Written as part of a story, originally, I am thinking this could make a nice armature for an essay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Karda walked across the living room, past the island into the kitchen. She turned on the machine to warm up, and busied herself \u2013 yes, here are the beans, I hope they\u2019re not too old, and here are the cups. She poked among them, looking for birds, and pulled two out. She dumped the beans into the grinder that, according to Theodore, cost as much as the espresso machine. She hit the button, and the whir of the grinder took her back in time to so many mornings where it signaled that Theodore was up and about. She slid the tray out of the grinder and tapped the coffee into the portafilter. She gently tamped it down. She could hear Theodore in her memory: \u201cDon\u2019t use too much pressure when you tamp \u2013 you need to get the grind right. Soft is the way to go; brute force doesn\u2019t get good results.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A soft rising whistle \u2013 Theodore said it was a leak in the boiler \u2013 alerted her that the machine was almost up to temperature. She twisted in the portafilter, watched for the heating light to go out, and flipped the switch. The pump throbbed, groaning as it forced the water through the puck of grounds, pouring out twin brown streams of espresso into two demitasses. She shut off the pump, and was pleased to see the velvety brown foam \u2013 Theodore called it crema \u2013 floating atop the espresso, a sign that it was well-brewed. With a small feeling of victory, she carried them back to living room and set a cup in front of Dexter. \u201cThank you, thank you.\u201d He held it up, eyes closed, inhaling. \u201cYes, perfect.\u201d He held the cup higher, and opened his eyes. \u201cAh, the thrush cup. Look at him there. Half hidden among the vines, with a berry in his mouth. You can almost see him move. And you\u2019ve got the goldfinch cup. See, it\u2019s hanging upside down, ready to pluck seeds out of the heart of a sunflower. We\u2019d take espresso in the morning together, sometimes, out on the terrace, with birdsong in the background. Sometimes,\u201d he leaned forwards confidentially, \u201cit seemed like the birds on the cups were singing too.\u201d<\/p>\n
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