Coffee, the quicker picker-upper

Victor Schukov

Without my morning coffee, I am an idiot. Until I have my first cup of brewed ambrosia, I have been known to shave with a deodorant stick, leave the house without socks on and, in a momentary panic, frantically pat all of my pockets while driving, looking for my house keys and forgetting that they are dangling from my car’s ignition.

What is this magical bean that most of us take for granted?

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