Early Morning Coffee in the Desert © 2012 Bo Mackison
Coffee is real good when you drink it it gives you time to think. It’s a lot more than just a drink; it’s something happening. Not as in hip, but like an event, a place to be, but not like a location, but like somewhere within yourself. It gives you time, but not actual hours or minutes, but a chance to be, like be yourself, and have a second cup. ~ Gertrude Stein
A pitcher of water, a container of ground coffee, a backpacker’s stove with a little fuel canister and a French press coffee cup. That’s a lot of equipment but I find it all to be incredibly important. With the above contraptions and about five minutes of my time, a simply perfect cup of coffee can be had.
I think it a necessary morning ritual after one sleeps in a car wrapped in a sleeping bag with only nose and mouth exposed to air (while ignoring any claustrophobic tendencies.) One should be able to take that first hike at dawn with a full cup of hot coffee for companionship!
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Bo Mackison is a photographer and owner of Seeded Earth Studio LLC. She is exploring the Sonoran desert and making desert coffee.
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What a great image you portray, Bo! I can almost smell your coffee….ahhhh! 🙂
And good coffee it was, too!
That reminds me… I haven’t had any yet today so I’m off now to make some 🙂 Great image.
It was a fun photo to take while waiting for my coffee to finish.
You should open a cafe, perhaps MackisonBucks :). You have inspired me. I’m going to get a cup of Java.
MackisonBucks? Gandalf, I don;t get it…maybe MackisonBrew. But then people would think it a brewery, not a coffee shop! 🙂
The black and white gives it not only an early-morning vibe, but also a still-life feel. Is that the hissing of the stove I hear?
Yes, hissing, soon followed by slurping.
Sipping mine as I read about yours. You’ve convinced me car camping in the desert is a Zen experience I should definitely have. Coyotes and all. If for nothing but to see the stars and share morning coffee with the sunrise. Bliss, honey.
I’ve never thought about it quite like that, but I do believe car camping in the desert is quite Zen-like…
Perfect!!
Yes, indeed!