I suppose my romance with coffee began when I got married. I fell in love with good coffee. Of course, I now know that the best coffee is freshly roasted and ground just before brewing from the best tasting beans. The older the coffee is, the more flavor it loses. After drinking coffee for 30 years, I have turned into a coffee connoisseur.

I have to confess that I’m not a diet soft drink fan. I know it’s often said that the higher sugar drinks are bad for me but the diet or low sugar varieties just seem to be lacking somewhat – I don’t know whether it’s the flavour, the lack of sugar rush or something else, but they definitely don’t hit the spot as far as I’m concerned.

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