<p>Sorry this week’s episode is late. I had recorded it, but when I opened the file to edit, my voice suddenly sounded oddly metallic, so I had to scrap it and record again.</p><p>This episode grows out of <a target="_blank" href="https://yoonjiwon.substack.com/p/why-koreans-drink-iced-americanos-in-winter">this week’s newsletter,</a> but it wanders a little farther: into the backstory, the books, and the very Korean logic behind iced Americano in winter. In other words, this is not just a story about coffee. </p><p>It’s a story about work, habit, space, youth, and the small stubborn self that still says, “I’ll have it iced.”</p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Understanding Korea, One Story at a Time at <a href="https://yoonjiwon.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_4">yoonjiwon.substack.com/subscribe</a>