Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]| On Fri, 2004-04-16 at 16:10, Nathan Wajsman wrote: | > Just to make y'all envious: when I am in Seville (every week) I get a | > cup of coffee for 80 Euro cents which beats anything I have ever tasted | > at any Starbucks or other yuppified coffee shop. I do spend more on | > coffee when I am in New York or London, since the native stuff there is | > awful. | > Nathan | | Starbucks makes some of the worst coffee on the planet and it costs an | arm and a leg to boot. Sometimes I think I should just go in there and ask the guy | behind the counter to simply kick me in the shins for the same amount of money. | Would be just about as enjoyable. I also really dislike how they have run all | of the small local coffee shops out of business. A Starbucks store has about as much | personality as a damp cardboard box. Feels like sitting in a cooperate cafeteria. | Believe it or not 7-11 actually makes a pretty good, drinkable cup of coffee. | Some of the better coffee I've recently had was from a catering truck that served | a roast from the New Hall Roasting Company, which I subsequently stumbled across | at Costco... | | | | Feli | But the starbuck coffe does contain some caffeine. I remember a televised speech by it,s chairman telling his employees. Remember people we are in the drug business our customers are addicts our product is caffeine. Taste is not necessary. simon jessurun p.s. drinks that people perceive to be strong like italian ristretto actually contain less caffeine then regular coffee