Coffee, Tea, and Caffeine

On our first day in China, the motherland of tea, the place infamous for instant coffee, the first thing we do, of course, if find ourselves a nice cappuccino. We are definitely the When in Rome type of travelers, but couldn't bring ourselves to leave our precious coffee behind for 2 weeks. In retrospect, it seems ridiculous, but at the time is seemed the perfect thing to do because:

1. Chris just started roasting his own coffee last month, so we have coffee on the brain.
2. We were sleep deprived and only had weak tea with breakfast. Not enough caffeine.
3. Coffee is addictive, and we had been with out it for nearly 3 days.
4. Trying to navigate Shanghai without an alert brain is impossible.

I am happy to say that, aside from a small breakdown in Chengdu near a Starbucks, that was the only "Western" food item that we "needed."