Growing up, my mom hoped I'd convert to a coffee drinker.

I traveled with a pastor and my mom jokingly asked him to influence me.

Eh, after about a year of me being on his team traveling about once a month, he took a break from coffee 😅

Then I worked as a substitute teacher for a bit, also a super heavy coffee culture and lots of people convert there. Nope, still not for me.

Then I worked at a church for a while, another high coffee consumption place, still nothing.

Then I worked nights at a hotel... the day staff kept being surprised how much energy I had in the mornings, still without having had any coffee!

Now I'm married to someone who likes coffee, and my mom has handed over the reins, hoping that maybe at least my husband would be able to convert me.

I have tried his coffee sometimes, (TINY sips) and I have to admit that it doesn't have as big of a negative effect on me as it did before, but still not for me.

Then I tried his mocha once, and it was better, but still had that awful aftertaste.

However, the Starbucks peppermint mocha cut the aftertaste, so I have had one of those, once! And I finished all 12 oz!

However, those are super expensive so I would not consider myself converted yet! 😎🤣

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Coffee is overrated. So is chocolate.

Nah, I like the chocolate beans! But sometimes people don't know how to handle them well. I'm from Europe, so I grew up with awesome chocolate.

I've also tried Hershey's and Asian chocolate, those are certainly overrated!

What is an example of awesome chocolate?

What is Asian chocolate? 😅

Asian chocolate is super waxy and low flavor. Even their kit kats taste different because of how they mix their chocolate.

To me, good chocolate is creamy and flavorful without being bitter. Swedish or Swiss chocolate is great. Lindt 70% is pretty good. I think I still prefer the Swedish brand Marabou's 70%, but I can't get that in America.

Ooh, and some good chocolate that's supposedly just plane chocolate, but if savored end up giving off a fruity flavor.

I'll get you in the end. Resistance is futile.

We will see, we will see 😎

I'll pray/bean for you 🙏☕

Well, the bible does say that of two or three agree on something, it will happen.

When two (my mom and husband) agreed, it wasn't quite enough, so with you it makes it 3, so we'll see how things turn out 🤔😬🤗

Maybe 2 and a half, since I'm still just a random anon on the internet 😅😆

Well, you are a bat, and last time I heard of a bat, it affected the whole planet, so don't underestimate your power 😁🤣

That was a man made bat

Oh, are you suggesting Jay's profile picture is AI generated, instead of man made? 😇🤣🤣

I don't know what happened to me last year, but I went from exactly this to drinking coffee every day. God works in mysterious ways.

He sure does!

I grew up in Sweden, and the word for "prayers" and "beans" are the same. So there were lots of jokes conflating the two, like "coffee prayers". Maybe some of those got to you 🤔

Those Swedes must have bean praying hard for me 😂🙏 But hey, I love coffee now so can't complain.