Rich: The coffee

The little kitchen of my childhood home had coffee every morning.Always.Mama owned a decorative percolator from the 1950s, which bubbled delightfully. But she did not bother unless there was company visiting.The kettle on the stove whistled when the water boiled. She put a teaspoon of Maxwell House Instant coffee in a cup and poured it into hot water. To this da...

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