Coffee in a nutshell

ShahiraA to Z April Challenge

This post is part of the A to Z Challenge. My theme for the month is A to Z of words in English with an Arabic origin

Only in the Arab world can you see a Starbucks Coffee and a Qahwa joint in the same street. Rarely, do we realize the underlying connection between both the Eastern and Western word and worlds.

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What is your morning drink? Tea, Coffee or none?

I leave you with this still from Gilmore Girls. Lorelai Gilmore and her famous love for coffee !

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(This month will fly. I am sure. Already the third day of the A to Z Challenge. How are you people so prompt with reading blogs/commenting and updating? I am so behind in catching up ….already !! Lol)

29 thoughts on “Coffee in a nutshell”

  3. Oooh fun fact about Gilmore Girls: Alexis Bledel who played Rory actually hates coffee so in the show whenever she is driking it, it is actually flat coke. And as for myself, I prefer tea to coffee but I will drink both from time to time.

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  6. My grandpa had an exquisite Turkish coffee cup that he kept in his China cabinet. I like to imagine its journey to America, as his mother brought it with her when she immigrated from Syria back in 1920. I love coffee, and all stories about coffee.

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  7. Now that you have specifically mentioned, I see a relation between Coffee and Qahwah…I love coffee as equally as tea! 🙂
    Good luck for the remaining letters for the rest of the month,
    Garima

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  8. I’m behind on hopping from blog to blog and commenting, too. This is my first year, and I wasn’t really prepared. I started at seven this morning, and I’m still not done – plus, being new, I didn’t realize I should write all these posts in advance… So I have to write a post before I go to sleep tonight. 🙂 I’m glad to hear I’m not the only one who is a little behind. Not good for you, but it helps for me to know I’m not alone. I’m certainly glad to be following your blog. Oh, and coffee? I agree with Lorelai. I only like it with my oxygen. 🙂
    Best,
    Deb@ http://debioneille.blogspot.com

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    1. I wish you good luck and fun with the challenge ! I too am doing my posts on the day instead of scheduling them.

      The challenge has helped me to read some new and interesting blogs.

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  9. Yup, it’s hard work the A-Z! You’ll need a holiday when April is over … and a good strong coffee with a celebratory something else in it. Nothing like a cuppa coffee to make it easier! I LOVE my coffee though have a cup of tea first thing in the a.m.
    Thanks, great post!
    Garden of Eden Blog

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    1. Yes, I am beginning to realize it’s a lot of hard work, but since I am in between jobs now, it is keeping me busy and stopping me from “worrying” about all the pressing issues here !

      thank you ! 🙂

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  10. I love finding out the origin of words and this was such a revelation 🙂 I drink coffee in the morning but have cut back from my usual nearly 5 cups a day to a maximum of 2 only!

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  11. The trick is to accept that you can’t visit every blog and comment- I visit only a few but make sure I read the posts rather than just liking and hopping on!

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  12. Firstly, thank you for coming over there. It’s yesterday I opened my blog after months. So no telling about how up to date I been on reading and following blogs. And like I mentioned, I was surprised to see some comments, including yours. And I am happy to see you again today. This A-Z challenge looks quite challenging. I have never dared to do something like that because of how regular I am over here. But I guess, this is indeed an exciting world to be. Remembering the word Qahweh took me back to schooldays when I had learned Arabic as second language and had translations to do from text. 🙂
    Looking forward for more from you and yes, keep in touch. 🙂

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  14. I like a flat white coffee or green tea in the mornings. And I absolutely LOVE Gilmore Girls so much I was convinced I am like Rory’s character since she also loves to write and is a literary genius. Haha I know, one can always dream right? (Random: I think Rory should have ended up with Jess! Hehe)
    ~Mardhiah

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