The author ends the story by sipping a cup of bitter coffee.
And it doesn't work, Stepovich realized as he took another long sip of bitter coffee.
I had left my bitter coffee at the bar and now ordered bourbon with water back.
There was none of the bitter dark coffee of a normal wake.
He took a deep drink of the bitter black coffee.
How Boss could drink the bitter, black coffee she could not understand.
Sweetened black tea is a very common drink, along with bitter strong coffee.
Her mouth turned dry again and the bitter coffee made it worse.
When the grounds-free, less bitter coffee met with general enthusiasm, she decided to set up a business.
So he can't be all bad, she mused, even if he does make bitter coffee.