Another Bangalorean Harshitha Venkatraman’s favourite Lorelai Gilmore quote happens to be, “This is a jumbo coffee morning. I need coffee in an I.V.” Harshita opens up about how she has always grown around the smell of filter coffee at home, with the aroma being the first thing she woke up to. “I’ve always liked coffee although my parents refused to let me have it until I was about 14-15. When I first started drinking coffee, I would usually have about 1-2 coffees per day although it was mostly just one. Now it’s at least three and often more,” said Harshita, adding that she’s definitely a different person without her morning jolt, and another entire personality altogether after having a quick fix.

Anjitha Eldho, who works in a PR firm, confirms this notion by citing examples of how memes depicting people before and after coffee are so relevant in her case. Asked about her first time trying coffee, Anjitha explained that the shift coincided with the transition from childhood to adulthood. “As kids, we used to have malt-based drinks like Boost, Horlicks and Bournvita but once we became adults, we tried new beverages like black tea, black coffee etc. And when I started consuming tea and coffee, I realised that I liked the latter more due to its taste,” she shared.

Now, it’s not just Lorelai who has all the killer lines relating to coffee. Her daughter Rory’s “Flirt with him now, we need coffee” dialogue still cracks Anjitha up whenever it pops up on her Insta feed.

Life happens but coffee helps — be it an Americano or South India’s famous filter coffee. Whatever the concoction, connoisseurs are willing to go to any extent to declare their love for it. And none more so than Lorelai who famously said, “If it was physically possible to make love to a hot beverage, this would be the one!”