I Like it Hot and Hearty

             I Like it Hot and Hearty

   I like it hot and hearty, straight and strong.

If this is wrong, then nothing else be right.

Let it taste fragrant, fresh and not too light.

If this proves right, then nothing else be wrong.

   Espresso, cappuccino italiano,

Latte macchiato? No such thing!

No mochachino or americano!

A cup of coffee—that’s my very drink.

   Here are the beans: arabica, one pound.

Grind bitterness, dispel your morbid mood.

Wake up and taste your treasure freshly ground.

Wake up and sip your treasure freshly brewed.

   A cup of coffee makes the mind grow rich.

No coffee leaves it dull and black as pitch.

                                                  Rolf-Peter Wille

                                                           (2007)

                          

Rolf-Peter Wille: The Coffee God, 1994