I endeavoured to develop an attachment to coffee this past Saturday evening while at work, and my striving appears to have been a success, as I have developed a fondness for the darkest roast we currently offer: the Italian. Oh yes, I skipped the light and medium roasts (which tasted bloody awful in my opinion) and headed straight for the darker blend, no cream, no sugar. I mean, if it’s going to taste awful, it had better taste awful, you know? None of this medium/light roast chicanery which pretends at being agreeable; its sting is much worse. The pretentions of lighter blends are much more distasteful and insidious.