In the last decade or so, I’ve become very conscious of the coffee I drink.

It was not so always, as most of my lifetime I drank the cup that cheers in whatever form or brand it was. But seeing both my sons-in-law particular about their coffee, I realised how taste could vary, and now appreciate a good brew.

I also noticed as this new regard for the caffeine rush envelopes me, that it could also be demanding on your wallet. It was never so before because the brew available at the local store was quite cheap, but today as I scour Amazon, and get seduced by extravagant words describing each brand, I find that my monthly supply could raise my bill to astronomical heights.

One brand in particular had me literally drooling. It was one from a famous coffee chain, but cost four times more than the others.

Yes, you got it right, four times more!

But then an addiction is an addiction right, so I ordered it.

This morning as I conscientiously and carefully opened the packet, not wanting even a single bit to fall, I nearly swooned with joy at the aroma that hit me.

It was divine.

I brewed it in my coffee maker and took the jug to my garden where I spend time with the newspapers, my Bible, and of course my coffee.

The smell that spread through the air made me nearly swear an oath of allegiance to the American brand.

And then I sipped it.

It was awful.

I then read how the brand used its aroma to get people to visit their outlets. The smell of coffee was enticing but the taste, which is the real ‘taste of the pudding’ right, was terrible.

I thought of all the other brands, much, much cheaper, which had not spent too much money on improving their smell, but had genuine taste, and thought of our idea of spirituality.

How we were fooled by huge, majestic churches and other places of worship, charismatic preachers and gurujis, who spoke and preached, just the aromatic sermons we wanted to hear, but had no spirituality in them.

It reminds me of graveyards with beautiful, monumental headstones, but have only bones beneath, which reminds me of Christ looking at those preachers of the Jews, in Matthew 23:27and saying, “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness”.

Ah, we are fooled by the smell, the architecture, the ambiance, the rituals, the trained voice of the leader, and finally find out there’s no taste.

Psalm 34:8 says, “Taste and see that the Lord is good”

Indeed, it is so, but to find that taste, stop being fooled by the smell..!

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