THE GRIND: NO. 402

Welcome to our curation compilation of sensational stories!

Community members around the globe contributed some fantastic original tales this week, centred around the one true elixir of life- coffee! We enjoyed the passion in these posts, and as all good coffee pals do, we wanted to share a cup of them with you!

Cinnamon Cup Coffee is centred around creating a virtual coffeehouse environment, which energises its occupants with the digital ambience of coffee creativity. We hope you will adore these posts as much as we did.

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My Visit to El Encuentro Arte-Café

✨"Apart from the coffee, I saw its possible accompaniments: delicious homemade cakes, delicious handmade chocolate and vanilla cookies with caramel chips, and delicious brownies. For the moment, I ordered my usual coffee with milk, promising myself to come back for one of those delicious cakes that winked at me, ha ha ha." @brujita18

Black coffee with strawberry pieces

✨""Black coffee with strawberry pieces." Can you imagine the taste of cold coffee with pieces of strawberry, that versatile fruit used in cooking? Coffee is a drink that accompanies us in every moment of our lives, being the best option to share with friends, family, partners, and best of all: to enjoy on a date with yourself." @milik80

Coffee and Soup at Café 19

✨"Even though it is autumn it was quite warm today. In fact, it was like summer had returned. We did fancy a hearty meal though, so we chose a bowl of lentil soup, sourdough bread and butter. I can't remember all the other ingredients but it was scrummy. Everything is locally sourced. It was probably the best soup I've ever tasted. It certainly beats tinned soup. I could have easily had a second bowl along with another coffee, but that would have been greedy!" @ellenripley

Our First Of November Experience: A Coffee Double Date to Remember.

✨"Last November 1, before visiting the cemetery, my husband told me that we would have a coffee date. It was a simple plan just to spend time together. So his plan will be, Aya will stay with Babi, pick her up when it's time to visit the cemetery. Zoe also has a date in the town. We'll meet at the park before 4 pm. Before heading to the coffee shop and we chose to stroll around town first. It was a perfect afternoon for walking around town even more enjoyable. It was a simple day for us." @katiekate86

Coffee is enjoyed with all five senses

✨"One of my earliest memories of coffee is the smell in the mornings. A smell that filled my room, coming from the kitchen. I would wake up to that smell and the sound of the dishes being moved by my mom.
Back then, my mom only gave me coffee with milk. I'd say that was my first coffee.
It was many years later that I started drinking espresso, black, strong. A girlfriend I had encouraged me with the excuse of not drinking it alone. I remember drinking it quickly. I liked it a lot and wondered why I had spent so long saying I didn't drink it, without ever having tried it." @abelarte

TENS MATCHA LATTE

✨"A while ago, when I bought matcha ice cream, matcha was indeed popping up everywhere. Usually, after coming home from exercising, I take the time to buy something: a drink or food. Sometimes coconut water or something else. However, this time I wanted a slightly sweet drink. Coincidentally, I was heading in that direction. It was just a small shop located right next to a large housing complex.
I parked my motorbike and immediately entered the shop, where I was greeted by the barista, who was the only person there, and asked what I wanted to order. I immediately chose a regular-sized matcha latte with less sugar. After paying cashless, the barista asked me to wait a moment." @titisnariyah

A Caffeine Story: Coffee With A Twist!

✨"I visited my aunties in Cavite because I haven't seen them for three months since my vacation. Though it was quite a long trip, it was definitely worth the time. We stayed at their house in Naic, Cavite, because they were also spending their weekend there. Since we arrived late, we had a DIY samgyupsal for dinner, and my auntie also bought pizza. We all ate together, shared fun conversations, had a few drinks, and even did karaoke—just like we always do." @ceszianne

Coffee is culture

✨"My beloved homeland [Cuba] smells of coffee in the mornings.
I do miss, though, going out to meet up with friends in cafes. I miss sitting in those literary cafes and talking about literature, about life, around our steaming cups of coffee.
Something very beautiful that I miss about my country is that, wherever I went, I was always offered a cup of coffee. It was common for me to drink up to five cups of coffee between my home and my job." @riblaeditores

It's not the same even though it may seem so

✨"I don't know if it's because I'm Cuban and here in my country we do everything differently, but I didn't like the cafes I went to in Paris. They were beautiful. The ones I liked best were those identical to the ones in the movies, the ones in the arcades.

However, I didn't like the coffee.
Not because it was bad. It was good coffee, but it wasn't my cup of coffee.
I also didn't like the atmosphere. The service was very cold; people didn't talk, they were absorbed in their own affairs, their cell phones, or newspapers." @iamberenice

Venezuela, Coffee, Tradition and Flavor

✨"Venezuelan coffee may be little known worldwide, but each bean hides the magic of perfection, where bitter and sweet tones combine subtly with aromas and fruity touches, where the Caribbean breeze mixes with the cold of the Andes, where the warmth of the dunes contrasts with the mystery of the Amazon." @iscrak