Rules to live by! Coffee is my one consistent morning ritual. I love the smell, the taste, and I even enjoy the ceremony of grinding the beans and getting the water to the perfect temp. I can't say I do it for the energy but mornings when i cannot have it feel less - morningy? I'll go with promising.

I said for years I'd give up wine before coffee and I'm doing a dry spell to prep for kayaking trip now, so I guess I was right. However, my love for coffee does border on the extreme, as evidenced by all the expensive coffee paraphernalia lying around my kitchen.

Good to know there are limits to its ROI, though, Tammy!