coffee is serious in Seattle

Coffee is real good when you drink it it gives you time to think.  It's a lot more than just a drink; it's something happening.  Not as in hip, but like an event, a place to be, but not like a location, but like somewhere within yourself.  It gives you time, but not actual hours or minutes, but a chance to be, like be yourself, and have a second cup.

~Gertrude Stein