Every morning, as you get out of bed to face the new day, a sweet aroma brewing on the edge of your nostrils caresses you slowly down the staircase and through the kitchen door. As you open the door to the new world beyond your mattress and your pillowcases, you are enchanted once again by the haunting smell of the concoction you have come to know as coffee.



Yes, you read it right coffee! How many people living in the fast lane drink coffee to perk up and be invigorated. How about people in the rural areas lying back to sound of beautiful afternoon melodies while basking the afternoon away after a good day's work?

And do we ever love coffee. People have a fascination for coffee that has reached monstrous proportions. The people who have coffee noses and coffee tongues can't work without having a sip of the well-loved concoction. There are many things that they can go without but coffee is definitely not one of them.

Can you smell the brew?"Coffee addicts" that is what we call them. These people are the kind of people that can't live without caffeine even for one day. They have caffeine in the veins as the blood that flows in their bloodstream. They are so much into coffee that they go through great lengths for that ultimate coffee experience. Like a pilgrimage to Mecca or the search for the Holy Grail, like Don Quixote's elusive dragon hunt or the search for Davey Jones's locker, the hunt for the ultimate coffee experience is never ending.

Just when you thought that you've found it, another scent catches the wind and we are off to the next hunt. This is especially true for coffee addicts; their insatiable need to have coffee in their blood sometimes get the best of them and their pockets. They may not know it but they have been on the trail of coffee right in front of their noses.

But what is it with coffee and why do we come back day in and day out for the taste that it has? Coffee, we all know, wakes us up in the morning, perks up our day and give us the great kick-start to our day. Caffeine in coffee gives us just the right nudge to be always alert during the long day.

In the morning, it gives us the right amount to start off the day. In the afternoon, it relaxes a person after a long day of work and exhaustion. In between those times, coffee can be good for anything that suits our purpose. Coffee can also be deadly when taken in excess.