Behold! The Lukewarmiest Coffee Ever!

Jesus. Here is the cup of the most lukewarm coffee I've ever had. To be fair to our lord and saviour, Starbucks, peace be upon him, this was not purchased at the store who must not be named. Rather, it was bought in the Sheraton Downtown Atlanta at the food buying place. Whatever it's called. Anyway, said coffee was purchased when I returned from dinner so that I might retire to my room for a delightful night of writers' strike tv. 

My first sip was like a fairy tale. The doors to the elevator door had just closed and I was finally alone with my black mistress. I actually prepared myself for the pain of the initial sip, so confident was I in the promise of a piping hot cup of coffee. To be fair to myself the cup did have that corrugated band around it, indicating "Hot! Protect yourself!" so i think it was reasonable to expect the coffee to not only be hot, but be piping hot. Piping hot, twas not.

I've been let down by things before, people mostly, but this coffee really let me down. Why is lukewarm coffee so offensive? I like hot coffee; I like iced coffee; so why does luke warm coffee so displease me? It displeases you too, I bet. Even if you don't drink coffee I bet you instinctually know that lukewarm coffee is crap. And let's call it something else. Let's call it "room temperature" instead of 'lukewarm.' It's still crappy. 

Ah well, I drank it anyway. I tried to pretend it was some sort of chocolate, which twas not.