Bottomless Diner Coffee

Name: Bottomless Diner Coffee
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: Good medium-roast coffee, drip-brewed; A heavy diner mug; Cream and sugar on the table, everyone to their own doctrine

Serve when

Pour it through the twelve years of diner conversations this movie is made of — refills are the film's real timeline.

What to drink

Harry and Sally's friendship is conducted across diner tables, and the constant on those tables is coffee — the bottomless American cup that keeps a conversation going for a decade. That's the honest beverage for this film: hot, plain, endlessly refilled. Brew it strong enough to argue over whether men and women can be friends.

What to drink

No cocktail belongs in this movie; it runs on coffee and conversation. The pairing is the American bottomless cup — the drink of people who aren't ready to leave the table yet.

Ingredients

Good medium-roast coffee, drip-brewed
A heavy diner mug
Cream and sugar on the table, everyone to their own doctrine

Method

Brew a full pot — this conversation has years to go.
Pour into a thick-walled mug, leaving room for cream negotiations.
Refill without being asked. That's the whole art of the diner.