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Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
In a small back alley of Tokyo, there is a café that has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more …
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In a small back alley of Tokyo, there is a café that has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more …
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@Stephenleader@sfba.social we're all trained to appreciate fast and easy in these times, as much fast and as much easy as one can afford. it does take a bit to turn the dial down. she finds all the right people, all the right quotes, to make one consider just how laudable of goals they are or are not, and to come along on her journey. which let's be honest, not one of us would have gotten out of the first chapter, we'd have scuppered off and gone home. which is the point.
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