Iced Coffee is one of the birthrights in New England, like flannel shirts and the Patriots always being in the Super Bowl. In the middle of winter, surrounded by dirty snow and even dirtier looks, we trudge through freezing temperatures with that iced coffee in hand. Ponder your local February Dunkin Donuts experience- plenty of cold coffee on a cold day. It sucks when you do not have gloves to hold that iced coffee, but it is a small price to pay for the resulting glory. Drinking a freezing drink in a freezing temperature. Victory.
So, now it is October. The weather is getting downright breezy. Yesterday, I had this grown up inclination to drink hot coffee. "It's seasonably chilly, so be seasonably sensible, right?" That feeling must have come from living in New Jersey for 25 years. In New England, we like both types of music - country and western (wait, that didn't analogy did not work). Anyway, New Englanders commune with hot and cold coffee in hand. No bias. Drink hot coffee when it is a 95 degrees. Drink iced coffee while standing in a snow bank. Our community has no boundaries.
So, now it is October. The weather is getting downright breezy. Yesterday, I had this grown up inclination to drink hot coffee. "It's seasonably chilly, so be seasonably sensible, right?" That feeling must have come from living in New Jersey for 25 years. In New England, we like both types of music - country and western (wait, that didn't analogy did not work). Anyway, New Englanders commune with hot and cold coffee in hand. No bias. Drink hot coffee when it is a 95 degrees. Drink iced coffee while standing in a snow bank. Our community has no boundaries.
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