#STB Coffee Prompt Week 64 | The coffee date

"Friend, Gloria and I are dating, I feel like she's my soul mate."

"Henry, I think that's great, you were after her for many months and now you started dating, you're a stud, haha." I was happy for my friend Henry, it was very hard for him to convince Gloria.

"I still can't believe it, me dating the prettiest girl in the accounting office." Henry's eyes looked like those of a cute puppy dog.

"Henry, I have nothing left to do but congratulate you, come on that hug." A brotherly hug showed my friend how happy I was for him.

After that moment, emotions flowed like a spring of crystal clear water. At the end of the hug, Henry said to me "Thank you, my dear friend, this makes me very happy and gives a new perspective to my life."

"Truly I am very happy for you." A sincere smile of friendship came to my lips.

"Thank you for your words, my friend, I am very happy, but there is something else that has me worried" Henry's face paled for a moment.

"What is it, Henry?" I put my hand on his shoulder.

"What's going on is that she's a coffee lover and so I thought I'd impress her with something to do with coffee, so she'll fall at my feet."

"I see what's got you worried, Henry."

"Help me, my friend, what can I do to make Gloria stay with me, even though I don't like coffee." He was asking me almost in anguish for help or at least give him a glimmer of hope.

"Ok, Henry, don't despair, let's think of something that will make Gloria stay with you regardless of the coffee thing." I cupped my chin as I came up with a good plan, for the ultimate date. Something suddenly came up on my cell phone screen. It was an ad for a workshop on preparing different coffee recipes. I read it and immediately my light bulb went on. "That's what a true coffee lover would want. A workshop where you can learn how to prepare recipes of what you love the most".

"A coffee workshop... I think it sounds like a great idea and I think it will be fun too." Henry's eyes lit up at the idea.

"Ok, the first thing will be to make some reservations for the course," I would tell Henry to get started on his plan to impress Gloria.

Over the next few days, Henry began to organize and finally, everything was planned for a weekend of lots of coffee and love. Gloria, as expected, was amazed, as it seemed to be what she had been waiting for for a long time.

The day arrived, and I could not miss the workshop, I loved coffee and it would be a perfect occasion to polish my skills as an amateur barista. Logically I was going to take my distance between the two lovers and be there if my friend needed any help.

A small group of us met in the place, where there were all kinds of coffee machines, roasters, coffee makers, milk frothers, grinders, coffee compactors, scales, among many other utensils.

The class began in that place that was flooded with the smell of coffee, which penetrated the nostrils. The barista explained the uses of each utensil and made us manipulate each one of them. I could see Gloria and Henry loving the class.

We ground some coffee beans and handled the espresso machine, it was a unique sensation to be in a place where the flavor and aroma of what we loved most came alive with each preparation. The two lovers enjoyed every moment of the class, I watched as the chemistry flowed in conjunction with the caffeine, without a doubt Henry had achieved his goal.

To finish, the barista invited us to prepare a cappuccino, as explained in the class, we each took the ingredients and started with the preparation. The two lovers helped each other to finish the cappuccino. After a moment I could see something that seemed to me to be the misfortune of the afternoon.

Gloria was offering a sip of cappuccino to Henry who was looking a little tense, his relationship with coffee was not very good. I thought about going in to interrupt that moment, but it was too late, the cup was going straight from Gloria's hands to Henry's mouth, I closed my eyes and thought the worst.

After a few moments, I returned to the scene and saw Henry savoring the cappuccino Gloria gave him, at that moment I took a deep breath, then I watched as Gloria brought her mouth close to Henry's and kissed him, my friend's foamy mouth was an accomplice of these two lovers.

We all clapped and shouted with happiness as the couple kissed and declared their love for each other. Coffee had done it again. Haha...

The next day I ran into my friend. "Hey Henry, you sure did, I thought you wouldn't make it out of this one. What making love does. Haha..."

"I didn't think I could do it and just drank Gloria's cappuccino, it was delicious and well the kiss was wonderful, mixed with the caffeine. We'll keep going to the classes and I'm slowly drinking coffee, the coffee Gloria gives me." a smile was painted on Henry's face. "That was a great idea, my friend, thanks for the suggestion."

"You're welcome, Henry, you know to enjoy the love and the coffee, haha..."