Eternal Hygge

 


As I type out this blog, the 1990's version of a podcast (everyone had one, or almost everyone) I am finishing up on this coffee from La Cabra from Copenhagen. I asked a Copenhagen/Danish guy who was staying at my buddy's AirBnB last night around a fire-we were practicing Hygge-why Denmark has 3/5 of the best coffee companies in the world. His answer? Danes love great coffee. 

There you go. I was just wondering how and why Denmark, a small country, had that 3/5 going. If you love something, you will value it. And if you don't value it, you don't love it.     

It has a very unusual taste profile that is both sweet and sour. Not just bitter but sour. There are processing related reasons for this that I won't delve into but trust me, this is sour like a lime. It has taken me almost the whole bag for my palate to acclimate to it and now it is no more as I sip my porcelain mug to empty. Yet, it is sweet. I miss the taste. Sourness feels like sorrow to me. A lingering taste. Versus bitter that sounds angry and raw. 

Sweet and Sour. In the same cup. Coexisting. Like life itself. The cup of sorrow redeemed by the sweetness of God's grace. 

* I was entirely caffeinated that morning in Copenhagen which caused me to want to walk even more. On average, I was walking nine miles a day in Copenhagen and had totaled 63 after six days. Soren loved to walk and loved coffee. So, I was in in his spirit with each step.     



     

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