SDLC 110 Bi-weekly Learning #5

[Daniel Matthew Kunath]

Coffee is one of the stereotypical Greek pastimes, but the stereotype is well-earned.  They love their coffee, so we couldn’t avoid a unit on Greek coffeeshops and coffee types.  I was more than happy to learn about these, since most of the words had English cognates, and coffee is a fun and useful.  Beyond vocabulary, I learned the significance of coffee and the respect that each cup must be given, very slowly sipped over the course of hours.  Culturally, it has huge significance as one of the universal pastimes in Greece, much more so than in America, so I need to know this for when I go to Greece.