Espresso Ergo Sum - Kaffe, Kierkegaard og Kafkask Kærlighed

"Espresso Ergo Sum – Kaffe, Kierkegaard og Kafkask Kærlighed"
En absurd-romantisk guide til at finde mening i cremaen.
I en café, hvor meningen drypper fra filteret, søger Mikkel svar på livets store spørgsmål – med Kierkegaard som bagestøtte og Kafka i skuffen. En morsom, dybsindig fortælling om kaffe, kærlighed og de valg, vi forsøger at forstå. Smag selv absurditeten.
Velkommen til Café Aporetikum – en eksistentialistisk kaffebar midt i virkelighedens flimrende absurditet, hvor baristaen Mikkel ikke bare brygger espresso, men eksistentielle erkendelser. Her serveres Kierkegaard med et stænk af mælk, Kafka som sort filterkaffe, og kærlighed i kopper, du aldrig helt kan drikke dig tomme i.
"Espresso ergo sum," proklamerer han i manifestet, som langsomt begynder at trække en kultisk følge af filosofisk tørstige sjæle. I dette skæve univers møder vi kvinder, der vælger mænd på baggrund af livssyn og skovmandsskjorter, mænd der ikke ved om de drikker kaffe eller bliver drukket af den – og en cafévæg, hvor dagens kaffevalg spænder fra "Angst Americano" til "Dekonstrueret Latte med identitetskrise".
I fire sæsoner – fire eksistentielle bevægelser – føres vi igennem Mikkels egen rejse: Fra idéens fødsel og manifestets offentliggørelse til den omvendte åbning og det afsluttende ritual, hvor caféens kunder går baglæns ud ad døren, takker for kaffen de aldrig drak – og efterlader en tom kop. På hovedet.
"Måske var du baristaen hele tiden?"
Dette er ikke bare en roman. Det er et satirisk, dybt og hysterisk morsomt spejl af vores egen jagt på mening – fortalt gennem espressoens mørke alkymi og menneskets evige længsel efter både kærlighed og kontrol.
Et must for enhver, der nogensinde har stillet sig selv spørgsmålet: Er det mig, der styrer livet – eller er jeg bare en midlertidig kaffeplet i nogen andens fortælling?
ENGLISH VERSION:
"Espresso Ergo Sum – Coffee, Kierkegaard and Kafka Love"
An absurd-romantic guide to finding meaning in the crema.
In a café where meaning drips from the filter, Mikkel seeks answers to life's big questions – with Kierkegaard as a support and Kafka in the drawer. A funny, profound story about coffee, love and the choices we try to understand. Taste the absurdity for yourself.
Welcome to Café Aporetikum – an existentialist coffee shop in the middle of the flickering absurdity of reality, where the barista Mikkel does not just brew espresso, but existential realizations. Here, Kierkegaard is served with a splash of milk, Kafka as black filter coffee, and love in cups that you can never quite drink yourself empty.
"Espresso ergo sum," he proclaims in the manifesto, which is slowly starting to attract a cult following of philosophically thirsty souls. In this quirky universe, we meet women who choose men based on their outlook on life and foresters' shirts, men who don't know if they drink coffee or are drunk by it – and a café wall where the coffee of the day ranges from "Anxious Americano" to "Deconstructed Latte with Identity Crisis".
In four seasons – four existential movements – we are taken through Mikkel's own journey: From the birth of the idea and the publication of the manifesto to the reverse opening and the closing ritual, where the café's customers walk out the door backwards, thanking each other for the coffee they never drank – and leaving an empty cup. Upside down.
"Maybe you were the barista all along?"
This is not just a novel. It is a satirical, profound and hysterically funny mirror of our own search for meaning – told through the dark alchemy of espresso and humanity's eternal longing for both love and control.
A must for anyone who has ever asked themselves the question: Am I in control of life – or am I just a temporary coffee stain in someone else's story?

Author Description: A Voice in Time
Alex Es is an architect also with words, a writer, musician and visionary artist who builds bridges between existence and the incomprehensible. With a background in architecture, art and sound, Alex does not just create stories – he weaves universes where philosophy, spirituality and humanity's eternal search for meaning intertwine.
His writing revolves around the big questions: What is truth? Who is fooling whom? Why are we here? Through several significant works, he explores the cosmic and the earthly, the seductive deception and pure insight:
The Wisdom of the Universe – A Spiritual Guide to the Path of Transformation takes the reader on a journey through self-knowledge and transformation, where old truths meet new understandings.
The Great Swindle – A Danish Guide to Fooling the World is a sharp and humorous dissection of illusions, deception and the hidden game we all participate in.
Why Do We Live? is an existential tale disguised as a fairy tale, where a child – or perhaps just a thought – asks the questions we have all wondered about, and where an ancient voice shares its wisdom about the endless cycle of life.
With a style that balances the poetic and the insightful, Alex Es takes his readers on journeys of discovery that shake their worldview and leave them with more questions than they started with – but also with a deeper understanding of themselves and the universe.
Alex Es doesn't write to give answers. He writes to open doors.