Winner's Announcement of Coffee Contest: Int'l Coffee Day

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What an incredible week in honor of International Coffee Day! We asked authors to share posts to the community centered on two ideas. Firstly, we asked to see the impact and inspiration our favorite beverage represents in your life- postcard style!

The community sure delivered! We had a blast reading your postcards to those you've shared meaningful moments with over coffee.

Our second prompt was centered around life's deeper moments. Times of change, self-discovery, and connection. So many important moments in life, either alone or with a loved one, happen over coffee. The entries for this prompt wowed us too, offering insight and smiles in equal measure!

Let's check out the entries from our finalists!

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☕️ In this creative entry, our author shares the connective role coffee plays in bringing her inspiration and calming her into an artistic mood. She spotlights this with her original art, a tribute to the community.

In postcards we celebrate coffee day by @chacald.dcymt

It is that special moment when I sit down to edit a publication, when the aroma of the brewed coffee arrives and when my cup is brought to me, it fills me with joy to know that at that very moment another coffee lover is enjoying the team's favourite drink to get the necessary concentration to be able to publish.

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☕️Sharing her deeper dreams and curiosities, this author lets us in on a passion of hers that developed over coffee. She is looking for the secret... The secret to what? Click to find out!

"The secret" - Int'l Coffee Day by @sofiaquino98

As if it were a yoga posture, placing my elbows on the table and taking the cup of hot coffee between my hands generates a deep connection with myself that stimulates my ideas and ignites the engine of my thoughts. A cup of coffee is not just a cup of coffee anymore, it becomes a therapeutic, spiritual object, an enhancer of my deepest desires and wishes.

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☕️ This author shares the inspiration in her life that coffee represents in these 3 postcards. She sends messages to loved ones, and cat lovers who find comfort in coffee.

COFFEE CONTEST: In Celebration of Int'l Coffee Day by @marlyncabrera

I'm sure that part of the fluids in my body are coffee. Coffee influences my thoughts, my feelings, and how active I am on a regular day. And yet, I didn't know it had a special day until I saw the post for this contest here on Hive 🙈 Perhaps you want to join in 😁

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☕️In this stunning blog, our author shares many reflections of his throughout the years. He takes time to highlight his time with his wife, as well as a special group of friends and the moments they spent together pondering life's harder questions.

The coffee of my reflections by @irvinc

As you can see coffee has always been a great companion when it comes to triggering my reflections, it helps me to find concentration. There is something in this bitter liquid that helps me to center my thoughts, to focus, to keep me on the idea and not to disperse me. No other infusion manages to make me feel that way.

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We've added a bonus 4th place winner who receives the prize of 5 Hive.

Fourth Place

☕️ In this beautiful collection of postcards, we are offered a look into the way coffee plays a role in three relationships. This authors brings motherhood, friendship, and personal reflection together in this lovely post!

Happy Coffee Day in three postcards by @coquicoin

I don't remember exactly when I had my first cup of coffee. Maybe it was when I spent the afternoons at my grandmother's house as a child. She would give us sweet bread and coffee with milk at snack time. I think that's the first memory I'm aware of related to having coffee. Since then, I have drunk a lot of coffee.

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Third Place

☕️Exemplifying how some of life's most precious moments happen with a mug in hand, this author tells us about her love. This heartwarming read for the thoughtful prompt knocked our socks off!

Of love and coffee by @jetta.amaya

I met the woman I love eight years ago and from the first moment I knew she was a coffee lover. From that moment on coffee started to make sense to me, of course it has always been an important beverage on a cultural and personal level, but when that mystical connection between two people and a cup of coffee intervenes, things change.

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Second Place

☕️ Reflecting on coffee's roots in her life and the magic it represents, this author presents a sentimental write-up. She remembers her grandmother while reminding us that a shared coffee is transformational!

Life is what happens while you drink coffee by @gabrieladifazio

One day, I was sitting around talking about everything and anything with one of my grandmothers, enjoying a cup of coffee, when I realized that there would come a time when we could never be like this again. I think that is why I started to take more pictures at every moment, because I understood that those moments we share with the people around us are unique; they will be precious memories in a future where it may no longer be possible to create new memories...

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First Place

☕️ Starting off with some history of her love of coffee, this author goes on to detail one of the most important reflections she's had with her mug. This emotional read is sure to make anyone smile, highlighting personal triumph and strength!

Coffee and Contemplation - Thoughts for International Coffee Day by @jayna

There is something about coffee that has always inspired something deep within me. Especially when I take time to reflect and sip — to let that magical elixir wend its way through my bloodstream and awaken my brain.

For years in college and graduate school, I would write papers and short stories with a cup of joe at hand. I loved to find a coffee shop where I could sit with a notebook and write — and it never mattered whether it was quiet or chaotic as long as I could find a little corner table somewhere.

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We'd like to give a huge thank you to everyone who participated in our contest to celebrate International Coffee Day! We hope you will take a moment to visit our finalists and offer your support on their fantastic posts!

As of publication, prizes have been paid out to our winners!

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Source: International Coffee Day
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