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Gertrude Stein - Coffee is a lot more than just a drink; it's something happening · the Daily Quote - Positive Daily Inspiration and Motivational Quote of the Day

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  Podcasthero.com Welcome to The Daily Quote, a podcast designed
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  to kick start your day in a positive way.
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  I'm your host, Andy McGivern for November 8th.
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  Today is National Cappuccino Day, celebrating that perfect
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  marriage of espresso, steamed milk, and foam.
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  The cappuccino gets its name from the Capuchin monks, whose
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  brown robes resembled the drinks color.
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  It became popular in Italy in the early 1900s, when espresso
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  machines could finally create the right texture of foam milk.
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  That velvety microphone on top, That's what makes a cappuccino A
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  cappuccino. The traditional ratio is a 1/3
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  espresso, 1/3 steamed milk, 1/3 foam.
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  It's about balance. Strong but not overpowering.
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  Creamy but not heavy. Complex yet comforting.
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  And that brings us to today's quote.
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  Writer Gertrude Stain captured coffee's deeper meaning when she
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  said coffee is a lot more than just a drink.
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  It's something happening. They understood that coffee,
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  especially a well crafted cappuccino, creates moments.
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  Think about it. When you order a cappuccino, you
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  don't gulp it down. You sit.
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  You pause. You watch the barista crafted,
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  you admire the latte art. You feel the warmth of the cup
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  in your hands. You take that first sip and
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  actually taste it. A cappuccino demands presents.
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  It's too hot to rush, too beautiful to ignore, too
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  carefully made to take it for granted.
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  That's what Stein means by something happening.
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  It's a ritual, a conversation starter, a reason to slow down.
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  It transforms a coffee break from a caffeine delivery system
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  into an experience. I've had a love hate
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  relationship with coffee over the years.
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  Back in the day, coffee was villainized in a lot of ways.
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  People said it was bad for you, that it caused cancer.
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  It was essentially like drinking a cigarette.
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  And I was a coffee drinker back then.
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  But I decided to quit. I did for two years, and I
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  started drinking it again. And a few years later I quit
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  again for another length of time.
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  Now, I've been drinking coffee every morning for years once
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  again, but this time, the vast majority of the scientific
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  evidence suggests that when you drink coffee, something really
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  is happening inside you. And it is.
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  Good coffee consumption reduces all 'cause mortality, reduces
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  the risk of several cancers, improves cardiovascular health,
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  reduces dementia and Alzheimer's risk, and much, much more.
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  Today, don't just drink coffee. Let coffee be something
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  happening. Order the cappuccino.
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  Sit down while you drink it. Put your phone in your pocket.
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  Watch the foam, slowly blend with the espresso, Feel the
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  warmth, Paste each sip. Give yourself 5 minutes where
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  the only thing happening is coffee.
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  That's not wasted time, that's sanity maintenance.
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  Because Gertrude Stein was right, Coffee is something
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  happening, Let it happen. Coffee.
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  Or hell, that's going to do it. For today, I'm Andrew McGivern,
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  signing off for now, but I'll be back tomorrow.
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  Same pod time, same pod station with another daily quote.