“Coffee Talk” at Anodyne Coffee, Walker’s Point

August 4, 2024

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ajtonyperkins

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I have returned to my old roots, Walker’s Point, for my weekly “coffee talk” and writing session at Anodyne.

My old stomping ground, LaCage Niteclub, is only two blocks away. Visiting this neighborhood brings back pleasant memories of days past, actually nights past. I was rarely found in this area during daylight.

Coffee Talk: Less Talk, Not More

Actually, there is no “coffee talk.” My writing group meets for two hours and 45 minutes of silent writing, and then we talk about what we wrote.

Me perched behind my laptop at the coffee shop.

I am here on Sundays from 12 Noon to 3 pm.

Stop in and say hi.

I think I’m feeling good vibes and motivation when writing here. Hopefully, this will be evident in my work.

Time will only tell.

The Place to Be for Coffee Talk

Walker’s Point Roastery – Anodyne Coffee Roasting Co.

Find it here on Google Maps:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/Sgou8znVsYxfYpvw7

The seedy, in a good way, everything bagel and butter from grass-fed cows is my go-to snack at Anodyne.

I generally drink ice tea at Anodyne and not coffee.

On Sunday mornings, I usually down three cups of coffee before noon, and that is enough.

Classic Coffee Talk

All of this talk about coffee reminds me of a little-known composition by J. S. Bach.

Bach playing organ coffee talk snl — Woodcut of Bach at his organ

Bach is well known for his organ and religious choral works. Being a student of the organ, I have played many in my younger years.

An iconic and often overlooked work by Bach is his “Coffee Cantata.”

It is the story of a young single woman and her struggle with drinking coffee, the newest fad and corruption of the youth at that time. Society then treated coffee drinking like it was smoking crack cocaine.

The woman ruins her reputation and the reputation of the whole family by publicly drinking coffee.

If you only want a small sip of classical music, here is the swirly soprano aria from the Coffee Cantata

By the way, the Coffee Cantata is sung in German.

If you want to dive deep into a caffeine attack, here is the whole cantata filmed in a “Turkish” coffee house. At the time, a Turkish coffee house was equivalent to a crack house today.

The whole work is relatively short, compared to other cantatas, at only 25 minutes. It is sung and acted out on the location and isn’t a “stuffy concert,” that many people would imagine with classical music.