Coffee essential to writing

This is just my own opinion and I do not expect everyone to agree with me. Coffee is an essential part of writing. Even in summer, when temperatures in Las Vegas rise into the triple digits, a hot cup of coffee is refreshing and pleasant. I cannot write without a cup sitting near the computer. If I am composing in a pen and paper journal, then I have to have a hot cup sitting close by.

I prefer fresh brewed coffee; however, I will warm a mug of leftover coffee up in the microwave. Sometimes I have leftover coffee because I have household duties to perform. I do not drink as much coffee when I wash dishes or laundry as when I write. I think it is because I can lean back from the computer and sip coffee while I am deciding on the next sentence or stanza.

Most of the time, I prefer my coffee black without cream or sugar. Sometimes, however, I do add a tablespoon of hot chocolate mix to my coffee. I do not add the chocolate to leftover coffee I warm up, but I do add it to fresh brewed coffee. Usually, I add the chocolate to my coffee on the weekends because that is when I am more likely to have fresh brewed coffee.

I have leftover coffee during the week because that is when I leave the house for business. I brew a fresh carafe of coffee, drink a couple of cups, and then leave the house. When I leave I turn the coffee maker off and by the time I return the coffee is cold, so I have to warm it up in the microwave. After all, there is no use throwing out a perfectly good carafe of coffee just because it got cold.