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Your holiday caffeine guide

By Eric Castillo

Eric Castillo finds the city’s best wintry concoctions, from peppermint tea to red chile mochas.

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V.20 No.45 | 11/10/2011

Sergio Salvador salvadorphoto.com

Locovore

Café Lush is like a daydream of the way things might be in some future hybrid of Europe and Albuquerque. It’s an urban café on a quiet street corner, with a small menu of simple yet well-crafted dishes and a pledge to use local, seasonal and organic ingredients whenever possible. But unlike in Europe, the red and green chile won’t disappoint—unless you’re a member of the New Mexico anticumin coalition.