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Welcome to the Best of the Beanies, a curation compilation of some of the top stories from this week's Spill The Beans Creative Writing Prompt.

These authors gave us some amazing content, and we would like to highlight them. We hope that you will take a look at the posts and perhaps vote or leave a comment or a tip for the authors.

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The Best of the Beanies, in no particular order - they were all so good!

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Boarding School Blues to University Brews

☕️ "On a Tuesday afternoon, my biology teacher walked into our classroom, holding a row of instant coffee packets with a frown on her face.

We had been expecting her for the past five minutes, so we weren’t surprised by her presence. What had us puzzled was the bitter expression on her face and the mysterious object that dangled from her outstretched arm." @zitalove

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Coffee on a Full Plate || Spill the Beans, Prompt 76

☕️ "The coffee my mother used to make was weak, as if you put water in an americano; this one was a guayoyo (Venezuelan americano, usually sweetened), not a traditional guayoyo but a clear one; it was like putting water in a guayoyo. My mother was always looking for ways to make everything healthier, less greasy, less sweet, less, less, less. But she was a plus, you know? Yes, she was: six kids, the hose, her job, my dad. She needed lots of coffee without a doubt. My mother's plate was full." @marlyncabrera

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The Stimulating Story Of My Family's Coffee Culture

☕️ "Growing up, coffee was a foreign concept in my household. My family, like many in their generation, were not familiar with coffee or what it does to the body. The beverage we were exposed to, which we made our choice was tea/chocolate and this was often served every morning as our breakfast." @princessbusayo

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Coffee and my family

☕️ "if you ask me if I agree that children should be given coffee, no, I do not and the main reason is the caffeine present in our beloved drink, I consider that for children it is not at all prudent to drink coffee or any other beverage that has caffeine, such as soft drinks or instant teas" @actioncats

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Coffee vs tea: a Nigerian home tale

☕️ "I grew up believing that coffee was some sort of magical potion that could either turn you into a sophisticated international person or a jittery, babbling mess. " @jezmaine

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The coffee in my childhood

☕️ "In other homes, especially those of poorer people, things were different. There, children began to taste coffee almost as soon as they were weaned. The main reason for initiating them so early in the consumption of coffee was that it allowed them to stave off hunger. Many of these children spent a good part of the day dipping pieces of bread or a piece of arepa (traditional corn bun) in a hot cup of a very diluted coffee, what we call guarapo." @irvinc

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Nostalgic Brews

☕️"For a long time my parents were strict on their view of coffee and its effects on kids. And since we were very thin and had an aversion to eating then, my parents' thoughts were that even a little sip of it would dry us to our bones. “You don’t even have flesh to carry you around, and you want to take coffee. What will remain?”" @jhymi

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Playing with real coffee

☕️ "First a bite of solid food and then a sip of latte, chewing and drinking all at the same time. Every time I do it I remember moments from when I was a kid and sometimes I would share breakfast with part of the family watching cartoons." @verdesmeralda

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Steeped In Tea, Stirred By Coffee.

☕️ "Coffee wasn't the choice for many families in Nigeria back then, so nothing inspired me to try it until my friend told me that his dad drinks coffee for energy. I became confused thinking about how a drink that deprives someone of sleep gives energy because nothing drains me faster than not sleeping as I should." @george-dee

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My coffee story

☕️ "My family discovered that Nescafe was actually coffee after paying a visit to my Aunt’s house. While talking and laughing with my parents my Aunt said she wanted to make coffee, she brought out a packet of Nescafe and that was when it hit us that Nescafe was also called coffee, and all this while we were actually having coffee without us knowing." @ibbtammy

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Well, that's it for the Best of the Beanies for last week's prompt.

A special thanks to everyone who supports the Spill The Beans initiative by voting, reblogging, and commenting. We would especially like to thank all of the authors who took the time to participate in this week's prompt!

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