Wednesday, August 27, 2014

The Coffee Cup

The coffee cup is red, and it has a lid. The lid is black and seals the cup to allow convenient transportation. The lid has two holes in it - one big. You drink through the big hole. One small, to allow air into the cup whilst you drink.

There is a corrugated property that is on the outer of the coffee cup. Ostensibly to allow heat insulation, it also adds aesthetic beauty and enables grip.

The primary directive of the coffee cup is to facilitate coffee, but it can be used for any number of hot beverages - tea, hot chocolate, chai. Although not its designed function, the coffee cup is adept at holding cold beverages, and when left to its own devices will seamlessly transform hot coffee to cold.

There are various dangers associated with coffee, and the coffee cup practices due diligence to avoid these dangers from being realized. It contains a helpful warning atop its lid -

"CAUTION HOT"

to prevent painful burns for an unsuspecting user. Truly best practice.

Whilst obviously utilitarian, the coffee cup is equally egalitarian. It does not care for the knowledge or ignorance of its user, nor his race creed religion or sex. It simply serves.

The coffee cup is generally provided free of charge, with any purchase of coffee. It is available in various sizes to accommodate an array of disparate volumes.

When the user has finished his coffee, it is best practice that he throws (or places) the coffee cup in a recycling receptacle. The coffee cup offers full biodegradability at no extra cost to the end user.
After being collected by an authorized refuse agent, the coffee cup is crushed, purified, removed of any extraneous chemicals and dyes, and absorbed into a collective mass of fellow recyclables.

No longer recognizable as an individual entity, the formerly coffee cup is put to application in some other noble role, perhaps as a bookmark, or a sheet of toilet paper.

So let us thank the noble coffee cup, and wish it all the best on its always evolving journey!

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