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#butfirstcoffee is my daily mantra. As I get out of bed I walk to my coffee machine, flip the switch and then continue on to go and brush my teeth. Once I’m done I get myself a freshly brewed cup of coffee and take a few sips before I hit the shower. Without #butfirstcoffee my day doesn’t seem to start out right.

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#BUTFIRSTCOFFEE

There are many people out there who often post #butfirstcoffee pics on Instagram, holding various kinds of cups and mugs in their hands. Very often we see Starbucks pictures. My love affair with them was very short and it only gets reanimated when I’m in the States, because it seems that its more or less the only thing you can get when being there. Everybody buys coffee to go. Dosen’t anybody own some kind of coffee maker anymore?

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SECRET LOVE AFFAIR

My coffee machine and I have a secret love affair. I couldn’t live without it. I’m the old fashioned gal that buys a pound of coffee beans, has them ground at the store and takes home a bag of the best smelling ground coffee. At home I save it in a lockable can, so that the aroma won’t fade away too quickly. Apart from that I never brew more than two cups of coffee at a time. There is nothing worse than stale, bitter old coffee. Yikes! 

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ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS…

For the past couple of years I’ve had quite a few electrical problems in my apartment. It got so bad that the land lord decided to have all wires and cables changed by an electrical contractor company on the entire floor. This has been going on for weeks. Yesterday the new airco system was installed and I was in „Hooray, finally finished!“ mood. Couldn’t have been happier after weeks of having to take time off from work, because my computer, internet and so on didn’t work due to the electricity being turned off regularly during repair hours. 

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…NOT OVER…YET

And today? Today nothing worked. No light, no coffee maker and hence no #butfirstcoffee – We’re speaking of a Saturday in good old Austria, where clocks still tick differently from the rest of the world and handymen stop working Fridays at midday. Trying to get hold of an electronically contractor isn’t an easy task. Fortunately my landlord always picks up the phone and sent someone over to fix the problem. An hour later, after feeding the guy water, cake and finally coffee – the work was done and my electricity is now working. Hooray!

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#BUTFIRSTCOFFEE TOMORROW MORNING

I can’t tell you how happy I am that tomorrow I’ll be able to follow my daily mantra #butfirstcoffee again.

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What’s your morning routine? Are you, too a coffee junkie?

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🙂.      Enjoy your coffee, stay safe and have a very HAPPY day!       🙂

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