Okay, okay, so we know National Coffee Day ended yesterday, but let’s be real – if you’re a true coffee enthusiast, you don’t need a day to celebrate your addiction.
Here are 18 things only the most caffeinated people will understand.
1. You feel like you should automatically be able to cut the line at Starbucks because being under caffeinated is practically a medical emergency.
2. The unavoidable annoyance you feel when people claim they, “love coffee,” and then dump pounds of sugar on their caramel macchiato with extra caramel.
3. The world shattering disappointment you feel when you get out of bed and you’re out of K-cups.
4. The question, “Starbucks or Dunkin’?” will forever determine who you will be friends with and who you could bear to live without.
5. People marvel at your superhuman ability to guzzle down two venti lattes with 3 shots of espresso and still function like a normal human.
6. …as well as your talent of drinking a cup of coffee right before bed.
7. You genuinely feel threatened when you see your barista referring to other customers by name when you’re in the vicinity.
8. You have a countdown to red cup season at Starbucks.
9. You have spent hours contemplating whether a Keurig or a Nespresso would be a better investment.
10. When you’re hungry, you usually just drink coffee.
11. The new Starbucks commercials are basically works of art.
12. In high school, the only superlative you were worried about getting was, “Biggest Coffee Addict.”
13. You almost fought the one other girl that was in the running (Shout out to Bailey Steinberg).
14. You carried around your coffee tumblr like a badge of honor.
15. Screw clothes shopping – mug shopping is what all the cool kids are doing.
16. You know that Taylor Swift’s “Begin Again” music video is just a psychic prediction of how you and your husband are going to fall in love.
17. You and your mother’s relationship is essentially built around your mutual love of coffee.
18. Your significant other will always be intimidated by your intimate connection with your favorite blend.
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