TAWC 101

Introduction to the American with coffee, or why the toothpick my blog contains coffee.
Obvious reason: all postgrads mainline caffeine.
The not-reason: I rarely drink coffee anymore, the unfortunate consequence of overdosing on 1.5 pots (12-cupper) of Eight O'Clock coffee one night while working graveyards as an undergrad.
The real reason: today in class, a fellow demonstrator sauntered up to me and randomly announced, "That's you, the American with coffee." Apparently, because I carry around a nifty grass green insulated beverage container and am the only American in a sea full of Irish and English, select students choose to identify me as "the American with coffee."

They're wrong, though. It's not coffee. It's tea. Typically Earl Grey or English Breakfast, occassionally Irish Breakfast, with milk (of course). Sporadically, for non-caffeinated tea consumption, there's Refresh (spearmint, peppermint, and tarragon), Calm (chamomile and other goodies), or sundry varieties depending on location (e.g., Lan Su Yuan traditional Chinese garden). Of course, lest we forget, there's also a random assortment of teas magically appearing in the office near our electric kettle.

So, with all that said, welcome to the world of the American with coffee (n.b., tea).