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I hate coffee. The smell: great. The taste: not so much. Despite everything I’ve been taught about being a good corporate worker-bee, give me coffee and I’m like a five year old taking a sip of his dad’s beer for the first time—it takes all my inner-strength to swallow the stuff like a dignified person rather than spray it all over the place like a corny sitcom character on a show destined for cancellation. I’m uncomfortable in super-chains like Starbucks, where drinks are insanely overpriced and the faux-relaxed atmosphere seems more corporate than Big Pharma. Imagine my delight when I stopped in Red Hook Coffee to grab a beverage en route to South Street. The airy and quaint café touts the Best Chai Tea Latte Around and the cookies aren’t half bad, either. Red Hook’s quiet and comfy atmosphere provides the perfect excuse to ditch your fluorescent-lit office for a day so you can tote your laptop to the café and work from “home.” Sure, you might not get your laundry done or get to watch Maury while you work, but the constant aroma of freshly brewed coffee and tea and the people-watching beats anything on syndicated TV.
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