Coffee can be prepared in varying strengths. A machine is used to squirt hot water onto coffee grounds held in a paper filter cone. This method makes the most consistently weak cup of coffee, which insures palatability. This method makes more flavorful coffee and has the added advantage of texture, namely the coffee grounds now stuck to your teeth. This is extremely cruel, but makes for the least bitter coffee drink.
Some people insist that the best way to enjoy espresso is to watch other people drink it.
A friend of mine has been trying to convince me to quit drinking coffee. She tells me it is neither required nor healthy for a young lawyer to spend twenty hours a day in the office, and has provided me with stacks of scientific data describing how coffee sucks all the nutrients from your body. I have pointed out to her that she is an estate planning and probate attorney, and that all her clients are either dead or too old to care whether their lawyer is actively working on their case, so her situation does not count. She remains adamant. But I'd have to number them on my fingers and they're shaking too much from all the caffeine coursing through my system.