Apparently coffee is pretty much non-existent in South Korea, which is not great news for me (especially because I will need to try and get in really fast workouts once I start training with the team so I can show them that I am somewhat worthy!) Not that coffee is completely necessary for that...that comment makes it sound like a drug addiction...
Anyway, to get back on topic - I've read and heard from people I know who have been there that there are three general truths about coffee in South Korea: 1) Coffee bars are expensive 2) Starbucks (plural - how do you write the plural form of Starbucks? Asks the soon-to-be English teacher...) definitely exist over there, but it costs an arm and an aneurysm for a cup (perhaps even moreso than it does in the States), and 3) Instant coffee is probably your best bet if you want to have any sort of non financially-dehabilitating assurance of enjoying the smell, taste (maybe taste is moot in this case, but at least a taste resemblance) and other benefits of America's cash crop.
So I am attempting to come off of my beloved coffee and start attempting to enjoy its instant knock off. Perhaps even substituting a glass of herbal tea every other day will be a smart idea, so when I have to go three days without coffee while having to attempt to utilize my almost non-existent Korean in the Seoul airport to try and find the location of the bus station I won't also be plagued with caffeine withdrawal.
Times change. Roll with 'em.
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