Now that summer is drawing to a close and I’m back to work on my manuscript, coffee has once again become more vital to my daily routine. Yes, writers and their coffee is a cliché but with good reason. Many of us can’t live without it!
Straight up black is the way I drink it, preferably served in my favourite mug. I love the wide lip and pretty colours on this hand-painted beauty.
My writing brain works best in the early morning, so while I wait sleepy-eyed for the coffee to brew, I picture a caffeine-craving miniature version of myself swimming across the surface of a full cuppa java, gulping as I go. Mmmmm…
What goes best with a cup of coffee? Another cup.
– Henry Rollins
Do you love coffee as much as I do?
Black or with sugar and cream?
Or is tea your go-to hot beverage?
Please share with me below!
Jennifer's Journal 
Black coffee for me! Unless I’m at a place I know makes a good mocha (that place is not my kitchen :)). I used to add sugar to coffee but I eventually realized that was only because the place I used to work provided especially bitter coffee (but hey, free coffee). The way I make it at home, I like it black. And yeah, that first cup is great. I’m currently a stay-at-home-mom and it’s absolutely worth getting up freaky early just to have that first cup all by myself. 🙂
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Yes, absolutely black coffee and first thing in the morning! Thanks for stopping by and weighing in!
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I’m not going to lie I love my husband but I may love coffee more!! Sshhh don’t tell him! Honestly I could probably use more plain water, but coffee flavored water is my go to. There is nothing like that first sip of the day.
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No, nothing like it in the world, I agree. Hang on to that husband though! I won’t tell. 🙂
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Tea is my preferred beverage throughout the day, but a delicious cup of coffee in the morning I find as a great motivator.
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I love tea too, but later in the day. Whatever gets you going, right? Thanks for dropping by!
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That’s a beautiful cup. Jennifer. I can’t tolerate coffee (darn – it helps so many people). So I start with a cup of green tea with lemon at 5:45 a.m. with a bit of meditation to get me going in my creative day. By 6:30 my guy brings me a special tea latte (Earl Gray tea seeped in non-fat steamed milk with a touch of vanilla), which really does help me as I write away. From there I go with a large glass of iced tea. Hmmm, tea seems to be the theme here, and they say tea has as much caffeine as coffee. So – here’s to all of us WAKING up in the morn and writing happily.
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Pam, I didn’t mean to imply that I only drank coffee, just that was my drink for morning. Tea is wonderful in the pm for me, green tea being my favourite. I like Chai too but can’t drink Earl Gray due to the bergamot. Makes me disoriented, go figure, but I looked it up and it is a thing. Yes, whatever gets us out of bed and let’s the creative juices flow. Thanks for your input! 😊
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Oh NOOO! I’m disoriented a lot in the mornings (as in, what am I doing, what’s on my ‘to-do’ list, and why haven’t I written that book yet), and I have an Earl Gray latte every morning. Maybe I better re-consider this. I’m (kinda) being funny, but no, I hadn’t heard about this reaction to bergamot. Interesting. Stay with your green tea – I’m drinking an iced green tea right now. xo
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Yes Pam, the first time I had Earl Gray was a few years back and I noticed the reaction immediately. I googled it and there it was! That said, I seem to be sensitive to many things others aren’t. Be careful, hon! xx
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Will do! I’m off to Google it too. Jeez, is nothing safe anymore?? Most importantly, I don’t seem to have any bad reaction to chocolate, thank goodness!!! 🙂
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Me neither, just a craving now and then. 😉
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For me, my chocolate craving is more NOW then THEN. 🙂
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All the very best on your writing endeavours. Writers are a gift to our world!!!
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I appreciate your well wishes, Rebecca. And I agree that writers and their books mean the world to me!
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No coffee for me, thanks! I’m one of the few who never took it up, and against all odds Jay doesn’t drink coffee either!
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Ah, you are two of those among us who live and breathe without it. Don’t understand it but different strokes, right? Thanks for weighing in! 😊
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I don’t have a coffee maker at my new apartment so I drink instant coffee and it doesn’t have the same punch to it. Chai tea with honey is great for waking up though!
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Chai tea with honey sounds lovely. I haven’t had a cup of instant coffee in decades! Thanks for dropping by, Jess. 🙂
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It’s a latte for me please 🙂
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A latte lady! Thanks for weighing in, Andrea and enjoy the rest of your Sunday. 🙂
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I used to drink tea only….for the longest time. And then I switched to coffee. Strong and black, in my little mug with cats on it. But, of course! Happy Sunday to you, Jennifer.
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A cat mug for you, of course! That’s what is missing in my life. 😀 I started out with tea only too, until I wised up. Happy Sunday to you too, Lois.
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Love the Rollins quote! I started drinking coffee while in college. Back then, I need it to be sweet, like a milk shake. For years now, I drink it black and really strong.
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Jill, it’s the perfect quote for folks like us. Black and strong – you’re my kind of coffee drinker!
I’ve found that the older I get the less I go for sweet things. Thanks for dropping in today. 🙂
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Same here, Jennifer. My sweet tooth has disappeared. 🙂
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My husband brings me my first cup while I’m getting ready for the day. Until that happens, I’m grouchy, slow, and confused. Love that stuff.
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Ha ha, Jacqui, I can relate. Before that first transfusion of caffeine, I’m not myself either. Thanks for weighing in!
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I didn’t start drinking coffee until my mid 20s, and now I can’t live without it! Love it with some almond milk.
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That was very close to my start date, in my late twenties. And if you have to have milk in it, of course almond milk is best. 🙂 Thanks for commenting, Denise. xx
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I didn’t start drinking coffee until I was about 30. Had to force myself to learn to drink it because it was a bit acidic for me. But my husband LOVES coffee, so I did it to be sociable with him. (Oh, the sacrifices we make! LOL) But I don’t drink coffee while writing. Just one well-doctored cup in the morning.
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Hi Connie, I remember as a child tasting my dad’s coffee and wondering how anyone could drink it! The funny thing about me was that I took up coffee when I quit smoking the first time back in the 80’s (it took a couple of attempts to beat it).
l have two to three cups while writing. 🙂
Well-doctored with – ??
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I hate to admit I “doctor” my coffee with skim milk and Splenda. That sounds so boring! Agh! Far, far better to drink several cups of coffee a day, Jennifer, than smoke cigarettes. Good for you!
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That’s not boring. I was worried you meant something more “medicinal”. lol
Next year will be twenty years since I quit smoking. I inspired Paul to do the same a couple months later. Thanks!
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Sounds like me and my husband!
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Really!
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I’m an occasional coffee-drinker, but I have to say, that coffee you have there looks very tempting! My grandmother always had a pot brewing. I mostly drink tea and lemonade, though, either hot or cold. Coffee or tea, it’s whatever gets you moving!
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Hi Barbara, I don’t drink enough lemonade, which I love. I don’t think either of my grandmothers ever drank coffee. My tea of choice is green tea with lemon and I usually enjoy that later in the day. Thanks for stopping by. 🙂
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