How do you take your coffee?

Will it be Arabic, Vietnamese, Italian or Greek?

SUSAN SEMENAK, The Gazette

Coffee drinkers who get their jolt drinking on the run from a paper cup are missing out on a ritual steeped in history and buzzing with character.

Long before Starbucks took over the world, coffee drinkers from Africa to Europe to South America were getting together over coffee to gossip, plot revolutions and distill the meaning of life.

They still do. Montreal, as a meeting place for many cultures, is buzzing with cafes and restaurants that still serve coffee in traditional ways.

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