“Before Starbucks, there wasn't as much of a coffeehouse routine; we generally drank really cruddy diner coffee.”

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Yang is contrasting the modern coffeehouse culture with an older habit of drinking basic diner coffee. He is saying that coffee drinking used to be less ritualized and less centered on cafés. The quote suggests Starbucks helped normalize a more deliberate coffee routine.

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Originally said in English.

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