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photo of Author in New York City Coffee culture in New York City is as vibrant as it is complex. As I sit here, clutching my second big cup of coffee this chilly autumn morning in the mountains of Italy, I’m thinking about the different types of culture surrounding coffee drinking that I’ve come across thus far in my travels. Yesterday I met a friend for a cup of coffee in the town square. She got an espresso, I got a latte macchiato because, after 2 months of ordering not