Coffee and creativity go well together. So do coffee and productivity. Actually coffee go well with so many things, it difficult to even name them all. But most of all coffee goes well with greatness. We have gathered some coffee routines of good and great. Some are odd, some are extravagant, but they all seem to be very effective. So enjoy your cup, enjoy your greatness and find out what you might have in common with Beethoven, Lynch, Steve Ivy, Picasso and the rest.

1. THE
COFFEE ROUTINES
OF FAMOUS PEOPLE
Find out how great and good take their coffee to
boost creativity and productivity
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2. THE
COFFEE ROUTINES OF FAMOUS PEOPLE
Coffee and creativity go well together. So do coffee and productivity.
Actually coffee go well with so many things, it difficult to even name them
all. But most of all coffee goes well with greatness. We have gathered
some coffee routines of good and great. Some are odd, some are
extravagant, but they all seem to be very effective. So enjoy your cup,
enjoy your greatness and find out what you might have in common with
Beethoven, Lynch, Steve Ivy, Picasso and the rest.
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3. THE COMPOSER
LUDVIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Beethoven (1770–1827) was a German composer and
pianist, and one of the most famous and influential
composers in classical music. Beethoven rose at dawn
and wasted little time getting down to work. His breakfast
was coffee, which he prepared himself with great care–he
determined that there should be sixty beans per cup, and
he often counted them out one by one for a precise dose.
But one was not enough and he did not stop at breakfast.
Actually Beethoven was drinking dozens of cups of coffee
a day and allegedly 50 cups of tea.
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4. THE DESIGNER
JONY IVE
Jony Ive and his elite design team at Apple are coffee snobs. And
rightfully so. Great coffee is great ideas. Like everything Apple’s
designers do, their coffee ritual is very precise. They have honed
their technique to a science, adjusting the beans, the grind, the
grain, and the pour to perfection. The resulting beverage boosts
the team’s creativity to the max. Not to mention they trust the
good old Italian espresso methods. They have all it takes to make
one and it is the state-of-art machinery. The roaster that regularly
delivers 5 lb. bags of coffee to the studio, the grinder to grind
beans to perfection and the High-End Espresso Machine.
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5. THE DIRECTOR
DAVID LYNCH
One David Lynch character from the famous Twin
Peaks – agent Cooper made coffee famous. His love
for coffee should not come as a surprise as the
director himself is a bit of a coffee fanatic. As it turns
out David Lynch drinks from ten up to twenty coffees
a day. He says the secret is to stop at 5:30 p.m. He
has a favourite personal roast, which is smooth and
rich, with subtle undertones of surreal nightmares.
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6. THE WRITER
MAYA ANGELOU
Angelou was never been able to write at home. As
she explained in an interview she “tires to keep
home very pretty and I can’t work in a pretty
surrounding. It throws me.” So she always worked in
hotel or motel rooms. She would get up at about
5:30, and she was ready to have coffee by 6, usually
with her husband.
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7. THE ATHLETE
CHRISTOPHER THOMAS
Despite considerable research in this area, the role of
caffeine as a performance enhancing drug is still not
100% clear but one thing is for sure – coffee can
enhance performance and definitely can help you burn
calories. It isn’t strange then that athletes like
Christopher Thomas (USAT Amateur Triathlete of the
Year, 2012) like their coffee first thing in the morning. He
usually takes one or two black ones. As he says he
appreciates the most warmth and caffeine kick.
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8. THE PHILOSOPHER
SØREN KIERKEGAARD
Soren Kierkegaard’s routine included three things –
writing, walking, and lots of coffee. Kierkegaard had his
own quite peculiar way of having coffee: Delightedly he
seized hold of the bag containing the sugar and poured
sugar into the coffee cup until it was piled above the rim.
Next came the incredibly strong, black coffee, which
slowly dissolved the white pyramid.
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