When he returned with my coffee, I got my answer in the form of a mobile battery pack with an Android charger attached.
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Now, what I was saying was, I was having some coffee with some of your neighbors.
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" (I'd like coffee with milk.) To which he'd smile and reply in perfect English: "Would you prefer your milk cold, or steamed?
And the owners of the coffee shop set the price high enough that they were willing to part with as much coffee as I chose to drink.
When I walked into the building I was greeted with smiles, and a cup of coffee, which made me feel important, like I belonged there.
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Over coffee and pastries I spoke with the CEO of the Ritz-Carlton and the CEO of Capital One.
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So I sat down with a cup of Starbucks coffee, called up The Crystal Ball and set to work.
One afternoon, I met with some undergraduates at the CoHo coffee-house.
Instead, I went out for coffee or drinks with various women who, according to their friends, had had extraordinary or, at least, numerous adventures dating online.
Caffeine-addicts can head to the Moloka'i Coffee Company, which offers two tours through their coffee farm and has a gift store with delicious coffee samples.
"I was overwhelmed with creditors, " recalls Joo Siang over coffee in his modest office in Qingdao, which he visits at least twice a month.
Instead of cursing my pain and searching for a napkin with which to wipe up spilled coffee, I got to focus on more important things.
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In advance of the 2012 Social Innovation Summit taking place next week at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, and as the third installment of an exclusive interview series, I spoke with Adam Brotman, Chief Digital Officer for Starbucks Coffee Company.
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Yet inside Borders, I counted about five shoppers per floor, with another five at the coffee bar.
Last year, I worked with Chatham and a team of fellow MBAs to help a coffee retailer evaluate whether it should launch a new brand on college campuses.
And I oftentimes have conversations with young writers and writers my own age at coffee shops or at bars, and they're always saying I just feel so discouraged.
Venturing into town on 27 December to meet someone for coffee, I was stunned to find the city centre heaving with people.
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Sitting with my laptop in a coffee shop in the East Village, I clicked and scrolled through Facebook profiles and Twitter feeds for possible New York-based targets.
Suddenly I knew what she wanted to do, and with that thought the sourness of the coffee rose in my throat.
And I had to be at my desk, at my office, with the first cup of coffee, a legal pad and write the first word at 5:30, five days a week.
Just a few hours ago, I walked outside to see status quo as my coffee-cup carrying neighbors walked their dogs with grocery bags in hand.
"I have been stunned by how much dairy there is in Shanghai compared with 12 months ago - there are coffee houses, ice cream parlours, frozen yoghurt bars, " she said, noting that the market in UHT milk drinks is also growing.
Instead I have organized my professional life with a complex, highly personal system of post-it notes, matchbook covers and coffee-stained legal pads.
Because I travel a lot and stay in a lot of hotels with club floors and use airline lounges religiously, I have had the opportunity to test drive just about every leading coffee technology out there, especially those using prepackaged coffee, the current craze.
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