Trucker Coffee

though you may not be a trucker never have driven a semi with your CDL never ever even thought of coasting up above the open road putting thousands of miles beneath your cap to the tune of “east bound and down”--- you may have, in your short time on this planet, walked into a diner & ordered yourself up a deep cup of trucker’s coffee. strong & without ulterior motive, the trucker’s coffee will stare you right in the eye and tell you “look man, you can either add milk & sugar to me, or you can take me straight, but either way--- we gonna be waking your ass up!” trucker’s coffee is not made by truckers, its not brewed only in trucks, and it certainly doesn’t come from some island that only truckers can get to--- but it is an honest drink--- you know it when you see it & you see it when you smell it. it doesn’t offer up the slightly bitter mystique of your french roasted arabica or the pleasant aromas of any of those classic coffeehouse concoctions, it doesn’t even qualify as quality colombian, but it may very well kick you like kona. mind you, this coffee is not for the weak stomached--- it is not the light brown water that you get offered politely by your neighbor, when you come over to discuss the fact that their kids are too damn loud when they are playing in their backyard at the crack of dawn on any given work day. it is brewed with the crappy water that only diners can muster, where no matter what tap it is poured from, it still tastes thicker & harder than any water you have ever sipped from another--- there may or may not be grounds still floating in it, and it’s overall warmth may range anywhere from scalding hot to luke warm, but the fact remains, at one, seldom changing price, regularly falling below $2.00 & free refills, you can’t go wrong & you will be awake very soon.