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seasonal fare, including thirty-seven

different flavours of coffee.

JAMES

My coffee doesn’t need thirty-seven

flavours because it’s not trying to

hide its offensive taste. Their beans

sit in bags collecting dust for months

before they’re brewed.

GREG

Hey, now—

JAMES

My wife and I opened this business

when there was nothing else here. Brewed

Awakening has been a cornerstone to Hemlock

Grove’s new downtown core ever since.

We are the community. I know I haven’t

been putting in as much of an effort

lately, but I’m here now, aren’t I?

BUSINESSMAN 1

A few decorations, one batch of sugar

cookies, and showing up late to a party

hardly suffice as making any effort to

be part of our thriving community.

BUSINESSWOMAN 2

Hemlock Grove needs a reliable unit that

is willing to put in maximum effort all

year round to drive customers to the rest

of our businesses, and you’ve done more to

chase people away than bring them in.

BUSINESSWOMAN 1

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