“There are eight times more cafes per person in the State of Israel than there are in Manhattan.” Can that possibly be true? It sounds like hype to me. If it is true, how can we possibly sustain such a staggering number of cafes in Israel? I know there are a shitload here in Tel Aviv – many blocks have two or three or even four cafes that all seem to be doing plenty of business. And sure, pretty much every town in Israel has an Aroma and one or two others on its own central thoroughfares, Jabotinsky Street or Weizmann Boulevard. But that many? Seriously, for the numbers to work, there would need to be a Tel Aviv level of cafe density all over the country, and there just isn’t. Where can I get accurate statistics on the number of cafes and cafe density per capita and per meter in different places?
By the way, it probably never would have happened in New York, but about a year ago, I made the switch and became an actual grownup coffee drinker. For years I was drinking hot chocolate when necessary because I considered myself too young for coffee. But then Danny T, who was in Israel on a Birthright trip and on his way to Cairo, suggested I try a cafe mocha, adding that it was a good transition drink to real coffee. I consented and was duly satisfied.
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