Monday, January 28, 2008

Thanks a Latte!



Monday, Mondaaaay. The beginning of the week ... time to get stuff done, make our plans and get back to the daily grind. Grind? Hmm ... reminds me of coffee grinds! We love a good reason/excuse to walk downtown and get a caffeine fix. And after a productive morning we sure deserved the break.


Downtown has a lot of little "nooks & crannies." One of those is Dora Drawdy way ... a little brick pavered alley off of 4th Avenue. There you will find several little shops and places to eat. Our destination today was the Mount Dora Coffee House for a good cup of joe. Which makes me ask the question ... where did the term "joe" come from when referencing coffee??? If you know, please comment!


This little coffee house is warm and welcoming. It has all the right ingredients of a great coffee house ... tucked away in a quiet alley, earthy paint colors & decor, cool music, and GREAT coffee. There are tables and chairs both indoors and outdoors to provide you with space to either sit & read, play a game or chat it up with some friends.


Thanks for the pick-me-up! Now, back to the daily grind ...
Cheers!
Brian & Rachelle



1 comment:

Jim Hobart said...

"Cup of joe" is an American nickname for coffee. The phrase goes back to the mid-1840s, and is of unclear origin, though it is possibly short for "Old Black Joe," the title of a popular Stephen Foster song. In any case, it predates Josephus Daniels, the Secretary of the Navy who banned the serving of alcohol on ships in 1914.

Another possible origin lies in the birth of America's taste for coffee, which developed in the 19th century after tea was no longer available from British merchants. The phrase may have come into the American English language via a misunderstanding of the French word chaud, which means "hot" and is pronounced similarly.

Cup of Joe could also be attributed to Joseph Stalin, whose brutal murder of his wife and slave servant over a mis-prepared cup of coffee, rocked the Russian world during Stalin's reign of terror in early Communist Russia. Stalin's love for coffee was only outdone by his love of Karl Marx's Communist theories.

Another popular theory derives out of World War I where GI Joes drank Coffee to stay up late as minute men. Coffee and GI's were so associated that many generals began to order a Cup of Joe to help identify and work with their subordinates. The phrase was implemented out of respect of soldiers and their choice of drink as it was always made to be readily available and for those in particular who were needed at a minutes notice.

Source: Wikipedia