Growing up between 'upstate' NY and NYC, (upstate means an hour and change from the city, not very upstate) ordering your coffee regular meant light cream light sugar. In my travels outside of NY that created a good amount of confusion. I'm curious to see what that means in different regions. And since Starbucks came around, is it even a universally understood thing in NYC anymore? I'm gonna keep using that term since I get stuck on phrases I used in the old days.


Make that coffee to go