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Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar, and fat. - Alex Levine 

Coffee... one of those rare things that qualifies as both a pleasure and a necessity. I can barely remember life before coffee. My parents were wonderful people who allowed me to taste sips from their cups even as a child, eventually allowing me to lace hot cocoa with increasing amounts of java, then weaning me off the faux mochas until I would take my coffee no other way but black. These days – especially those mornings I work at 5 a.m. – I require at least a wake-up cup and an afternoon pick-me-up.

My current favourite brew? Community Coffee Dark Roast. Smooth, dark, wonderful. 

Again, I have my dad to thank for this gem. I first tried it when I spent Christmas with him three years ago, and has been nice enough to keep my supplied since then! In fact, about three weeks ago he mailed me two 32 oz bags – that's sixty-four ounces of coffee grounds. I'm already about halfway through the first bag and looking forward already to restocking when I visit Dad in January.

I'm not the only one who loves this coffee. It's been dubbed the state coffee of Louisiana. My advice to you:

Get some!