June 11, 2010 – 6:15 am | by admin

[ Photograph: Erin Meister ] Sometimes it seems there are only two types of people who go to coffee shops anymore: the Stay-Puts (oh, you know—laptops and power cords, lukewarm Americanos nursed for hours, the tell-tale, “Do you have Wi-Fi?”) and the Lemme-Gettas (as in, “Lemme getta cuppa regular to go”). The Stay-Puts practically become a part of the decor, while Lemme-Gettas dart around like bugs in a jar, desperate to get out ASAP. As a barista, I can sympathize with both breeds. There’s a certain satisfaction to whiling away the many, many hours (mostly working but also “working”) outside of one’s own dreary apartment; there’s also a particularly heady feeling of freedom that comes from being presented with piping-hot coffee in a disposable container you can chug from, chuck on the way to the train, and promptly forget about. But what about that delicious in-between? Where has the true coffee break gone? I don’t mean the “coffee break” as in the time spent in the office kitchen, pouring yourself some of the sludge that’s been sitting on the burner for hours. I mean that instead of just “running…
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