The Cool Coffee Grinder

Written by: Erin B

The first cool coffee maker

The coffee grinder was first created in Turkey in the 1400s to the 1500s. They used it to grind coffee beans into powder. How it worked was they would open up the lid, put coffee beans in, close it, use a crank mill on the top and then open the small drawer at the bottom where the beans would have turned into a powder. These became very popular and more and more people started using them. The purpose of them was to have an easier way to make grind coffee. A lot of the ones that were first created had inscriptions on them. Some had names, symbols, designs or small messages engraved into them. The story I have written in the next few pages was inspired by this antique. I found it very interesting as to how many small details there were on these coffee grinders, the designs were so interesting to me. I hope you enjoy the story.

The Cool Coffee Grinder

Written by: Erin B

Once upon a time in a small orphanage in France there was a young girl named Eleanor. Eleanor was not like the other girls, she was smart. No one ever taught her so she taught herself with books she had found on the shelves in the orphanage. She learned how to read and write by observing the workers. She didn’t have many friends because of it but she was ok by herself. The workers and girls would always tell her that no one likes a smart girl. One ordinary day the girls were cleaning when all of a sudden King Louis XIV of France walks in and says “Ok we are taking you women to marry and help grow population in New France. You have 30 minutes to grab the things you want to bring the boat Journey will be long and hard.”. They loaded the boat and then left. Eleanor documented this in her journal she had found on the streets one day. She wrote “The year is 1664 and I’m on my way o New France. The boat is cold and wet and many people feel sick.”. The ride to New France was very hard on the girls from the orphanage they felt sick for the majority of the Journey. Once they had finally arrived in New France they went to many different hard working men to see who they would marry. Eleanor met Clarence. Clarence was a kind hearted, hard working builder.

He helped build the homes and community in New France. Clearance had one of the more nice homes as he had helped build it. Clarence Harold Harriet and Eleanor Blythe Harriet got married the month after they met. Eight and a half years later they have 6 kids, three boys and three girls. Jonah age 7, Otto age 6, Delilah age 5, Selma age 4, Roy age 2 and Iris age 1. Clarence left for work early in the morning and came home for dinner at night leaving Eleanor to clean the house and take care of the kids all day. It started getting hard especially with Roy and Iris starting to learn to walk, crawl and talk. Every morning before the kids woke up and clearance left Eleanor would make coffee. Coffee makers were new and started becoming very popular. Eleanor decided that if she got one of these she would have more time in the morning. Later that day Eleanor took the kids for a walk to the local shops in search for a coffee maker. At the end of the lane there was a small shop with a lot of random things in it. There Eleanor found a coffee maker. When she picked it up it was cold but that was ok as after all her chores would be less now. She purchased it with the coins clearance had given her earlier that week. They went home and the kids played outside whilst Eleanor figured out how the machine worked. Using a hand crank she ground the coffee beans. Out of the corner of her eye she saw something glowing she looked over and there was a glowing coffee beans path. Eleanor didn’t know wether she should follow it or not. The kids were occupied so she decided it wouldn’t hurt. The path led to a quiet lake she had never seen before. She was amazed no one was there.

She returned to the home confused. She asked her kids if they could see a path when she used the coffee machine and they said no. Eleanor realized that only the person using the coffee machine could see the path. Three years later the British came for war and Eleanors family was in danger. Eleanor showed clearance the secret path that coffee machine showed and told him that they could take the family to hide. They took all their kids and followed the coffee bean path to the lake. No one could see them at the lake but they could see the war from the lake. The indigenous people came from nowhere and helped fight in the war. After a while they returned home, the war was over, the family was safe and the coffee machine saved their life as their house was hit with bullets. They carried on with their lives but Eleanor kept her coffee grinder just in case. The End!

About The Author

Erin B is from Vancouver Canada. She goes to Seycove Secondary and is apart of the PLP program. She lives with her two brothers and her dog, Dougal. During her free time her hobbies consist of dance, art and photography. She loves to compete at dance competitions, attend conventions and perform on stage in shows. Erin loves to draw and paint when she’s not working or dancing. I hope you enjoyed this book.