JOHN EICKEAUTHOR & STORYTELLER

A BOOK BY JOHN EICKE

Why I Like
Hot Chocolate
Better Than Coffee?

Finding Warmth in a World
Running on Caffeine

For anyone who could use a moment to slow down.
A seat at the table. A little warmth.

Pull up a chair

Start with an excerpt from chapter one.

A warm cup of hot chocolate on a green marbled kitchen table, lit by afternoon sunlight
Some things stay warm long after the cup is empty.
A personal storyEleven chaptersRoom to slow down

THE BOOK

It started with
a simple question.

Cover of Why I Like Hot Chocolate Better Than Coffee by John Eicke

Why does a cup of hot chocolate feel like coming home?

For John Eicke, the answer leads back to a green marbled kitchen table, a small act of kindness, and the feeling of being cared for without having to earn it.

Through stories from showroom floors, the stage, and life after seven surgeries, John explores the pressure to keep going—and the people and moments that remind us we can pause.

Part personal reflection, part invitation to sit awhile, this is a book about the warmth we receive and the warmth we can offer.

FROM THE PAGES

“Coffee asks, ‘What’s next?’
Hot chocolate asks,
‘Can you stay a minute?’”

JOHN EICKE · THE MIC DROP

INSIDE THE BOOK

A life, one cup at a time.

Four parts. Eleven chapters.
From a childhood kitchen to finding your own rhythm.

01

The Chemistry
of the Soul

Childhood warmth, the caffeine trap, and choosing what you let into your life.

CHAPTERS 1–3
02

The Showroom
Floor

What years of working with people taught John about connection beyond a transaction.

CHAPTERS 4–6
03

The Bones

Seven surgeries, imperfect recovery, and learning to offer warmth while still healing.

CHAPTERS 7–9
04

The Master
Track

Making room for wonder, loosening your grip, and remembering what matters.

CHAPTERS 10–11

TAKE A MOMENT

The Green
Marbled Table

An excerpt from chapter one

I’ve spent a lot of time asking myself a strange question:

Why do I like Hot Chocolate better than Coffee?

Now on the surface, that sounds almost ridiculous.

A drink preference.
That’s all.
Maybe taste.
Maybe habit.
Maybe one of those harmless little quirks people collect as they move through life.

But somewhere along the way, I realized I wasn’t really asking about drinks at all.

I was asking about warmth.

And maybe…
how not to break.

Stay a little longer

Because if you look closely—not just at the flavor, but at the feeling—Hot Chocolate and Coffee are almost two completely different philosophies wearing the same mug.

We live in a Coffee world.
You know the feeling.

Fast conversations.
Fast decisions.
Fast food.
Fast opinions.

Coffee energy.

It’s the entrepreneur sitting in a crowded café planning world domination before breakfast.

It’s the late-night brainstorming session where everybody talks faster than they can think.

It’s movement.

And to be fair?
There’s nothing wrong with movement.

Coffee gets things started.
It wakes people up.
Gets the gears turning.
Puts fuel in the tank.

I understand the appeal.

Hell… I lived inside that frequency for years.

— End of sample —

MEET THE AUTHOR

John Eicke

Magician. Storyteller. Human being.

“Most of the things that have shaped my life were small enough to miss if I had been moving too fast.”

John has spent years connecting with people through magic, music, restaurants, and car dealerships. In this book, he brings those experiences together with the personal work of recovery and learning to slow down.

His question about a favorite drink became a conversation about love, presence, and the ordinary gestures we remember for a lifetime.

YOUR PLACE AT THE TABLE

Keep a little warmth
within reach.

Why I Like Hot Chocolate Better Than Coffee
by John Eicke

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