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RobinA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-10 12:00 PM
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82. Facts....
Confusing people with facts is never a good way to win friends and influence people. Don't you know people love to take shots at Starbucks? Your observation is true for my neck of the woods also. Not to mention the fact that when I'm out and looking for a cup of coffee in the evening the independent shops are all closed and dark with their chairs neatly up-ended on their tables while Starbucks is lit up and open for business. This is why I never like to hear a bunch of sniveling from the shops about the big bad corporation putting them out of business. I'd happily shop independent, but you need to open the doors in order for me to do that.
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  -$tarbuck$ prices go from totally fucking ridiculous to astronomically fucking ridiculous. HopeHoops  Sep-22-10 05:07 PM   #0 
  - Man, so much hate  Taverner   Sep-22-10 05:09 PM   #1 
  - never tasted herpes lesions. what are they like?  ohiosmith   Sep-22-10 05:10 PM   #3 
  - Starbucks coffee strangely enough.  MattBaggins   Sep-22-10 05:20 PM   #11 
  - Kind of like salty coffee  Taverner   Sep-22-10 05:24 PM   #14 
  - E-FUCKING-GADS! Try 8 O'Clock or Chock Full O' Nuts. Or get whole bean from a healthfood store.  HopeHoops   Sep-22-10 05:15 PM   #5 
  - I prefer Peets (being in CA)  Taverner   Sep-22-10 05:26 PM   #16 
  - It is taste  nadinbrzezinski   Sep-22-10 05:29 PM   #20 
  - I have to have all of my coffee with cream, milk or something else  Taverner   Sep-22-10 05:34 PM   #29 
  - If you like sweet, try Vietnamese coffee-- cà phê sua da (iced)/cà phê sua nóng (hot)  pinboy3niner   Sep-22-10 06:12 PM   #63 
     - Not into it sweet - just cremed  Taverner   Sep-22-10 06:13 PM   #65 
  - Me too. I generally avoid chains, especially malicious chains.  NYC_SKP   Sep-22-10 05:49 PM   #50 
  - Not familiar with it. I did time in San Diego (job travel) but was working 18+ hours a day.  HopeHoops   Sep-22-10 05:31 PM   #23 
     - Hilarious!  Taverner   Sep-22-10 05:33 PM   #26 
     - I think that's what hummingbirds live on naturally and they do NOT need refined sugar.  HopeHoops   Sep-22-10 05:39 PM   # 
     - No I understand  Taverner   Sep-22-10 05:41 PM   #40 
        - Freaked the HELL out of me! The damn think looked angry at me.  HopeHoops   Sep-22-10 05:43 PM   #44 
           - The bigger they are the easier it is to swat them  Taverner   Sep-22-10 05:45 PM   #45 
              - The easiest thing to do with a bat is throw a towel in the air. That will bring them down.  HopeHoops   Sep-22-10 05:50 PM   #53 
     - In the OTHER funny job travel stories department...  HopeHoops   Sep-22-10 05:46 PM   #48 
        - It's always the opposite for me  Taverner   Sep-22-10 05:50 PM   #55 
           - Oh, so YOU'RE one of the idiots we laughed at!  HopeHoops   Sep-22-10 06:00 PM   #58 
     - My sun conure likes coffee  nadinbrzezinski   Sep-22-10 05:56 PM   #57 
     - LOL at "You fucking ASSHOLE"  Hello_Kitty   Sep-23-10 03:10 PM   #104 
  - so if some want their coffee from Starbcuck . . . . let them have it  DrDan   Sep-22-10 05:34 PM   #27 
  - For a lot of us, the acidity that comes with Robusto Coffee gives us problems  Taverner   Sep-22-10 05:37 PM   #35 
     - and I have absolutely no problem with you getting your coffee at Starbucks  DrDan   Sep-22-10 05:47 PM   #49 
  - 8 O'Clock French Roast is totally awesome n/t  TK421   Sep-23-10 02:30 PM   #95 
  - Starbucks coffee tastes like ass.  MattBaggins   Sep-22-10 05:20 PM   #10 
     - There's a reason I call it Starburnts. nt  Codeine   Sep-23-10 01:17 PM   #84 
     - Agree with you on the dark roasts (Sumatra, etc.)  Amaril   Sep-23-10 01:33 PM   #86 
  - I pay $9.99 for 3 pounds of organic beans.  tridim   Sep-22-10 05:10 PM   #2 
  - Me too...  JuniperLea   Sep-22-10 05:19 PM   #7 
  - I'll agree with you there. We don't have a Trader Joe's around here, but there was one in Reston.  HopeHoops   Sep-22-10 05:34 PM   #28 
     - Buy beans! Make thy own!  Taverner   Sep-22-10 05:55 PM   #56 
  - It's not just the cost, it's that Starbucks habitually over-roasts their beans.  Dappleganger   Sep-22-10 05:34 PM   #30 
  - I love deep roasted beans...  JuniperLea   Sep-22-10 05:39 PM   #36 
  - The darker the roast, the less caffeine you ingest  tridim   Sep-22-10 05:49 PM   #52 
     - No wonder Starbucks doesn't wake me up!  JuniperLea   Sep-22-10 06:07 PM   #61 
        - Aribica (Starbucks) has less caffeine than Robusto (Maxwell House, Yuban..etc)  Taverner   Sep-22-10 06:30 PM   #70 
           - Trader Joe's French Roast  JuniperLea   Sep-22-10 06:35 PM   #71 
  - You East Coasters don't get our West Coast obsession with dark roasted coffee  Taverner   Sep-22-10 05:40 PM   #39 
     - Ah, but I prefer the dark roasts...  Dappleganger   Sep-22-10 05:45 PM   #46 
     - A lot of folks say Peets is burnt  Taverner   Sep-22-10 05:46 PM   #47 
        - Their french roast is pretty damn good.  Dappleganger   Sep-22-10 06:23 PM   #66 
           - Major Dickinson (not to be confused with Bruce Dickinson) is very good  Taverner   Sep-22-10 06:28 PM   #69 
              - Is that named after the asshole in "Good Morning Viet Nam"?  HopeHoops   Sep-23-10 11:26 AM   #78 
     - It's true  customerserviceguy   Sep-22-10 06:53 PM   #72 
     - Count Me As One  RobinA   Sep-23-10 11:38 AM   #79 
  - I agree - make the joe at home  Taverner   Sep-22-10 05:39 PM   #37 
  - They may also be raising prices to keep up with the coffee snobs --  smalll   Sep-22-10 05:11 PM   #4 
  - My wife heard a guy order a laundry list of stupid names for his "coffee" (read on)...  HopeHoops   Sep-22-10 05:18 PM   #6 
  - 'That one' was NOT $12 dollars for a cup of coffee;  elleng   Sep-22-10 05:26 PM   #17 
  - Nope. Been a Starbucks barista, casually dating one too.  Chan790   Sep-23-10 02:09 PM   #89 
  - When one buys a quadruple shot grande caramel mocha whatever  Missy Vixen   Sep-22-10 05:28 PM   #19 
     - I doubt it is the most expensive either - the "only" part gave that away.  HopeHoops   Sep-22-10 05:37 PM   #33 
        - May have a problem, but its not caffeine!  elleng   Sep-23-10 02:14 PM   #91 
           - Yeah, it isn't a caffeine problem - it is a stupidity problem.  HopeHoops   Sep-23-10 02:20 PM   #92 
  - Know who I hate? Beer snobs. Budweiser and coors in a can is JUST AS GOOD  Warren DeMontague   Sep-22-10 05:49 PM   #51 
     - LOL!  Dappleganger   Sep-22-10 06:25 PM   #68 
  - Overpriced shitty coffee...  driver8   Sep-22-10 05:19 PM   #8 
  - I haven't drank coffee at a Starbucks in 5 years. I just brew my own.  4lbs   Sep-22-10 05:19 PM   #9 
  - Have you ever tried adding a tiny bit of salt?  tridim   Sep-22-10 05:21 PM   #12 
  - Salt blocks the receptors for bitter making coffee taste better.  MattBaggins   Sep-22-10 05:24 PM   #13 
  - No. I don't want to modify the flavor at all.  4lbs   Sep-22-10 05:31 PM   #22 
  - I learned that from an Alton Brown show. Great tip. nt  Codeine   Sep-23-10 01:19 PM   #85 
  - Damn straight!  Dappleganger   Sep-22-10 05:37 PM   #34 
  - BTW, guess where Arabica beans come from?  4lbs   Sep-22-10 05:25 PM   #15 
  - Toledo?  HopeHoops   Sep-22-10 05:33 PM   #25 
  - I just don't see the attraction.  lpbk2713   Sep-22-10 05:28 PM   #18 
  - And those bastards  Missy Vixen   Sep-22-10 05:31 PM   #21 
  - My father tells me he drinks McDonald's coffee every day.  4lbs   Sep-22-10 05:34 PM   #31 
  - Good for him  Missy Vixen   Sep-22-10 05:42 PM   #42 
  - I also drink tea regularly.  4lbs   Sep-22-10 05:50 PM   #54 
     - I'm going to have to go check that out  Missy Vixen   Sep-22-10 06:01 PM   #59 
     - The Jasmine Sunflower tea is the light, flowery tea you get when you visit a Chinese or Vietnamese  4lbs   Sep-22-10 06:03 PM   #60 
     - I love those commie teas too  pinboy3niner   Sep-23-10 03:05 PM   #103 
  - To Each His Own  RobinA   Sep-23-10 11:51 AM   #81 
  - Starbucks Iced Tea  RobinA   Sep-23-10 11:47 AM   #80 
  - The only time I go to SB's is when flying  Dappleganger   Sep-22-10 05:32 PM   #24 
  - Wawa has a pretty good cuppa joe  DiverDave   Sep-22-10 05:39 PM   #38 
     - As long as they keep putting out the French Roast, I'm good.  Dappleganger   Sep-22-10 05:42 PM   #41 
  - the one Good Thing I'll say about Starbucks...they offer benefits..including domestic partner  w8liftinglady   Sep-22-10 05:35 PM   #32 
  - They should charge as much as their customers are willing to pay  SmileyRose   Sep-22-10 05:42 PM   #43 
  - "Burglar" is one of my favorite movies.  Smashcut   Sep-22-10 06:09 PM   #62 
  - "I'm not going to shoot her!" "They'd shoot her in L.A." "We're not IN L.A.!"  HopeHoops   Sep-23-10 08:14 AM   #74 
     - "I got a Smith and Wesson, man, under the counter, pointin' at you!"  Smashcut   Sep-23-10 01:16 PM   #83 
        - "A cat burglar? What do you do with them all?" "Do with what?" "The cats."  HopeHoops   Sep-23-10 01:47 PM   #87 
  - I have never been to a StarBUCKS. Ever.  Chipper Chat   Sep-22-10 06:12 PM   #64 
  - make my own and take it to work ... much better  MikeW   Sep-22-10 06:25 PM   #67 
  - I really don't like Starbucks coffee  mysuzuki2   Sep-22-10 09:11 PM   #73 
  - Damn. Fraps are one of those little luxuries I like to indulge myself with.  Odin2005   Sep-23-10 08:36 AM   #75 
  - Their prices are not that much higher than the independent shops around here  PVnRT   Sep-23-10 08:43 AM   #76 
  - Facts....  RobinA   Sep-23-10 12:00 PM   #82 
  - Hell naw! They burn the beans!! UGH!! n/t  Fire1   Sep-23-10 08:46 AM   #77 
  - Just wait for their impending "stupendissimo caffè con carne"  DFW   Sep-23-10 02:03 PM   #88 
  - I call them Fivebucks  mkultra   Sep-23-10 02:11 PM   #90 
  - I make my own yummy coffee concotions at home.  AtomicKitten   Sep-23-10 02:25 PM   #93 
  - Don't go there if the prices are too high. It's that easy. nt  Obamanaut   Sep-23-10 02:28 PM   #94 
  - It's more fun to bitch about it, however.  Ikonoklast   Sep-23-10 02:42 PM   #96 
     - Miz O just asked what is so funny. My day is made. Thanks. nt  Obamanaut   Sep-23-10 02:59 PM   #100 
  - don't drink coffee, never liked it, no matter who makes it. n/t  Scout   Sep-23-10 02:43 PM   #97 
  - I was never impressed with their coffee anyway....although I do like  TK421   Sep-23-10 02:44 PM   #98 
  - Why shouldn't they charge astronomical prices if people are willing to pay it?  Freddie Stubbs   Sep-23-10 02:46 PM   #99 
  - BFD. Let them charge $10/oz. If people want to pay it, let them.  Roland99   Sep-23-10 03:01 PM   #101 
  - On the other hand seriously high end espresso machines can be easily justified  Stevenmarc   Sep-23-10 03:04 PM   #102 
 

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