精品閱讀：咖啡與人生 (上)_跨考網(wǎng)

　　精品閱讀：咖啡與人生 (下)

　　Grandmother didn't just like her coffee, and it wouldn't really do her justice to say she loved her coffee. Grandmother was to coffee what a sommelier is to wine. She knew the intricacies of coffee, the different tastes and even the textures. And only the best would do for her. No instant coffee, or coffee bought at the grocery store. She had to have fresh coffee, from a respectable coffee shop. "The morning cup of coffee sets the tone for the whole day," she used to say.

　　奶奶不止是喜歡咖啡這么簡單，說句公道話，咖啡是她的摯愛。咖啡對于奶奶而言，就如同美酒對于斟酒侍者一般重要。她對于咖啡的紛繁學問，其不同的口味，甚至其結構特征都了如指掌。而她只喝最好的咖啡，既不要速溶的，也不喜歡從雜貨店買的。她一定要喝有名望的咖啡店出售的新鮮咖啡。“清晨的一杯咖啡決定了一整天的基調。”她常這么說。

　　I used to go to Grandmother's every Sunday morning. Her routine was always the same. She would kiss me once on each cheek, hang up my coat and lead me into the kitchen, slice a piece of banana bread right out of the oven (sometimes cranberry)， and pour a cup of freshly brewed coffee.

　　以前每個星期天的早上，我都會去奶奶家，而她也總會用同樣的程序來迎接我。她會在我的兩邊臉頰上各親一下，掛起我的外套，然后把我?guī)нM廚房，切一片剛出爐的香蕉面包(有時候是蔓越橘口味的)，并倒一杯新煮的咖啡給我。

　　"Alexa," she said to me one day. "Did you know that every person's personality is like a flavor of coffee?"

　　“阿麗夏，”一天，她對我說，“你知道嗎，每個人的性格就像是一種口味的咖啡?！?/p>

　　"Really?" I said, amused at how Grandmotherrelished her coffee so much that she related everything to it.

　　“是嗎?”我說。見到奶奶如此鐘愛她的咖啡，以致于將每一件事物都與之扯上關系，覺得挺逗的。

　　"Ye" she said. "You, my dear, are French vanilla. You are sweet, almost sickeningly so at times to the discerning coffee drinker." I slightly recoiled at Grandmother's assessment of me. You expect your grandmother to call you sweet, but never sickeningly sweet.

　　“是的，”她說?！澳?，我親愛的，是法國香草味的。你很甜美，對于那些有品味的咖啡客來說，有時甜得都有些發(fā)膩了?！甭犃四棠虒ξ业脑u價后，我覺得有點不爽。你當然會希望奶奶說你很甜美，但絕對不希望是甜得發(fā)膩。