My daily dose

I'm a coffee junkie. Two or three cups in the morning, the same in the afternoon, and if I'm hanging out with my user-friends, I might easily have some additional cups along the day.

I'm well aware of the situation. I cannot really start a day without coffeeing up first. I still don't think the problem is that serious. I rarely OD. And if I do, the shaking and accelerated heart beating will be gone by the evening, or at the latest after some restless night sleep.

I'm also proud of myself for winning the battle of mix-usage. There were times when I couldn't enjoy my daily dose without some other highly addictives, that is, chocolate. Spending most of my time in the university, the whole thing was made way too easy. The cafeteria is one minute walk away from the library. University is a dangerous place for coffee junkies, and not only because of the easy supply. Socialising is unavoidable, and you usually hook up with friends that are alike. And when your only reference group consists of other junkies, you lose the touch of normal dosage. Furthermore, we all know where most of the university students end up after abusing the cheap cafeteria for years: office. The heaven of free coffee.

In Slovenia things might get tricky. I don't know the best junk or reliable dealers. They have different brands, not to mention to multitude of nameless nothing-telling coffee shops. Besides, they don't use the equipment I'm used to. Either they have French press coffee makers or tiny stove top espresso makers. The latter is also known as Moka pot. For a Finnish speaker, this unintentional word play is quite telling.

The problem with these devices is the size. Some of them are only capable of producing one cupful. One! The slovenians love to gather together and eat, and usually also have some coffee afterwards. You would think they have the stuff for getting the whole bunch coffeed. Yet, I've been in gatherings, where they shared the content of one of these minimakers among several people. That was less than half a cup per person. Disgrateful. Of course, I said nothing since I didn't wanna reveal any signs of addiction.

The positive thing is, I might have found a user-friend there, too. I've seen a sparkle in his eye when Godness Caffeina was mentioned.

We'll see how things turn out. Now I better rush back to my pot.