Coffe for Two

There are aromas that have the power to transport us to specific moments, places and situations in our lives. For Alicia, a consecrated barista, the smell of coffee had the virtue of taking her back to all kinds of stories, each one of them linked to a special aroma and preparation, and the sweetness of bombom coffee took her back to the sweetest love story.

"Very few have the joy of doing what they are passionate about and some lucky ones can make a living out of it " was the phrase that could be read upon entering "Coffe for Two", the trendy place among young and not so young to enjoy the best coffee in the city.

Just two years ago "Coffe for Two", had ceased to be a dream, to become a reality. Who would have thought that her first encounter with coffee would be able to mark Alicia's life in such a way and although she was not one of those romantics who believed in love at first sight, her relationship with coffee could well be a great love story.

Behind the bar Alicia felt that she could touch the sky. She considered herself a kind of alchemist who with her particular coffee-colored concoctions was capable of making her customers experience all kinds of emotions.

From the hand of her Nona she had discovered what love was in a small cup of coffee when she was only eight years old and from that first encounter their Sunday date became her favorite time of the week.

Although Nona Lucia was strictly forbidden to offer coffee to her granddaughter, she turned a deaf ear and Sunday after Sunday she made her live a different experience.

With her she learned to prepare many of the types of coffee that she now offered on her menu to her clients and over the years Alicia discovered that life, like coffee, has different tones and intensities and that there is an ideal one for every occasion.

The mocha for example was special for rainy days and a touch of ginger and cinnamon brought you closer to Christmas.

For hot summer afternoons nothing better than an oreo frapuccino and when the heart ached the guayoyito was the best, but undoubtedly his greatest love was the coffee bonbon.

The intensity of the dark coffee in perfect union with condensed milk and whipped cream had become an addiction that led her to surrender at the feet of coffee and determined as she had always been after pleasing her parents by getting a university degree she said goodbye to books and went after her dreams.

After all, what is life without a dream. So he took a barista course, although in his work instinct was his best ally and with the economic support of his grandmother he opened what would be his first coffee shop. Named "Coffee for Two" as a perennial reminder of those Sunday afternoons with his beloved Nona.

Her preparations, beyond a simple coffee, reflected her passion and understanding for life and the different stages or circumstances that human beings could go through, and it was in this way that the coffee alchemist was able to guess in some magical way which potion would be the ideal one to cure a broken heart or to celebrate an achievement, and that was precisely what had made her occupy a privileged place among coffee lovers.

Alicia was in her element and in her moment. Completely surrounded by that smell that was part of her being and her skin. All of her was brown.

"After all love at first sight does exist " said Nona Lucia smiling while her granddaughter with the same excitement of her childhood years slowly enjoyed her bombom coffee as in every Sunday date.

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