le g r a p h , b re a k fa s t
a t E n ric o 's in N o rth B each, p a p e r c u p s fro m
S ta r b u c k s w h ile m e a n d e r i n g t h r o u g h P ik e 's
P lace M a rk e t, b u s in e s s m e e tin g s o v e r c o ffe e
a t V ic to ria 's N ep h ew in P o r tla n d , c a p p u c c in o
in l i t t l e Ita ly , a n d o f c o u r s e c o u n tle s s c u p s o f
c o ffe e w ith fre s h b e r r y p ie in o u r ow n
b ack y ard .
All th e s e c o ffe e m e m o r ie s o n ly re in fo rc e
m y p h y s ic a l a d d ic tio n . As I'm c o u n tin g b e a n s ,
I'm s e n s itiv e to m y p r e d ic a m e n t. T h e b e a n s
h a v e tra v e le d t h o u s a n d s o f m ile s a n d p a s s e d
t h r o u g h m a n y h a n d s . S o p h is tic a te d
t r a n s p o r t a ti o n , fu e le d b y o u r d w in d lin g
p e tr o le u m s u p p ly , allo w m e to s a tis fy m y
d e s ire . Big fo rc e s a r e a t w o rk . T h e r e 's m o n e y
to b e m a d e fu e lin g m y h a b it, a t all levels:
g ro w in g , p ic k in g , t r a n s p o r t i n g , r o a s tin g ,
re ta ilin g . A c o m p le x y e t f ra g ile s y s te m
d e p e n d e n t o n g o o d w e a th e r f o r g o o d c ro p s ,
a n d n o d i s r u p t io n o f th e t r a n s p o r t a t i o n
s y s te m — a ll f o r m y c u p o f c o ffe e . L ucky I'm
n o t in te r e s t e d in c o c a in e .
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