I love the aroma of freshly ground coffee when it is just filtering through a coffee maker on a cool day. I say “day” because I have never been a regular morning coffee drinker – I do partake in the morning once in a while, but if I don’t have someone at the office with me, or I’m not meeting with someone at Starbucks, I usually don’t brew some until mid-afternoon or even after dinner as I am getting cozy on the couch. I like a strong flavourful cup – not bitter or burnt.
Coffee is one of those substances that is truly amazing to me – it has captured us. We are either physically addicted, as any Tim Hortons line can be evidence to, or we are psychologically addicted – the romance of a French cafe au lait or an Italian espresso, being ensnared by the scents and sounds of a quaint little coffee shop while hearing another person’s latest life story, or getting absorbed in another kind of story from a book or article in front of you. It can be a small escape from the everyday, even if it is an everyday habit!
Coffee has been more than one source of inspiration for design work... In staging, I have used coffee mugs, French presses, espresso cups, coffee beans, coffee colours, art depicting coffee and the relation to “sharing a moment” and the scent of fresh coffee to envelop people’s senses and draw on their own emotions surrounding this fascinating substance, as they enter a space.
Mine’s gone cold again, while typing...
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