Wake up and smell the coffee

"I have given up decaffeinated",...usually it's the other way around,..."I've given up caffeine", was my previous motto,...now I'm officially off that wagon. But, in my defense, coffee and diet coke with lime are the only two beverages I consume that contain caffeine. Moderation. Through personal experimentation,...I have found that caffeine is like ginko biloba for my system. It not only enhances my energy, slightly,...but aids my memory as well. But no more than two cups. Caffeinated coffee has the same rule for my body as martini's,...and my pal, Jay gave me the crutch martini rule,....he said he heard martini's are like breasts,...."one is too few and three is too many". As I said that rule also applies to me for caffeinated coffee. One is okay,...two is just right but three cups makes me jittery and by noon I crash hard and am face down in a puddle of drool under my desk. I am not ashamed to say Krispy Kreme is my preferred coffee beverage. Yes, the image is all wrong. As a matter of fact, there is no image,....well, there's the overweight image that comes with their main product line,...but I am about to be 44, and I don't care. The coffee is as good as Starbuck's and they have several choices to select from, including decaffeinated. I prefer the smooth blend, with two cremes and one equal,....though I am man enough to drink it black. I usually go to the "drive-up-to" window, and the staff at my Krispy Kreme even administer the creme and the equal for me! Now, that makes you feel important! That's customer service!(I once was served by an apparent dislexic who put in one creme and two equals, but then who has zero defects?). And another positive about KK coffee is that's not only is the brew as good/or better than the big name coffeeterier(?), but the price point is 10 cents cheaper. Now, that may not sound like much, but how many of us in this $3 per gallon day, would drive 25 miles to fill up our cars with gasoline at an out of the way little fast food mart selling fuel 10 cents cheaper than everyone else?

Just a couple other features about Krispy coffee,...they sell a "to go" brew box for $9.99, which is great for class at church or business meetings, and they now sell the "fru fru" iced/blended dessert cappaccino drinks.

My idea for KK is that they spin-off some small specialty coffee shoppes that may appeal to those not comfortable with the doughnut image(Krispy Koffee?nnnaaaa,...I think it'll have to be some "breakaway" name). I must admit,...just the smell is a source of strong temptation to tack on a dozen glazed to go with my single cup of joe,...but I have resisted thus far,....by staying in the car. If you go in, they always offer a free hot doughnut,...and I am just not that strong. With just one free sample, they can convince me(or I convince myself) that I need to walk out of there with no less than two dozen. My conspiracy theory is that the glaze is laced with crack. I mean, when I go in,...it's all I can do to keep from leaping over the counter and laying on a coushin of fluffy warm doughnuts as the conveyor transports me through the glaze cascade. Well,....last week I touted the wares of Whataburger, so this is my free plug for this week. Krispy Kreme Koffee(but please don't abbreviate).