Jill Brussow froths milk for a cappuccino at Moose Coffee & Gifts, 725 S. Sam Houston Blvd. in Houston.

“Finally!” I said, a self-professed coffee being who is cast under the spell of the addictive brew. Its alluring fragrance and lovely elixir puts a snap in my garter and a buzz in my brain, “Houston has a coffee house!”

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