30 DAY NO COFFEE CHALLENGE, still.....

Tea

It's not that I

need

coffee. I don't need coffee. I want a cup of coffee because I

want

a cup of coffee, damn it.

This has been quite the experience for me. I thought it was going to be a breeze. The first week was easy. It was also the week my boyfriend was out of town. Sometimes I wanted coffee but settled for a cup of tea which was great. 

The second week was okay...until....I stayed up 36 hours doing a freelance illustration gig for the company my boyfriend works for. I didn't had any coffee. That's right! I stayed up for 36 hours and there was no coffee involved. There was a lot of stress, panic and deadlines.

This third week I am just irritated that I'm not having a coffee when I feel  like having a coffee. This is harder then I imagined it to be.

WEEK IN PICTURES

Front door. Dream house Frames Ashtray Wall Closet Books Mother Records Morning tea. Books and money Rainbow bright Thrift store tvs NJ transit. New book. 1.Bell on door.
2. Dollhouse.
3. Things to frame.
4. Vintage ashtray.
5. Wall tapestry.
6. Walk in closet.
7. Bookshelf.
8. My friends mother when she was a child.
9. Records & a lava lamp.
10. Retro chair my friend got from her mother.
11. Milk glass with change on a bookshelf.
12. Rainbow bright bank.
13. Newark salvation army store.
14. Train ride from central Jersey back to Newark, then PATH to Jersey City = exhausted.
15. Goodreads: Eat Sleep Sit, My year at Japan's most rigorous zen temple by Kaoru Nonomura.

WEEK IN PICTURES

Farmers market pears Roasted acorn squash Roasted sweet potatoes Mixing blue paints Set of 8 Vintage Kraft Place Cards Sunflower 

1.Pears form the farmers market. Really hold off so I can think of a dessert to make but I just made a pumpkin pie....may just eat them before I think of something to make.
2.Acorn squash, also from the market. Roasted with olive oil and salt.
3.Roasted sweet potatoes with garlic, olive oil and crushed red pepper. MMmmmm fall food.
4.Mixing blue colors.
5.Etsy photo's I took for Sophia Design Shoppe.
6.Sunflower. Seller at the market: " What are you going to do what that?" Me: " Eat it!" And I am. One by one as I make my tea in the morning.

30 DAY NO COFFEE CHALLENGE !


Ice coffee cubes
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Morning coffee

I really do enjoy a good cup of coffee (or latte). I'm just really picky, unsatisfied with the coffee that's been happening in my apartment. I feel like it's a very confusing time for me as a coffee drinker. I mentioned before we switched out our Chemix for an automatic coffee maker.

Chemex

Before everyone starts telling me to get a french press, I would just like to say that I have one. It doesn't solve my need for an automatic coffee maker. I really wanted a timer so my coffee would be ready when I woke up. If  I was going to use an automatic coffee maker I don't want to do much at all. When I wake up in the morning, cold and sleepy, I want the coffee ready.

Buying a coffee maker was it's own issue. We researched and realized the all coffee makers basically suck. They all don't get the water to the right temperature of 195-200 F. That's the reason why the coffee at a coffee house tastes better then the one at home.

Baci
We purchased a coffee maker anyway for about $100.00 from amazon. com. It never brewed a cup. It wouldn't drip. Also, no timer. We returned it and ordered a $60.00 automatic coffee maker. The coffee sucks, unless I BOIL WATER AND THEN POUR IT IN THE COFFEE MAKER. Even then it's okay. Not great.

Madness.

When boyfriend went off on a week long business trip and I decided to NOT deal with making coffee.
30 day no coffee 
After a facebook conversation (I erased the other comments. It was super long) and few emails with my BFF Sara, we decided to do a 30 day no coffee challenge. It's tea for me for the next 30 days! My darling boyfriend is SUPER excited...


Tea

I hear it takes 30 days to form a new habit.  I know it's not solving my need for a hot beverage magically appearing for me when I wake up but I figure that drinking tea is a better for me then coffee.

Right now it's day 5 and I'll be sure to keep everyone posted.