Monday, March 30, 2009
Monday, March 16, 2009
The Significance of coffee to American society
Coffee has played an important role in many societies throughout modern history. Coffee is an important export commodity. In 2004, coffee was the top agricultural export for 12 different countries, and in 2005, it was the world’s seventh largest legal export by value. It is the most popular beverage in the world. Coffee wakes us up in the morning. No one really needs coffee, they just want it, and after drinking it for years they think they can not live without it. It makes you think your awake and you feel like it did something to help you because it is in your head that it did. It is important to Americans image because it makes you look important and professional and many people just want to be seen with their Starbucks or their Saxby’s coffee.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Why is Coffee an American Icon?
It is an American icon because people in our country feel like they need coffee to function. It is a trend and they are addicted because they feel like they need it. Everywhere you go you see a Starbucks or a dunkin’ doughnut coffee shop. They are everywhere and even though these specialty coffee shops are triple the costs of a regular coffee, people still pay for it. Many people prefer to go to Starbucks just for the brand name. They need to be seen with their Starbucks, expensive latte instead of a simple cup of coffee because it is a status symbol (Nowhouse)
Symbolism of Coffee
I had an interview with Sarah, who is one of Saxby’s employees. She is like all of the other citizens of Strongsville who need their coffee everyday to survive. Coffee plays a large impact in her life because she works in a coffee shop and is around coffee all day, everyday. She has a very interesting opinion on what she thinks coffee symbolizes. She says, “I think it symbolizes conformity because everyone drinks it, which forms a chain of people to follow, and drink it. Also I think it symbolizes working class people who use coffee as an everyday commodity to get them through the day. Here in this shop there are so many repeat customers who come in everyday before they head off to work” (Nowhouse). Coffee symbolizes dependency, so many people get out of bed every morning and go down and get their coffee every morning, before they do anything else. They can always count on their coffee to be there to get them through the day. Its funny that one beverage has so much of an impact on most Americans and can improve their day so much by just drinking one cup of it. Coffee is like a drug, everyone who needs to have it everyday is addicted to it and it is nearly impossible to stay off it. Last she says “It is like a bridge that brings the nation together through warmth and togetherness, figuratively and literally because you feel at home when you go to a coffee shop and also it makes you warm drinking it”(Nowhouse).
Friday, March 13, 2009
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