Tired of “dreamy” cafés and “luxury” hotels? This post breaks down the overused travel and lifestyle phrases quietly weakening your writing and how to replace them with bold, personal language instead.

Coffee doesn’t just fuel stories, it is one. Romantically sparks conversations to quiet grief, playful office rituals to café musings, this post showcases the many ways coffee connects us. As a comfort, catalyst and character. Pour yourself a cup and come see how often it shows up in the stories we tell.

No blender. No fluff. Just iced, frothy coffee in under 5 minutes. Back in lockdown, the world went through phases. Sourdough. Banana bread. Tiger King. And, somewhere in between the balcony workouts and banana hoarding, there was… the frappé. You remember it: the frothy, shaken, vigorously-whisked instant coffee drink that took over TikTok, Instagram and probably your group chats. Except unlike the whipped trends that fizzled out, this one stuck. At least in my house.