A steaming cup of filter coffee in a steel glass with a steel bowl to hold the glass, this was the ultimate of coffee love for Trisha. Her impatient fingers could not wait, she touched the hot glass with her right hand and an instinctive “ouch” came out, louder than she thought. The man sitting on the table opposite to hers looked up. She gave a self conscious half smile, and before she knew it he walked upto her table holding a glass of iced water, “dip your fingers in this glass, you will get instant relief” he said. Trisha obeyed him like a small child and then started laughing loudly at the whole situation, he joined in too with an open smile. Without invitation he pulled out the vacant chair on her table and sat down. Their Hi Hellos slowly turned into some interesting conversation. Like the mellowing evening they eased in each other’s company. Dusk was settling its ink blue sheets on the ocean’s waves. Trisha’s hot filter coffee and his iced drink knew that this hot and cold acquaintance was turning into a warm friendship. Filter coffee sure knows how to break the ice and start an unfiltered conversation.