We Sri Lankans love tea, but once I set foot in Japan, I understood how much coffee is valued. It seems like a great culture. “A coffee culture”. I am a big fan of coffee. However, some of my health conditions remind me not to consume more. I love the smell of fresh coffee beans. But bitter coffee is not my taste. so, if I ever try my morning drink with coffee, it would be with cream and sugar. A perfect beginning for an active starting.
Sri Lankan household culture goes with ground coffee, which consists of finely ground coffee beans. I can remember we had some coffee trees in our backyard. When my mother asked us to collect fallen ripe coffee beans, we went with some small plastic buckets, collected the fallen reddish beans, and came back running. What a wonderful childhood memory!!! Then the grinding process, it could be either at home or the mill. That was the way we had our own coffee most of the times.
But it is not the drama outside the island; it is all about instant coffee. The coffee beans undergo a unique process. However, it is always easy to work with “instant coffee.” All you need to do is put the desired amount of granules into the cup of hot water and stir. No problem, you can use ground coffee as a way of instant coffee, but the thing is, you will always end up with sediment at the bottom of the cup.
My mother is a coffee fanatic. She loves a cup of coffee before bed, and it would be better with extra sugar!! And my husband always falls in love with coffee.
The most important thing in Japan is coffee is so frequent, and you can easily buy it in vending machines with a wide range of flavors. You do not need to run to supermarkets or mini shops often; the vending machines are at arm’s length always. !!! (Lol)
How about you all, any coffee lovers??
