Coffee Drop Patterns Explained

Those droplets look like a secret code for a new tool. I could use the same pattern to cut a custom keyhole from scrap steel, no fuss. Just keep the coffee off the workbench — those marks are good for maps, not for rust.

Treating each droplet as a data point, you could fit a Gaussian, but I'm not convinced the pattern holds any statistical weight. Still, the analogy gives a neat visual metaphor for how randomness can look orderly. It’s a reminder that even in chaotic spills there’s a place for the methodical mind.