He liked the idea of coffee quite a lot—a warm drink that gave you ene…

John Green
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He liked the idea of coffee quite a lot—a warm drink that gave you energy and had been for centuries associated with sophisticates and intellectuals. But coffee itself tasted to him like caffeinated stomach bile. ✨ John Green (2008). An Abundance of Katherines, p.76, Penguin
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