Brewed Fresh Daily

Jerry Ritcey blogs:

In what would probably be George's worst nightmare, this guy : has been living without coffee - "I am proud to state in front of God and Juan Valdez that I have gone five years now without a single cup of joe, and that includes latte in any form."

I'll admit, I've tried being coffee-free. It ain't happening. Have you ever tried to quit smoking? I've done that. You know the habits that you have to break? You remember, getting in the car and craving a nail, talking on the phone and lighting up. Well, coffee's the same way. There are certain thing you do that you associate with coffee. Like talking. You know, meet someone at a coffee shop, sitting down and having a chat. Sure, at night you can go to the bar and do that, but if you do that during the day, people tend to look down upon it. Back to the God and Juan Valdez guy. If I was drinking 15 cups of coffee a day, my wife would make me switch to tea too. I can't imagine how many times our friend Gordon had to stop working and rid himself of the liquid he's consumed. Between that, trips to the coffee pot, and actually brewing coffee, I doubt he had time for much else.