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Im in yur Starbuckz, uzing all yur internetz

Discussion in 'Lounge' started by NaboCane, Feb 12, 2009.

  1. NaboCane

    NaboCane Banned

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  2. fins4o8

    fins4o8 Mac FTW!

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    If im ever in the mood for ice coffee I either go to a Vietnamese shop to get Viet Ice Coffee w/ condensed milk or Mickey Ice Coffee.
     
  3. pennphinfan

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    okay i have to put my 2 cents in here. I don't work at Starbucks, but I work at a competitor that is essentially the same store. And for those of you who say you aren't overpaying for a 2 dollar cup of coffee... how wrong you are. I did the math one day. a box of coffee costs our store about 45 dollars, and if we sell all the coffee that that box makes, we make about 900 dollars. thats about a 2000% percent markup. i think that's a bit much, don't you?

    also, I'm allowed to drink all the free drinks I want while I'm working, which is nice, because there's no way in hell I would pay 5 dollars for some ice, flavor and some coffee extract blended together. One of the easiest ways to save money in this economy is to not go to coffee shops, and I'm certainly not the only one noticing, because our hours are getting cut and business is down.

    as to the original point of this thread though.. if the internet sucks (because ours sure does) please don't yell at the barista's.. it's not our fault! :sad: trust me, the internet sucking is more of a pain to us than it is to you, because every other person is pulling us aside to complain about it, which just leads to slower service and more anger. <sigh> :cry:
     
  4. NaboCane

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    :lol: Alrighty then. Deep breaths, my friend. Deeeeep breaths.

    When I just want a cuppa, I make it at home. And sure, it's cheaper - until you account for all the half & half that spoils in your fridge because you are out and about most of the time and grabbing coffee on the run. It's still cheaper, yes - but you start to see a decline in economy.

    However - sometimes coffee isn't just coffee. It's the ritual of coffee.

    It's the whole experience of getting the coffee; walking into the coffeshop, smelling the brews, seeing the faces; the din of conversation, of Baristas clattering their utensils and calling out orders.

    Any cup I make at home is to my exact specifications; it couldn't be more perfect for me.

    But the first sip of that $1.92 cup, in the element in which it was born - that, my friend, is what separates the coffee lovers from the coffee drinkers.
     
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  5. anlgp

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    just drink your ****ing coffee already nabo damn
     
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  6. pennphinfan

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    damn, if you don't mind paying 2 bucks just to watch me bang some spoons around, i think I should come work for you..
     
  7. NaboCane

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    :lol: If you can live on two bucks a day...
     
  8. Alex44

    Alex44 Boshosaurus Rex

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    Coffee is gross. I'm 18 now, an adult, arent I supposed to just snap into liking it soon?
     
  9. femalefinfan

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    Sweetie, I've been drinking coffee since I was like 10...
     
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  10. Alex44

    Alex44 Boshosaurus Rex

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    :lol: My sister is 13 and she drinks coffee. I just don't like the taste....and don't get it.

    Though people always tell me I'll appreciate it when I'm older.
     
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  11. femalefinfan

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    Thats the thing, if you don't get it by now, you probably never will. :no:
     
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  12. NaboCane

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    It's an acquired taste, to be sure. It's also largely cultural. I grew up having a big cup of café con leche every morning with breakfast; dark, sweet, pungent Cuban coffee in hot milk. That's since I can remember.

    And before Gordon Bowker brought back his first trunkload of the special roast he liked from British Columbia to supply his college buddies and start what became Starbucks, I was already grinding and brewing varietals from Africa and Indonesia instead of Folgers and Maxwell House.

    So I've been into coffee my whole life; I can't imagine a morning without it, and I love it.
     
  13. unluckyluciano

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    I like my coffee like I like my woman,asian.

    /end coffee discussion
     
  14. Alex44

    Alex44 Boshosaurus Rex

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    :yes::knucks::up:

    ^ That about covers it :lol:
     
  15. NaboCane

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    Mmm...Vietnamese coffee...

    Mmm...Vietnamese women...
     
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    nope. people said that about beer. when i was your age i didn't like beer but enjoyed the hard stuff better ( :shifty: not that i condone it... ) but once i found the right beer i enjoyed it.

    coffee is much the same. there are many types to be had. once you find one you'll drink it. maybe?
     
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    I don't like sugar in my coffee, but that sounds absolutley delish!!!
     
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  21. dolphindebby

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    Me too.
    I really love Folgers or Maxwell House.
    Sometimes we get Kroger brand or something, if we can't afford the other.
    We've also switched to de-caf now.
    I love a good cup at night when I can sit and relax or be with friends.
     
  22. finsgirlie

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    nice analogy....there's only ONE kind of beer that i like. the rest taste like liquid rust.
     
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    thanks.

    what kinda beer?
     
  24. finsgirlie

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    bud light lime

    that's only for the bottles though....when i went up to UNC there was a great brewery that Greg (NJFINSFAN1) had recommended and I tried it out....it was october and they had this great pumpkin ale...yum. the fresh stuff out of a brewery is wayyyyy better than any bottled crap you find in publix. :up:
     
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    sounds like you need to be introduced to the wide wonderful world of micro brews.

    there's where all your good beer is located.
     
  26. pennphinfan

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    yeah whats your sample size though?
    bud, bud light, bud light lime and miller lite?

    there are some beers out there that i just absolutely love. i would much rather sit down with a nice frosty glass of brew than a cup of joe. and not for the alcoholic content or anything, just tastes much better to me.

    that said, i'd probably also drink ram's piss before coffee :lol:

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  27. finsgirlie

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    no, i've tried a bunch of different kinds even some of the imported stuff never and tap too...just never liked beer. not my thing. and as far as coffee goes, I don't usually like hot coffee, only frap...
     
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    thats a shame about the beer, ah well, can't win everybody over. and yea i definitely agree that coffee is a lot more tolerable when cold and mixed with tons of ice and sugar :up:
     
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    I know nothing about coffee (never drank it).

    However I'd venture to guess that, as mega corporation, Starbucks has to worry about liability and all that jazz. They have to have a policy, content filtering, etc. etc. The local coffee shop, owned by the Joe Local Businessman, probably has a simple wireless router on the premises and could give a crap. ;)
     
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    my fav corona with lime is not beer, it is an exotic drink :up:
     
  31. NaboCane

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    Denny's is alright. They make a halfway decent cup.

    Halfway. :wink2:

    Thing is, it's hard to complain through a mouthful of eggs from a Grand Slam - best breakfast that you can get anywhere in the country, and it's always the same.
     
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  32. jdang307

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    Just had some today, check.

    Check again!

    :pointlol:

    I'm sure they have it in other big cities with huge vietnamese populations, but out in Orange County CA you can get both. Vietnamese coffee shops with bikini clad girls serving you. True story (wish I had pics)
     
  33. jdang307

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    Funny enough, I just had lunch today (at a vietnamese restaurant no less), my lady's old boss, who learned to drink coffee in brazil. He says it takes a whole jug just to make a cup of coffee, its thick, syrupy, like hot chocolate he says, with milk.

    Very interesting.
     
  34. Pauly

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    Can anyone else spot the oxymoron in that statement?

    Next up in NaboCane's adventures he'll extol the virtues of really tasty powdered eggs.
     
  35. jdang307

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    I might be missing something, but drip coffee is a standard way to make it. All over the world.

    I use this http://www.chemexcoffeemaker.com/

    No plastics (which pick up and hold flavors across different beans etc.)
     
  36. finsgirlie

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    i think he's saying theres no such thing as a good drip coffee
     
  37. Pauly

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    No its not the standard way "all over the world". It's the standard way to make coffee in the US. The rest of Christendom use espresso when they want a good coffee. About the only place you can buy drip filter coffee in Australia is at McDonalds.
     
  38. jdang307

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    Didn't we just talk about Vietnam earlier? :up:

    Paper filters invented in Germany.

    Espresso was invented, what 60-100 years ago? Coffee's been around since the first half of the last millenium. Coffee geeks will take it both ways as they provide different flavor profiles.

    If you like coffee you don't just limit yourself to one or the other. At least that's how I think.
     
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