Today is the day we celebrate that crucial beverage, coffee. Happy National Coffee Day! I've always wondered how we came to create coffee. Somewhere in history, a person decided that he should pluck the hard stone out of a cherry-like fruit of a particular plant, wash and dry it, then roast it until it was a dark brown. Then grind it up and mix it with hot water before drinking it. I offer my deep gratitude to whoever that hero of history may have been. Coffee is a venerable, old beverage, but is as important today as it ever has been. In fact, its popularity may have surpassed tea even in such a famously tea-centric nation as England. The history of coffee is a long and interesting one, worthy of a fascinating book. (I once owned an autographed copy of this book, but lent it out and it was never returned. I don't lend books anymore.) As novelist Anthony Trollope once said, "What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?" So sit back and nestle in to your favorite reading space, and enjoy a cup of luxury.
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