As the first entry in my Don’t Read This category, I wanted to bring you my latest coffee discovery.

[Note:  Don’t Read This entries have absolutely nothing to do with dream jobs, motivation, or success.  They’re simply my way of designating posts that I find interesting and which you may as well.  If you’re here just for the goods, please ignore this and any future Don’t Read This articles.]

Okay, so back to the find . . .

I’m a coffee freak — mostly in the strong, black, and fresh fashion.  Most of all I’m a coffee-shop fan.  I like to work in coffee shops and watch people.

I do like the Starbucks chain, but only for their espresso drinks — latte, for example.

At home, for my coffee ritual, I’ve just discovered soy milk and now offer you my latest recipe, which I refer to as The Poor Man’s Latte and Damned-Good Substitute for a Bucks:

Step 1.  Fill a mug up with cold chocolate soy milk.  I prefer Silk Light, but substitute whatever soy milk you’re used to.  (If you’re a cow’s milk drinker, I urge you not to turn your nose up at this — I wasn’t much for soy milk either, but then, I hadn’t tried it until just recently.)

Step 2.  Drink about 2/3rds of it — cold.  It’s just too good and you need it to get the saliva glands working properly.

Step 3.  Microwave the remainder for approximately 40 seconds till near boiling (your microwave may vary).

Step 4.  Remove mug from microwave and pour in hot black coffee (I usually go with a 50/50 caffeine, decaf blend) to the brim.

Step 5.  Find a quiet spot, start sippin’, and say yum yum.

By the way, if you’re interested in the success story of Starbucks and the rags-to-riches story of its chief mover-and-shaker, Howard Schultz, you may want to find a copy of Pour Your Heart Into It, a pretty decent yarn and a good study of how to run a retail operation with passion.  Mr. Schultz knows his stuff.

Check ‘er out.

And, if you have a coffee treat you’d like to share, please respond here.

Now going back to my Poor Man’s Latte.

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