This is an All-Ears English Podcast, episode 1540, why coffee is the ultimate connector,

and how to talk about it in English.

Welcome to the All-Ears English Podcast, downloaded more than 200 million times.

Are you feeling stuck with your English? We'll show you how to become

fearless and fluent by focusing on connection, not perfection.

With your American hosts, Lindsay McMahon, the English adventurer,

and Michelle Kaplan, the New York Radio Girl.

Coming to you from Colorado and New York City, USA.

Do you drink coffee? Today, find out about Lindsay's and Michelle's coffee drinking habits.

How it can affect us and how to talk about it when you meet with a native speaker in English.

Hey, Michelle, how are you doing today?

Excited to see you on video over on YouTube, right, Michelle?

Hey, yes. Good to see you, Lindsay. I'm good. How are you?

I'm good. I'm good. Actually, I heard we were talking about coffee today,

and coffee is one of my favorites. You know, right here, I have a mug. Actually, can you see it?

Can you see that mug? One second. Let's say, yes. Oh, is that a three keys?

Yeah, it's so crazy. We actually had a student that made these an IELTS student in our IELTS

course, and he sent them to us, our lovely student. Oh, it's so funny. But yeah, so that's what

that is. Clearly, I have a large collection of coffee cups. What about you?

I do. I have a lot of coffee mugs as well, and yeah, then they... I don't know. I feel like

the dishwasher doesn't get to them enough, though. I don't know. They always get kind of gross. Do you

have that problem? I don't, but I noticed a few years ago that there started being the double-size

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