Coffee and Dessert

So today, I discovered the answer to a mind boggling question George and I have had for a long time:

Why do people always drink coffee with their dessert?

Every time we have gone to my aunt's house for a dinner party or whatever, they have always made a pot of coffee to serve with dessert. I see people at resteraunts order coffee with their desert. Neither one of us could figure out why this combination of things went together. Coffee was for morning.  Desert is after dinner.  Who decides that these two things belong together?? 

Today, I made some coffee in the afternoon because that's when I woke up, and Steph got out some cookie dough and offered me some.  I wasn't about to turn down cookie dough. So I ate some, then without thinking, I took a sip of my coffee, which was still black and without the large amounts of creamer and sugar that I usually put in it.  I was pleasantly surprised.  The slightly bold and bitter taste of the coffee, perfectly balanced out the sweet taste of the cookie dough.  My roommates followed suit and we unanimously agreed that coffee with sweets is awesome.  If you haven't tried it, you should.  They compliment each other.

Perhaps next week I will discover why people like to pair wine and cheese. Or why they pair celery and peanut butter.  We will see. Goodnight!