It’s a thud. I have thought about it and have concluded ‘thud’ will aptly describe the sensation, forever foreign, despite its regular occurrence, as water collides with the back of my parched throat each morning. It’s a wholly different sensation to any lunchtime sip, perhaps sparkling, as carbonated bubbles slowly rise through my head and I allow extolment through a knee jerk watering of my eyes.

The first cup of each day, for myself, is a cup of water. For others it is coffee. Dogmilque is one of those ‘others’ and, fortunately for us, he has documented a great deal of these ‘first cups’ for the last five years. This has created a most intriguing set of images, each with a brief description, showing that first cup of coffee each morning. Enjoy.

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