Arabica Cologne

Entered into Minerva's 'get your caffeine fix' competition

With science it is crafted
An exacting formula
Of eighty percent double roast Ethiopian
Twenty percent three-quarter roast Kenyan
Whole bean, hand measured
Freshly ground, adjusted for weather
Wet hot extraction
Thirty seconds of thermo-block grumble
To produce dark bitter-sweet perfection
Topped with pupil dilating
Crema, like sun-tanned skin waiting for a kiss


With love it is savoured
Adorned with crystal saccharine
In volumes to balance bitter beauty
Gently stirred
Invoking hints of chocolate;
Dash of Earth and
An awakening acidic bite
Leaving hand crafted glory
Savoured joy on thickened tongue

In passing
Linger stimulating fragrance
Singular and distinct
Kitchen Cologne to mark
Ruffles of hair and morning cuddles
Lasting memories to well forth
Wholesome fatherly impressions
Gladdening childhood reminiscence
Of coffee-brown residues in stainless steel cups