- Messages
- 17,196
- Location
- New York City
They're not just "ubiquitous in police procedurals" as a fake brand. The Greek coffee cup is a legitimate NYC tradition, used for decades!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthora
http://www.nycoffeecup.com/
When I started working in NYC in the early '80s, that coffee cup was the coffee cup used 90% or more of the time. In diners, coffee shops, coffee carts, not-fancy restaurants, food trucks - that cup was how you got coffee.
It was only when Starbucks and its ilk come in the mid / late '90s that the cup lost its complete lock on the market. That said, I still see them all the time in the city.