this is the way i celebrate...



International Coffee Day.

..Didn't you know?

Aye, today, September 29th, is officially the day when the World stops and thinks about..coffee! And how thankful they are for it. Especially when shops give out free ones in celebration. :]

America, at least, should be thankful for coffee: did you know that U.S. residents consume the most coffee in the world--a whopping 400 million cups a day, country-wide? Now that is a lot of coffee. 

Fortunatley, Unfortunatley, ;) I'm not your usual American coffee-o-holic. First of all, I'm only sixteen years old and really have no need to start every morning off with a huge mug of bitter black stuff, and secondly, my taste buds and this #1 drink are not friends. Sure, I like Frappes and coffee icecream and the occasional sweetened mocha, but plain black coffee? Ew.

..Nevertheless, as it is International Coffee Day, I thought I would celebrate in some way. Thus, I looked up "coffee" on google images, and do you know what I found?  

~ Latte art! ~

lat·te art /[lah-tey art]

"Latte art is a mixture of two colloids: the crema, which is an emulsion (liquid-in-liquid) of coffee oil and brewed coffee (water); and the microfoam, which is a foam (air-in-liquid) of air in milk. (Milk itself is an emulsion of butterfat in water, while coffee is a solution of coffee solids in water.) Neither of these colloids are stable - crema dissipates from espresso, while microfoam separates into drier foam and (liquid) milk - both degrading significantly on the order of minutes, and thus latte art lasts only briefly."

{all photos via}

This is going to be my "Coffee Day" tradition every September 29th. Looking up epic Latte Art and discovering all over again that coffee is indeed good for something.

p.s. (thank you for your kind, encouraging comments on my last post. my sore throat is much improved! love to you all. :)