Lavender in the yard and a cup you don't want to finish.

The story of one morning with a smell that remains

Lavender doesn't grow in my yard - it doesn't live .

Next to a stone wall. Under a window. In pots. In cracks between tiles. Where nothing should grow, but it smells.

The smell of lavender here is not “calming.” It’s suspending. You go to take out your cup — and suddenly you stop. Because the air has changed.

I sit at a round table. Sometimes with a notepad, more often with just a cup. In it is lavender coffee. Not sweet. Not syrupy. Just with a hint of color that you feel, not see.

This coffee does not invigorate. It allows you to wake up. Quietly. Without demanding to “start the day”.

☕ Lavender Coffee Recipe (My Method)

For 1 cup:

• 1 tsp ground coffee

• 1/3 tsp dried lavender

• 150 ml of water

• optional - a little cream or plant milk

I brew it like a Turk or a French press. I add lavender along with the coffee. I let it brew for 3-4 minutes, strain it.

You can add a drop of honey. But I like to drink it without anything - so as not to interrupt the main thing.

Sometimes this coffee sits for a long time. It gets cold. And I'm in no hurry to finish it. Because with it, it's not about the taste. It's about the condition.

Lavender doesn't ask for attention. It just smells when you're ready to smell it.