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A barista with profound responsibilities

Postby Marshall on Mon Jul 04, 2011 11:18 am

In some places a barista's cultural role is far ranging. From the L.A. Times Baghdad bureau: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iraq-coffee-20110704,0,709469.story.
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Postby another_jim on Mon Jul 04, 2011 11:42 am

And then there's coffee that's too meaningful for comfort.

I find this story terribly sad. If even the coffee has been recruited to carry the symbolic freight of people's martial and familial affairs, if every scent, color, flower, and taste is turned into a reminder of some obligation, what escape is there? How can they ever get outside themselves?
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Postby Clint Orchuk on Mon Jul 04, 2011 1:01 pm

Thanks for posting a great article Marshall.
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