He met her on a party. She was so outstanding, all
guys chasing after her, while he so normal, nobody
paid attention to him. At the end of the party, he
invited her to have coffee with him, she
as surprised, but due to being polite, she
promised. They sat in a nice coffee shop, he was
too nervous to say anything, she felt
uncomfortable, she thought, please, let me go
home.... suddenly he asked the waiter. "would you
please give me some salt? I'd like to put it in my
coffee."
Everybody stared at him, so strange! His face
turned red, but still, he put the salt in his coffee
and drank it. She asked him curiously; why you
have this hobby? He replied: "when I was a little
boy, I was living near the sea, I like playing in the
sea, I could feel the taste of the sea, just like the
taste of the salty coffee. Now every time I have the
salty coffee, I always think of my childhood, think
of my hometown, I miss my hometown so much, I
miss my parents who are still living there".
While saying that tears filled his eyes. She was
deeply touched.
That's his true feeling, from the bottom of his heart.
A man who can tell out his homesickness, he
must be a man who loves home, cares about home,
has responsibility of home. Then she also started
to speak, spoke about her faraway hometown, her
childhood, her family. That was a really nice
talk, also a beautiful beginning of their story.
They continued to date. She found that actually he
was a man who meets all her demands; he had
tolerance, was kind hearted, warm, careful. He was
such a good person but she almost missed him!
Thanks to his salty coffee!
Then the story was just like every beautiful love
story , the princess married to the prince, then
they were living the happy life... And, every
time she made coffee for him, she put some salt in
the coffee, as she knew that's the way he liked it.
After 40 years, he passed away, left her a letter
which said: "My dearest, please forgive me, forgive
my whole life lie. This was the only lie I said to you-
--the salty coffee. Remember the first time we
dated? I was so nervous at that time, actually I
wanted some sugar, but I said salt. It was hard for
me to change so I just went ahead.I never thought
that could be the start of our communication! I tried
to tell you the truth many times in my life, but I
was too afraid to do that, as I have promised not to
lie to you for anything..
Now I'm dying, I afraid of nothing so I tell you the
truth: I don't like the salty coffee, what a strange
bad taste.. But I have had the salty coffee for my
whole life! Since I knew you, I never feel sorry for
anything I do for you. Having you with me is my
biggest happiness for my whole life. If I can live for
the second time, still want to know you and have
you for my whole life,even though I have to drink
the salty coffee again".
Her tears made the letter totally wet.Someday,
someone asked her: what's the taste of salty
coffee?
It's sweet. She replied.
