Coffee & Reading the Morning Paper

HELLO FRIDAY.

This past week, we got a beautiful plant water mister for our prayer plant, which seems to be doing fairly well in our home in DC. The prayer plant folds up into “prayer position” every evening when it sleeps, and it’s so beautiful. Having this plant has nudged us to be more mindful, and has also expanded out our “jungalow” section of our apartment! If you need some plant/wild inspiration, we highly recommend the Jungalow.

Where did we get coffee this week? The Wydown! The Coffee Bar on S Street! Where did you go this week or do you have a plan for this weekend? Perhaps Un Je Ne Sais Quoi?! Congrats to the Un Je Ne Sais Quoi chef who just won a Rammy this week — best pastry chef of the year! 🙂

If you’re able and enjoy our writing/posts, please support us with a coffee. It means a lot to us. Thank you!

Wishing you all the best. Wishing you peace. Wishing you time cupsouls.

Quote for the Weekend

“Though fairy tales end after ten pages, our lives do not. We are multi-volume sets. In our lives, even though one episode amounts to a crash and burn, there is always another episode awaiting us and then another. There are always more opportunities to get it right, to fashion our lives in the ways we deserve to have them. Don’t waste your time hating a failure. Failure is a greater teacher than success.”

Women Who Run With the Wolves

Links we’re clicking:

• Black-Owned Chocolate Brand Wins Fans With Margarita, Truffle Flavors
• Hershey warns of Halloween candy shortage! Takeaway? Order some chocolate soon (!) and store it properly so that it stays fresh.
• Drinking matcha lately? We have been exploring matcha bowls, aka matcha chawans, and we have a few in our carts, like this “deep sea” one or this one with cherry blossoms.

Your Coffee Shop Outfit

The above pictures are kind of a mood board for the beginning of August — coffee shops and enjoying coffee at home. If you’re looking for more inspiration, we have a blog about creating your coffee shop aesthetic right at home, here, and an entire Pinterest 🙂 Check them out!

Some Chocolate Dessert

• We want to try Rózsavölgyi Csokoládé Gran Nativo Blanco, Peru 72%!
• Need a gift? How about ordering this “clever cocktail combo for the craft connoisseur”?! Yum.
• This weekend, whip up a summery coffee recipe; sounds refreshing! Also this frozen hot chocolate!

Happy weekend, coffee lovers! Stay cool.

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