My Coffee Gospel Journey Begins Here...A Barista's Amateur Correlation Between Espresso and Faith.
I've been drinking coffee on a regular basis since I was 14. My first experience of the real stuff was in El Salvador with Juan Carlos who took me to this little cafe and we drank a shot of espresso. My mind was blown and my eyes were opened. I could smell the aroma a mile away and the taste of sweet yet bitter flavors mesmerized my mouth. It was perfect and beautiful; simple and so complex. I was hooked. And then I had mass amounts of energy, so there's that. From that point on, I consumed it every day. My mom would make coffee in the mornings for me to take to school and I'd chug it before going to class and leave it in my locker. It was no more just a special occasion drink, like on Christmas or Easter. It was every day and it was good. But before long I started to grow tired of this routine. So I started adding weird sweeteners to it trying to dress it up as something that it should never have to be. It had a different taste, and it was kinda good enough to dr