Coffee is a big deal in Seattle. There's either a Starbucks, Seattle's Best, or Tully's coffee shop on almost every corner in downtown. Unfortunately I still just can't stand the taste of coffee, even after tasting it several times. We don't have a coffee maker at home, and I just don't want to go spend $4 on a cup of coffee from Starbucks just for the sake of drinking coffee because I'm in Seattle or because everyone else drinks it.

So, instead of coffee, I've started drinking hot tea, English Breakfast tea, to be specific. It's a blend of black teas, similar to Lipton tea. People at my office drink both coffee and tea all the time and we have all we want for free in the office. I still have to use some kind of sweetener to take away the bitterness, since I'm used to my Mom's iced Lipton tea. I'll have to be careful to not drink it too often though because it has caffeine in it. One day last week I had two cups of this English Breakfast tea, along with a Dr Pepper and by mid-afternoon I had a headache, probably from all the caffeine. But, having a cup in the morning a few times a week is nice. Drinking water all the time gets boring. And as for coffee, I doubt I'll ever develop a taste for it.