
Dangerous Grounds: Coffee, Costs, and Why Ritual Still Rules
Coffee may be on dangerous grounds—prices climbing, standards shifting—but for millions of us, the ritual still rules the day, one perfect sip at a time. Every day begins the same way for me: beans, grind, water, heat. That first sip is my cue that the day is officially underway. And at 2:30, like c
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