To all my friends who make fun of me (and my family) for our love of coffee- I present you this:
Written in 1587 by Sheik Ansari Djezeri Hanball Abd-al-Kadir (<---what a name)
Written in 1587 by Sheik Ansari Djezeri Hanball Abd-al-Kadir (<---what a name)
Oh coffee, you dispel the worries of the great,
you point the way to those who have wandered from
the path of knowledge. Coffee is the drink of the
friends of God, and of His servants who seek wisdom.
As coffee steeps in the cup it gives off a musky
aroma and turns the colour of ink. No one can under
stand the truth until he drinks of its frothy goodness.
Those who condemn coffee as causing man harm are
fools in the eyes of God.
Coffee is the common man's gold, and like gold it
brings to every man the feeling of luxury and nobility.
Coffee differs from pure, gentle milk only in its taste
and colour. Take time in your preparation of coffee and
God will be with you and bless you and your table.
Where coffee is served there is grace and splendour and
friendship and happiness.
All cares vanish as the coffee cup is raised to the
lips. Coffee flows through your body as freely as your
life's blood, refreshing all that it touches: look you at
the youth and vigour of those who drink it.
Whoever tastes coffee will forever forswear the liquor
of the grape. Oh drink of God's glory, your purity
brings man only well being and nobility.
And I thought I was a coffee freak! I suppose there is always that person that can one up you. Guess I'll have to hand my coffee obsession over to the Sheik since I doubt I could ever quite match his passion.
ReplyDeleteOh, my conductor would love this... In my orchestra there's a running joke about "this conductor who whenever anyone screwed up would peer over the podium at the victim, adjust his spectacles, and say, 'You and I are going to have coffee,'" (pronounced cawfee, stretched out as awkwardly as possible). Thus in the Portland Youth Philharmonic, coffee has become synonymous with trouble. And let me say, I've got to have "cawfee" before. It was a fun experience.
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