Oh Coffee

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)

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.