In this photo, you see my Pegman standing in a basket of roasted coffee beans that I found in Santiago Rodriguez, Dominican Republic. And a few days ago, I was thinking about the popularity of this beverage, and I would bet that coffee is one of the most universal drinks! As a curious cultural observation: as far as I have witnessed, many countries differ in how it is traditionally brewed and enjoyed, so while we all have coffee, we don’t drink it the same way.
For example, in my country, the Dominican Republic, the traditional way of brewing coffee was with a piece of fabric that resembles a sock. You can see a bit of this traditional process in the video: "Celebrating Dominican Heritage on Google Maps," posted here on Connect by @izzyp223 .
While I’m not a coffee drinker myself, I do LOVE its smell!
One of my favorite things, when I was living in Ethiopia was to enjoy what they call the “Coffee Ceremony.” I was always happy to smell the freshly roasted and then brewed coffee beans to the point that I think it might be one of my favorite smells on earth!
In this other video that I produced in my former Addis Ababa house, you can see how Emebet made the Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony.
Tell me. Do you drink coffee? Is there any traditional way of brewing it back in your homeland? As usual, I’m all 
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