6/8/21: This one is mostly about beverages

The morning began with a revelation: you can’t make instant coffee with cold water. This, in my mind, kinda defeats the purpose. If I wanted to sit around and wait for water to boil, I wouldn’t have bought instant coffee.

After drinking my cup of water with loose grounds, I made my way to class, which today consisted of a walk around the town. The town is build around a central plaza and church, and my house is about two blocks from the plaza with a big river on the other side. Knowing this, I should be able to get around without getting lost. I still will get lost, but I won’t have an excuse for it. At the end of the tour, I got to try some pozol, a traditional Chiapan beverage made of fermented corn dough and cocoa that was ladled into a plastic bag and tied off with a straw sticking out. It tasted like chocolate milk, but with more sawdust. I have no doubt that this provided people with the carbs they needed to survive for hundreds of years in a relatively-palatable manner, however I am of the belief that today’s society has progressed beyond the need for pozol.

I came home, ate one of the grapefruits I had collected from the school and drank a lot of water (I’ve been going through about four liters a day). After some reading and a nap, genius struck. I filled an emptied bottle with cold water and instant coffee, sealed it, and then shook it around for a while. That sort of worked. Then I read some more.

As I was heading out to get dinner, my host family asked if I wanted to go listen to music at the church, so I accompanied them; the band sounded kinda like every other church band you’ve heard before, but the lead guitar player was pretty good and I had a fun time. I also got some incredible chicken for $3. After that I snuck away from my host family to call my regular, no-longer-hosting family, which was nice. In all, a good day, and spider-free.