The Art of Coffee

Drawing on Sun Tzu's The Art of War: "The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting." If I was the enemy, then the art of coffee has me subdued every.single.time. 

There would be no fighting , there would be no battles. 

Because coffee knows itself and most importantly coffee know the enemy, me. The aromatic smells of coffee moves swift as the wind but closely formed as the wood. Coffee is dark and impenetrable as night, and when you taste it, the flavor hits you like a thunderbolt. 

One sip of coffee can attack your five sense like fire but yet, coffee itself is still as the mountain. There are not more than five cardinal tastes (sour, acrid, salt, sweet, bitter), yet a combination of them in coffee, yield more flavors than can ever be tasted. 

How can coffee be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. How can coffee be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Because coffee knows that the whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, you would never be able to fathom its intent. 

And as such, coffee has acquired supreme excellence -- breaking your resistance without ever having to engage in a fight. That my friend, is the Art of Coffee. Whoever can master such an ancient technique will always achieve the greatest victory, in which there is no battle. 

And I am here to tell you all, that among the ranks of Chinese military generals and Japanese feudal lords, Campos Coffee have mastered something that many have tried and only few have come out victorious--The Art of Coffee.

-Sailor Foodie