Hehehe.... er, right. I apologise if this blog post causes an offence in some way, I do realise that I may sound very 'up myself', but hey, sorry. As regular blog readers, and friends, will realise when it comes to listening to music, I do have my beliefs and am not afraid to 'voice' them.
I cannot see the attraction, to drinking coffee 'on the go'. Drinking a coffee, is an experience. Do not damage it. Admittedly, this may be because right now, I can't walk down a street (let alone doing such with a coffee). To have a coffee is such a special experience, it cannot be slurped out of a throw-away cardboard/polymer piece of instantaneous rubbish, half-way down a street, whilst you concentrate on something else. My use of a wheelchair, has fortunately taught me to use a cafe properly, as they were designed to be used. I will take my time to drink the latte or cappucino, or black coffee (minimising milk intake). These 'long' drinks, i would usually allow 20/25 minutes for. If I am in a rush, but a coffee is still needed, I will go into the cafe, taking an espresso (often still at the bar), spend 5 mins at the most. This way I am using re-usable kitchen-ware, experiencing the drink as it was 'designed' to be drunk. The taste, flavour, and smell senses provided by the special drink cannot be ruined by a polymer straw, plastic lid, or a cardboard cup (that may end up getting soaked, limped and ruined). These cups that i see users clutchng on a bus or a train journey, live to die. They are for disposal. A mug, regularly supplied within a cafe, or at home, allows the user not to taste the cardboard, but instead to experience the full beauty of the coffee, and possibly the artistic design of the mug. Fair enough the cardboard may be recyclable, but who actually disposes of the cup responsibly, if used? The chances are that the lid and straw are LDPE or some other cheap or low quality plastic (therefore recycling needs to be checked). The chances are that both cup and lid/straw are disposed of together, go to landfill as rubbish. This is not what we want. Even if the cup was disposed of responsibly, the energy used in creating more recycled material, is lost. A lose/lose situation.
Instead, please use a cafe (support your local independent). Right, my coffee has worn off, i've typed enough and run out of energy. Night.
I cannot see the attraction, to drinking coffee 'on the go'. Drinking a coffee, is an experience. Do not damage it. Admittedly, this may be because right now, I can't walk down a street (let alone doing such with a coffee). To have a coffee is such a special experience, it cannot be slurped out of a throw-away cardboard/polymer piece of instantaneous rubbish, half-way down a street, whilst you concentrate on something else. My use of a wheelchair, has fortunately taught me to use a cafe properly, as they were designed to be used. I will take my time to drink the latte or cappucino, or black coffee (minimising milk intake). These 'long' drinks, i would usually allow 20/25 minutes for. If I am in a rush, but a coffee is still needed, I will go into the cafe, taking an espresso (often still at the bar), spend 5 mins at the most. This way I am using re-usable kitchen-ware, experiencing the drink as it was 'designed' to be drunk. The taste, flavour, and smell senses provided by the special drink cannot be ruined by a polymer straw, plastic lid, or a cardboard cup (that may end up getting soaked, limped and ruined). These cups that i see users clutchng on a bus or a train journey, live to die. They are for disposal. A mug, regularly supplied within a cafe, or at home, allows the user not to taste the cardboard, but instead to experience the full beauty of the coffee, and possibly the artistic design of the mug. Fair enough the cardboard may be recyclable, but who actually disposes of the cup responsibly, if used? The chances are that the lid and straw are LDPE or some other cheap or low quality plastic (therefore recycling needs to be checked). The chances are that both cup and lid/straw are disposed of together, go to landfill as rubbish. This is not what we want. Even if the cup was disposed of responsibly, the energy used in creating more recycled material, is lost. A lose/lose situation.
Instead, please use a cafe (support your local independent). Right, my coffee has worn off, i've typed enough and run out of energy. Night.
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