If we’re measuring out our lives in coffee spoons, then please hold the cinammon, maple syrup, sprinkles etc and don’t bother with the fern or shamrock, this ain’t a pint of Guinness…I just want a straight, white coffee thank you very much.

Incidentally, according to the latest overhyped press release from any old university/medical research centre, coffee is really good/bad for you, causes/cures cancer, contains beneficial/harmful antioxidants, causes/doesn’t cause boils, asthma, headaches, hives, athlete’s foot, alopecia, halitosis (delete as applicable).