It's been a minute since I've done a post on coffee so today I'm going to bore you with my morning coffee routine at work, a new breakfast that I've been enjoying with my beverage and a fun little addition to our coffee bar at home. Here we go.
Firstly let's start with my coffee routine in the morning.
I wake up and pet my cat. She always races over to greet me in the morning. From there I head over to our coffee bar and grind enough beans for one serving of coffee. I put them into a filter and hit the button on the machine for a standard drip / brewed coffee. Next I feed the cat and dog, pack my lunch for the day, let the dog outside, and then retrieve my thermos before finishing up to leave for work.
I arrive at work 8-10 minutes early and punch in. I start my computer and pour my coffee into one of three different mugs that I use specifically at work. I never drink coffee from my thermos and always drink from a mug. For some reason I don't like the taste and smell of the coffee when I drink it from a metal lined container.
I like to use a smaller mug and two of ones that I use at work are souveniers from a German Christmas Market that we went to a few years ago. The other mug was a gift from a previous coworker.
I enjoy half of my coffee while I go over my patient list at the hospital and review my consults then the other half when I get back from our interdisciplinary rounds with the team. I eat my breakfast (overnight oats) at that time as well while I plan out my daily tasks, make a to-do list and answers questions that come in through the secure chats. That is basically my coffee routine for the morning at work.
Next is the overnight oats that I've been making. They are a delicious and healthy way to start the day, or at least I like to think that they are healthy.
I use large flake/rolled oats, almond milk, chia seeds, coconut, a scoop of collagen (I'm on that trend now) and a tsp of spirulina - sometimes referred to as blue green algae.
The spirulina gives the oats a deep rich blue green color and adds a lot of nutrients to the meal. The one we buy doesn't have a lot of flavor but definitely adds an earthiness to the oats.
I also add blueberries for added flavor (fresh or frozen, depending on what I buy for the week).
The last thing to talk about is our tiny barista. Several years ago I received a Lego barista as a small Christmas gift. Back then we didn't have a fancy coffee maker or bar in our home but my wifes parents had an automatic latte machine, so I decided to place it on their machine in secret and allow them to enjoy the little Lego man.
After we got our espresso machine I wanted to get the barista back but he remained on their machine for years and is still there today, so it just didn't feel right to take it back after all of this time. Last year my wife found a Lego group online that sells and swaps various pieces of Lego, and someone happened to have a barista man that they were selling.
She bought it and gave it to me as a Christmas gift, so now we have our own little Lego barista sitting on our coffee bar. I think it's a fun little addition and brings a small sense of joy when I see it.
Well thats it for my coffee routine, breakfast and tiny barista post. I hope it didn't bore you too much. Do you have a favorite breakfast or routine that you do in the morning? Let me know in the comments!