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I've been living in the States for 10 years now. I first came here for college, then moved to New York, so at this point I'm basically a New Yorker. And I'm sure you've heard that we New Yorkers love an early-morning, late-night routine . . . which conveniently allows us to drink more than a couple cups of coffee a day.

I might be a New Yorker now, but I'm also Turkish. Growing up in Turkey, tea was non-negotiable — it was just part of life. But after adapting to the American lifestyle, I'm ashamed to say I went from drinking several cups of tea a day to having it once in a blue moon. And honestly, the tea here just doesn't compare to the tea back home (and I'm not even talking about the ritual, everyone drinking tea together like it's water, which adds so m

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