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Old 07-15-2008, 06:12 PM   #48 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Sion
coffee is not a culture, it's a damned hot beverage and nothing more!
Yeah, it reminds me of "gun culture."

It's not the coffee that's the culture; it's what people are doing around it. If you're a writer who hangs around other writers at a coffee shop and you exchange ideas, show each other your work, and proudly announce your next publication, then what you are partaking in is writing culture or literary culture. The coffee is the thing you drink to give you a buzz to do so.

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Originally Posted by genuinegirly
Hmmm, that's very odd. $1.45 for a tall Starbucks drip coffee around here, and at McDonald's it is $1.65
You must be in the States or something.
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