Josh Duff

I hate the taste of coffee.

It's bitter (not in a good way, like beer) and unpleasant to my tastory senses.

However, it is difficult to beat coffee's efficiency as a vehicle for caffeine.  I generally drink my coffee with several heaping doses of hot chocolate powder, but the burnt bean flavor still comes through.

That was then

I recently discovered espresso – a drink that focuses on distilling the essence of coffee (CAFFEINE) into as tiny a beverage as possible, and then filling up the rest of the cup with things that taste good.

Sweeeeeet.

I've been indulging pretty regularly lately.  The stuff is expensive when you buy retail, but I have a friend who is mastering the art of Making Espresso That Doesn't Suck, and I intend to exploit him to the fullest extent possible.