Day: 20: Gardening

Another relaxed day I spent the morning getting some work done. I’m getting quite used to having an espresso machine in the house and I’m not sure how I’m going to survive once I leave here. Or at least, I’m not sure how my wallet is going to care after I leave here having gotten quite used to drinking a double espresso every morning. 

Something I find quite funny is Australian often complain about American coffee. I’ve been asked multiple times about if I think the coffee is here better, and listened to many complain about how they visited America and we have the worst coffee. I find this very odd. Firstly, cause I personally don’t find the coffee here any different tasting….. if you know what to order and where to get it. Their first issue seems to be that they buy their coffee from Starbucks or a different big chain, which is known for being quick not for being good. I’m like “do you go to McDonald’s for a good burger and get mad it’s not high quality? Cause that’s what seems to happen”. Also, another big difference, is what we call coffee and what they call coffee are not the same drink. Americans are one of the few countries that drink drip coffee regularly. Everywhere else generally drinks espresso drinks. These two things are not the same. Espresso is stronger and more flavorful than drip (also more expensive). So when they come to the states and order a coffee they aren’t ordering what they think they are ordering. Anyway, I find it really interesting, because I keep hearing about how bad our coffee is. 

Anyway, back to my uneventful day, in the evening I helped Dean garden around the house. It was a nice afternoon sitting outside listening to the birds and enjoying the sea breeze