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Coffee Shops and a Sense of Normalcy During COVID-19
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Title (Dublin Core)
Coffee Shops and a Sense of Normalcy During COVID-19
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Description (Dublin Core)
When COVID-19 started affecting Kansas City, little changed at first. We wore masks, used hand sanitizer, etc., but life went on as normal otherwise. As the virus progressed, we closed our offices and I started working from home. One of my pre-COVID rituals was a trip to Broadway Cafe close to my house for a great latte or macchiato. At least this ritual was still intact. Then, the coffee shops all closed. It sounds silly to say this affected me even more than going into the office. It was my normal routine for so many years though...that a trip to the coffee shop served as an anchor for feeling life would go on, regardless of how far the virus progressed.
The audio file attached is my espresso machine at home. I now buy coffee beans for the house, grind them, and pour shots of espresso to drink straight or craft into a macchiato or latte. The sound of my machine grinding beans, pressing the grounds into a puck, and then pouring into shot glasses still did not replace the coffee shop, but it did become an anchor to help me adjust when I needed it most.
Today, our coffee shops are open for pickup service. Between that and still pouring my own at home, using their beans, life is good. I look forward to a post-COVID world where the local roasters and coffee shops continue to play an important role in my personal sense of normalcy and the social health of our collective neighborhoods.
The audio file attached is my espresso machine at home. I now buy coffee beans for the house, grind them, and pour shots of espresso to drink straight or craft into a macchiato or latte. The sound of my machine grinding beans, pressing the grounds into a puck, and then pouring into shot glasses still did not replace the coffee shop, but it did become an anchor to help me adjust when I needed it most.
Today, our coffee shops are open for pickup service. Between that and still pouring my own at home, using their beans, life is good. I look forward to a post-COVID world where the local roasters and coffee shops continue to play an important role in my personal sense of normalcy and the social health of our collective neighborhoods.
Date (Dublin Core)
January 24, 2021
Creator (Dublin Core)
Derrick Leggett
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Derrick Leggett
Event Identifier (Dublin Core)
HST643
Partner (Dublin Core)
Arizona State University
Type (Dublin Core)
audio
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Food & Drink
English
Health & Wellness
English
Clothing & Accessories
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
coffee
cafe
Kansas City
Missouri
Broadway Cafe
mask
hand sanitizer
pick-up
espresso
normalcy
sensory history
Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)
Coffee
COVID
Kansas City
Missouri
Sensory History
Broadway Cafe
Normalcy
Coffee Shops
Collection (Dublin Core)
Foodways
Linked Data (Dublin Core)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
01/24/2021
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
02/25/2021
06/27/2023
Date Created (Dublin Core)
01/24/2021
This item was submitted on January 24, 2021 by Derrick Leggett using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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