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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Reschke on February 26, 2008, 10:51:39 AM
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Well when I saw the beginning of the headline I almost jumped for joy BUT alas it was too good to be true since I read the rest of the headline.
Starbucks to close all U.S. stores for training
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23351151/
Top two reasons why I hate corporate coffee.
#1 My wife goes by there and gets one every day.
#2 People don't need to get a half caf latte w/ extra cinnamon, cream and a splash of chocolate to have good coffee.
I will add one more. I get tired of going all over the world and seeing American businesses trying to force our business practices on other nations. Let the Mexicans sell their own coffee and not some ground up Sumatran stuff.
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Three-hour shutdown designed to educate, energize 135,000 workers
thats one heck of a coffee break... which now I have the question,...if you work at Starbucks, do you get a coffee break?....
About as fancy as I get with my coffee is sometimes I'll dump a packet of Swiss Miss or Nestle's hot chocolate in my cup... drink 4 cups of that back to back...
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They need 3 hours.... they make lousy coffee.
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Ever heard Louis Black's "I have seen the end of the universe...and it is in Houston"?
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I'm not at all impressed with Starbucks. Their coffee doesn't taste that great (I don't get any of the frilly stuff... just the regular 'ole coffee). Frankly, 7-11 coffee tastes far better.
My favorite coffee shop is in one of our little neighboring towns ~ little mom & pop place. I'll drive the 10 miles to get there before I drive 2 blocks to Starbucks.
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You americans need to understand the greatness of Tim Horton's
Only a select few of our american cousins are allowed to experience the orgasmic quality of extra large double doubles.
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Originally posted by ridley1
Ever heard Louis Black's "I have seen the end of the universe...and it is in Houston"?
No, but having been to Houston I can't disagree.
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Originally posted by ridley1
Ever heard Louis Black's "I have seen the end of the universe...and it is in Houston"?
Oh yes... very funny guy...
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On the rare occasion I order at Starbucks (I like a local place called Dutch Bros, it's pretty popular in my neck of the woods) I order a medium. When they try and correct me with "Ok, so that's a venti caramel mocha" or whatever, I cock my head to the side, look at them blankly, then say, "No thanks, just a medium."
I enjoy watching the look on their faces as they struggle with the decision on whether to 'educate' me, express disgust at my ignorance, some combination of the two, or finally to just acknowledge that a venti or tall or whatever is actually just a 'Medium'.
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Chairboy, you're such a rebel. :)
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Sometimes it just helps to point...
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Originally posted by Airscrew
Sometimes it just helps to point...
and laugh
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Originally posted by texasmom
Chairboy, you're such a rebel. :)
I can't afford to dump tea into a harbor (it's expensive!) so I've gotta find SOMETHING to do.
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Originally posted by texasmom
Chairboy, you're such a rebel. :)
:rofl :aok
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Originally posted by texasmom
and laugh
always :lol
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I can't recall seeing anyone saying anything positive about starbucks here in the o'club "community", but it is a huge chain. Makes you wonder what kind of users starbucks have vs the ww2 flying sim addicts.
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One thing I've noticed about Idaho is the proliferation of little drive-thru coffee places. I enjoy the names people have invented for these little shacks....
Pony Espresso
Brewed Expressions
Daily Perks
There is one called Java Chicks, I'll need to check that out sometime.
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Here ya go Nilsen:
One really good thing that I do have to say about Starbucks ~ our local store is a great supporter of our troops. They donate on a regular basis their jugs of coffee to our local USO (who attends deployments/redeployments) which is served to our Soldiers as they are either leaving to or arriving from deployment.
Out of gratitude for their direct support of our soldiers, I do buy $25 Starbucks gift cards & give those away. But those purchases are entirely out of appreciation for Starbucks support of our soldiers here at Fort Hood ~ and not at all a reflection of how I think their coffee tastes. :)
Lots of folks/businesses have the "We support our Soldiers" signs in their windows. But when I see someone who supports in more than just a sign in the window, I always try to give them my business out of thankfulness.
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I make my own darn coffee. On a rare occassion like when I go with the wife to a mall, I might fortify my eyelids with an iced coffee mocha at some coffee cart.
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Good coffee but expensive. Mcdonald's has just as good coffee but cheaper. I think people like Starbucks for the sense of connecting with other people sharing a common experience. Much like concert goers.
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best coffee i ever had was in a IHOP and they bring you a whole pot.
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Originally posted by john9001
best coffee i ever had was in a IHOP and they bring you a whole pot.
:aok
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Originally posted by Chairboy
On the rare occasion I order at Starbucks (I like a local place called Dutch Bros, it's pretty popular in my neck of the woods) I order a medium. When they try and correct me with "Ok, so that's a venti caramel mocha" or whatever, I cock my head to the side, look at them blankly, then say, "No thanks, just a medium."
I enjoy watching the look on their faces as they struggle with the decision on whether to 'educate' me, express disgust at my ignorance, some combination of the two, or finally to just acknowledge that a venti or tall or whatever is actually just a 'Medium'.
That's what I hate about them. They try and develop their own culture (it goes beyond being just a 'brand'). I generally avoid them, but when I have to go there it goes something like this:
Me: I'd like a small coffee.
Brainwashed Employee: You mean a 'tall'?
Me: No a small.
BE: Okay, well what we have are 'talls'
Me: Well what size is that?
BE: (they point to the smallest cup).
Me: Okay, I'd like that...the SMALL one.
BE: Okay, that will be $2.35
Me: (shaking head)...Two dollars and thirty-five cents for a small coffee?
Where I used to work, there was a small Mom and Pop coffee and sandwich shop that was great for mid-morning coffee and lunch. Coffee fresh brewed every 45 mins, ground it themselves, tasted great.
$1 Smalls. Hope they're still in business...
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I get my coffee at a local mom and pop. Tastes fine and costs about a buck 50. Starbucks is too harsh, and Dunkin DOnuts tastes burnt. Tim Hortons for me tastes like they filtered it thru a soapy dishrag.
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Originally posted by texasmom
My favorite coffee shop is in one of our little neighboring towns ~ little mom & pop place. I'll drive the 10 miles to get there before I drive 2 blocks to Starbucks.
Originally posted by kamilyun
Where I used to work, there was a small Mom and Pop coffee and sandwich shop that was great for mid-morning coffee and lunch. Coffee fresh brewed every 45 mins, ground it themselves, tasted great. $1 Smalls. Hope they're still in business...
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I need to open a mom & pop coffee shop. The town we visit monthly (family) doesn't have a coffee shop. I'll borrow old photos from all the folks in town from when it was just blooming & do the whole thing on the town's history. :) Have nice cozy porch swings & NO BISCOTTI'S. Same families have lived there forever. I bet they'd like that as much as I would.
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Make sure it has a drive through, nobody ever went broke appealing to laziness. As exhibit A I give you: Salad in a bag.
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A Fine example, and great advice. :)
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Originally posted by ridley1
You americans need to understand the greatness of Tim Horton's
Only a select few of our american cousins are allowed to experience the orgasmic quality of extra large double doubles.
There is a Tim Horton's just outside Dearborn, MI. I have been there. It was pretty good, one question about Canada's Taco Bell's..since when did french fries go with tacos?
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My ex was a big Starbucks fan. Got me into it. I don't order coffee there (I can't see paying $3.xx/cup) but I do buy the beans and brew it at home. I suppose it's still more expensive than what I used to drink (Hills Bros. or Folgers) but not terribly much more and I'm used to it now after 12 years.
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Originally posted by Chairboy
Make sure it has a drive through, nobody ever went broke appealing to laziness. As exhibit A I give you: Salad in a bag.
Exhibit B: Kraft Easy-Mac, Micro Wave macaroni and cheese, because 7 minutes is just to long.... and theres all those ingredients you have to mix together....
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Originally posted by rpm
No, but having been to Houston I can't disagree.
Dun dun dun!
73 to the rescue:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv29068K4_0
slightly on topic also:
http://www.illwillpress.com/sml.html
:D:D
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French fries goes with anything....it's a universal food.....
Like peanut butter.
My father, believe it or not...loved PB, grape jelly and sardines on toast.
please properly seal your airsickness bags before disposal.
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I know this has been said before, but after that ^^ it bears repeating...
Canadians are just weird...
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I've dipped bacon in chocolate. Stick that in your sammich.
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Crispy bacon wouldn't be that bad
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why would he ruin a good sardine samich with PB and grape jelly?
:confused:
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uh.... barf y'all!
What kind of stuff are y'all eating? Yuck!
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:lol
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Search "The Kid from Brooklyn" and his rant about starbucks...It's hilarious!
Actually, i'll just link myself courtesy of google video.
*He does use some profane language*
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We are lucky enough to have a Tim Horton’s here, but I usually prefer good old fresh ground at home… And we do it, “Old school”.
(http://www.filenanny.com/files/4690141cf359b3528/coffee.jpg)
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Originally posted by Airscrew
I know this has been said before, but after that ^^ it bears repeating...
Canadians are just weird...
Coffee Sandwich (http://www.cepheid.org/~niklas/bobanddoug.com/sounds/gwn/puked.wav)
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Designer coffee was around a long time before it became a cult. Our favorite in-store "coffee" is the chai tea served by an obscure little local store, not a chain.
For max return on investment, I get coffee at Books a Million or Borders to help compensate them for their generosity in letting me skim books and magazines in the store.
Very generous of them. Amazing really, when you think how much magazines cost now and how much info you can glean in these stores for free.
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Starbucks..........over rated. :D
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Originally posted by Halo
Designer coffee was around a long time before it became a cult. Our favorite in-store "coffee" is the chai tea served by an obscure little local store, not a chain.
For max return on investment, I get coffee at Books a Million or Borders to help compensate them for their generosity in letting me skim books and magazines in the store.
Very generous of them. Amazing really, when you think how much magazines cost now and how much info you can glean in these stores for free.
WTF is "chai tea"???? :huh
I agree fully on the book store situation. Literacy can be a curse and must be fed regularly. The wife and I just spent $250.00 over our trade in value between a couple used book stores yesterday. :(
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Maverick, I think he's talking about the drinks where, in the safety of a factory, they brew masala chai, then presumably reduce it to a syrup and send it out.
Then, in the Photo Booth sized Espresso cabin sitting in the middle of a parking lot somewhere, a 24 year old high school dropout mixes it with hot Dairy Produkt(tm) and water, making a sweet, yummy, almost diabetes inducing drink. The caffeine/sugar combo gives quite a kick, and it tastes yummy.
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Wonders if anyone would have noticed them closed without a breaking news headline. :rofl I would not have noticed...
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Chairboy,
Thanks now WTF is masala chai?? Is it a coffee, tea or some kind of herbal stuff? :confused:
I haven't bothered with any of the trend or fad drinks and I also ignore red bull style stuff as well. I just drink a few things that I personally know about.
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Think "milk tea". It's yummy, not a replacement for coffee (too sweet) but tasty enough to try once. Any local coffee place should be able to whip up a cup.
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Coffee is overrated.