Well when you have to go...

...might as well have a cup of joe.

Yesterday morning I was riding the light rail on the way to school when perhaps the most inconvenient thing that could ever happen, happened. I needed to go to the bathroom, bad. And I mean, really bad.  I was passing through the middle of downtown when it happened, almost out of nowhere, and argued with myself, thinking perhaps I could make it to school but "nope, I had to go now."

There's seriously a mental and physical struggle that goes on when I'm trying to hold it in as long as I can, especially when it's really bad.  Probably the most effective argument I use on myself is to shout to myself inside my head:

"YOU ARE NOT AN ANIMAL AARON, YOU CAN HOLD IT IN, CONTROL YOURSELF, THIS IS WHAT SEPARATES US FROM ANIMALS, DON'T DARE LOOSEN UP. HOLD IT IN!" 

Fortunately, one of my favorite coffee shops is located pretty much right at one of the upcoming light rail stops - the closest I could think of of where to release. I hopped off the train, and as inconspicuously as I can, walk-ran right to the men's room. I made it.

Naturally, I couldn't leave the store without buying something. So I got a V60 Hario pour-over of a new Latin American brew from Panama and... it was simply beautiful.

The coffee was a masterpiece.  It was amazingly complex, filled with layers and layers of richness.  It literally took me the whole cup of coffee to feel adequate at having described it, and I think that's where the beauty came from.  Together as the whole, the coffee was superb, but even more, as a test to its complexity I literally had to focus on each separate part of the experience to get its full characterization.  From first impression, to texture, to body, to aroma, to acidity/brightness, to elements of smoothness, to midpalate, to its many, many flavors on the retrohale, and finally, to its finish. This particular coffee had so much depth in every aspect that for every particular faucet of it required my full, undivided attention.  It brought back memories, rejuvenated my vigor, and raised my hopes for the future. This coffee was a transcendental tasting experience.

And experiences like that can happen to anyone, really.  So, let's have a cup of coffee sometime, yeah?