Philippines' Legacy Coffee
Photo by Andrew Neel from Pexels I love to drink coffee but I'm not a coffee addict. For practical reason, I drink it to wake me up in the morning. When I don't get to drink my first cup of coffee in the morning, I will feel a bit sluggish for the rest of the day. It's as if something is missing. I remember that I started drinking coffee when I was in grade 9 (3rd year high school of the old system). It was the 70's and all the fourth year high schoolers are required to attend a weekly citizens' army training. Back then I wanted to be an officer because you get to wear a rank and a shiny saber so I signed up as a candidate officer which required one year training. Part of the candidate officer's training required me to wake up early every Saturday morning. I had to be at the school ground before 5:00 a.m. because we are required to do physical training. The training included jogging for several kilometers outside the school and upon returning, we had to do