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The thing about cafes in Seoul right now is that the bag on the seat next to you tells you more than the drink in front of you. A canvas tote, a paperback in Korean, AirPods in the front pocket, and somewhere in there, almost always, a tumbler. Usually steel. Usually a little dented. Often the same one its owner has been carrying since 2022.
