Tall, cool drinks.

If at any point you have the opportunity to drink coffee out of a beer glass, please do so. Iced coffee, even better. The coffee shop where I get my usual Wednesday caffeinated treat also sells food and beer. A few weeks ago, when I ordered an iced latte "for here" they pulled out a plastic cup - and I asked if I could have it in a beer glass, like they had behind the counter for beer. Because I wasn't going to take the coffee with me anywhere. Since then, I've always asked for, and gotten it, in a glass. They don't hold as much as the larger plastic cups, but that leads to a higher espresso/milk ratio, so I'm more than fine with it.

Last week, someone was thinking about ordering an iced drink herself, and I pointed out she could get it in a beer glass, and held up my own latte as proof. Today, I asked for it in a beer glass and the server was completely nonplussed. This isn't someone whom I've ordered from before, either; this was just someone who said yeah, people sometimes get them in glasses now.

Whether I've started a trend or entered one without being aware of it is anyone's guess. Personally, I'm glad they're using less plastic, and happy for everyone who's learned both to take a moment to slow down and stop for the amount of time it takes to drink an iced coffee - how nice is it just to stop in Manhattan - as well as how much nicer it tastes out of a cold, tall glass.

(Yes, I've been in offices where I've taken opportunities to drink coffee out of wineglasses. A place operates for a long enough period of time, you get all sorts of drinkware accumulation. So I went ahead and had some fun with that, too.)