{"id":20526,"date":"2023-01-18T08:00:37","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T16:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/?p=20526"},"modified":"2022-12-10T21:55:47","modified_gmt":"2022-12-11T05:55:47","slug":"gourmet-coffee-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/gourmet-coffee-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Gourmet Coffee Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1975\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/coffee-house-friday-10\/hot-black-coffee\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/hot-black-coffee.jpg?fit=2880%2C1800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2880,1800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"hot-black-coffee\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/hot-black-coffee.jpg?fit=800%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-1975 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/hot-black-coffee.jpg?resize=802%2C501&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"802\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/hot-black-coffee.jpg?resize=1024%2C640&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/hot-black-coffee.jpg?resize=300%2C187&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/hot-black-coffee.jpg?resize=320%2C200&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/hot-black-coffee.jpg?w=2144&amp;ssl=1 2144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 802px) 100vw, 802px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It&#8217;s National GOURMET Coffee Day!\u00a0 So basically the expensive stuff!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">And yes &#8230;\u00a0 yes I have a snippet and it&#8217;s from my list!\u00a0 Sonya who asked for Ernesto\/Andrew<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ernesto&#8217;s hand reached across the bed searching for his Mate only to find cold empty sheets.\u00a0 \u00a0He shifted slightly to reach further in hope but to only find more cold empty sheets.\u00a0 \u00a0With a sigh he shifted and sat up in the bed, noticing instantly that he was alone and Mateless.\u00a0 \u00a0It wasn&#8217;t often the two had quiet mornings, or even the ability to wake up in the same bed.\u00a0 So he was disappointed to not find Andrew in their bed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The vacation was much needed. He hadn&#8217;t had taken time away from work in years.\u00a0 He wasn&#8217;t that surprised that the Pope had plotted with everyone to get him to take two weeks, amazingly Andrew had ended up with the same time off.\u00a0 \u00a0Lucretia didn&#8217;t give either of them a moment to say anything before they were shipped off to Ireland.\u00a0 \u00a0Ernesto gave himself credit for holding back two days before he snagged his phone to check in, only to stop when Andrew stepped into the room wearing only his kilt.\u00a0 \u00a0After that he couldn&#8217;t find his phone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He dragged himself out of the bed, pulled on a pair of jeans that had landed on a chair when clothes were being desperately removed last night.\u00a0 \u00a0Ernesto left their cozy room, made his way down the stairs into the small kitchen to groan at the heavenly smell.\u00a0 &#8220;Gimmie.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Andrew laughed and handed over the cup.\u00a0 &#8220;This is the good stuff.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;We live in Italy, all of it is the good stuff.&#8221;\u00a0 He sipped the delicious coffee.\u00a0 &#8220;Was hoping to find you in bed.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;I was going to bring back coffee, but someone got up.&#8221;\u00a0 He reached over and kissed his Mate softly.\u00a0 &#8220;So how about we sit outside and enjoy watching the sunrise.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He sipped the coffee, then set it on the counter pulling Andrew close to him kissing him deeply.\u00a0 &#8220;Sounds like a perfect way to start the day.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s National GOURMET Coffee Day!\u00a0 So basically the expensive stuff! 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