The host of the Thursday-night get-together has taken note of the double-layer cake at my station, its surfaces coated in sloppy-gloppy mounds of buttercream. The works in front of the dozen other ...

It’s a product that people are so familiar with that when they see it, they’re not thinking about the cup itself, they’re thinking about the experience of the café,” says co-owner Megan Wyper. The ...