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$5 for a frickn cup of coffee?

RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
edited August 2007 in A Moving Train
I've been to Starbucks maybe once or twice in my life.

Honestly...who pays this kind of money for water, a dash of milk, a teaspoon or two of sugar and few dozen coffee beans?

Is it me, or is this one of the biggest cons going?

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  • Staceb10Staceb10 Posts: 675
    A lot of people love Starbucks. I don't drink anything remotely flavored like coffee so I don't have to worry about it. I don't get it either.
  • hippiemomhippiemom Posts: 3,326
    I love a good latte or mocha ... notice I said a GOOD one, so I don't go to Starbucks. I do go to the local coffee shop once in a while, where a large soy latte is around $4. I got an espresso machine for Christmas a couple of years ago and it's one of the best presents I ever got. Even though it cost around $250, I figure between me and my daughter it's probably paid for itself already.
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  • surferdudesurferdude Posts: 2,057
    I don't drink anything more complicatedthan black coffee but Starbucks has a great market. They tap into the growing divide between the rich and poor and market to the middle class. They may not be able to have the luxuries the rich have but a $5 Mocha is a mini and affordable luxury. From a business perspective it was a pretty sweet move they made and market they tapped.
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  • AbookamongstthemanyAbookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    One of the local coffee shops in Greenville, Coffee Underground, is the best! http://dryridge.org/acousticseen/eventsthismonth.htm We took Kenny Olav and Becca when they came down from Boston..it was also my first time going there. Now I go every chance I get. They have live music, poetry readings, comfy couchs and the best tiramisu I've ever eaten...oh and their coffee is quite good, as well. :) I just couldn't bring myself to go in a Starbucks ever again...no matter how desperate.

    Do they have Starbucks inside the Targets anywhere else? It's like a new trend down here.
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  • DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    Are You THIS Pissed?

    :D
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  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    i'm going to Norway next week.. apparently its $15 for a pint of beer :eek:

    i'll be the guy licking up tramps piss!!! :)
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • BlancheBlanche Posts: 247
    Starbucks is the devil.
    After Mickey D's taking over the cafés, now Starbucks.
    Ugh.

    Give me a 1 euro coffee at the café counter any day.
  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,616
    What do people think is more shocking:

    $5 Latte'
    or
    $15 martini

    ??
  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    DriftingByTheStorm wrote:
    Are You THIS Pissed?

    :D

    Ahh yes, the kid from Brooklyn. Definitely one of his better ones.. Hilarious and so true.

    still laughing...
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

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  • BlancheBlanche Posts: 247
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:
    What do people think is more shocking:

    $5 Latte'
    or
    $15 martini

    ??
    Both are equally shocking to me.
  • CorporateWhoreCorporateWhore Posts: 1,890
    Coffee sucks drink beer.
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  • CosmoCosmo Posts: 12,225
    Best Starbucks drink:
    Go to Costco and buy one of those 12 packs of Starbucks Frappiccinos.
    Pour one of those bottles in a blender.
    2 scoops of vanilla ice cream.
    Whip til it's the consistancy of a milk shake.
    Add a shot of Kualua.
    Pour into a glass.
    top with whipped cream and chocolate syrup.
    ...
    Fuckin' aye, Jack... that gooooood shit.
    ...
    and you get to make 11 more after that!!!
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  • know1know1 Posts: 6,794
    Who drinks coffee anyways?
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  • CosmoCosmo Posts: 12,225
    know1 wrote:
    Who drinks coffee anyways?
    ...
    people.
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  • MrBrianMrBrian Posts: 2,672
    Good thing we are not forced to buy it, now that would be sucky.
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  • CorporateWhoreCorporateWhore Posts: 1,890
    know1 wrote:
    Who drinks coffee anyways?

    No one but Queers and Steers
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    Cosmo wrote:
    Best Starbucks drink:
    Go to Costco and buy one of those 12 packs of Starbucks Frappiccinos.
    Pour one of those bottles in a blender.
    2 scoops of vanilla ice cream.
    Whip til it's the consistancy of a milk shake.
    Add a shot of Kualua.
    Pour into a glass.
    top with whipped cream and chocolate syrup.
    ...
    Fuckin' aye, Jack... that gooooood shit.
    ...
    and you get to make 11 more after that!!!


    just one shot?
  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    CorporateWhore wrote:
    No one but Queers and Steers

    Good! I'll enjoy mine a whole lot more now knowing that!
    NOPE!!!

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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    I'd pay $5 for a coffee, but a proper one.

    I bought a Starbucks coffee once a very long time ago, just to try and they won't be getting anymore money out of me.
    NOPE!!!

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  • JaneNYJaneNY Posts: 4,438
    I like Starbucks. I usually get the Americano though and that's around $2.00. Why do I like Starbucks compared to some other places? Because wherever you go, its always made right and tastes the same. This is not true of Dunkin' Donuts in my experience.
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  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    CorporateWhore wrote:
    Coffee sucks drink beer.

    Post of the day. I bow down humbly in respect of your wisdom.
  • my2handsmy2hands Posts: 17,117
    Abookamongstthemany wrote:
    comfy couchs and the best tiramisu I've ever eaten...oh and their coffee is quite good


    sold!
  • my2handsmy2hands Posts: 17,117
    know1 wrote:
    Who drinks coffee anyways?

    um, me

    coffee is one of the most consumed beverages in the world :rolleyes:

    "little children in mexico drink coffee!" mike ditka in some weird will ferrell movie? :D
  • DCGARDENDCGARDEN Posts: 515
    I drink coffee ( and a lot of it ) - strictly for the drug inside of it

    I love Starbucks coffee - but that's all I get from there -

    Black coffee - no tricks, no creams , no syrups, no mocha or macchiatos, etc.

    Their biggest coffee costs $1.90 -2.00 depending on where you are

    If you're paying $5, you was robbed
    I'll keep taking punches
    Untill their will grows tired
  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    DCGARDEN wrote:
    I drink coffee ( and a lot of it ) - strictly for the drug inside of it

    I love Starbucks coffee - but that's all I get from there -

    Black coffee - no tricks, no creams , no syrups, no mocha or macchiatos, etc.

    Their biggest coffee costs $1.90 -2.00 depending on where you are

    If you're paying $5, you was robbed

    You can get a bottle of 100 caffeine pills for less than $10, which is 100 cups of coffee.
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

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  • DCGARDENDCGARDEN Posts: 515
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    You can get a bottle of 100 caffeine pills for less than $10, which is 100 cups of coffee.

    Well, I do like the taste, of course


    But thanks for the tip

    I just don't trust pills all that much
    I'll keep taking punches
    Untill their will grows tired
  • JuberooJuberoo Posts: 472
    OK I'll admit it...I'm a Starbucksaholic. I luv it....Mocha's are my favorite. Serious addiction issues here. I had to wean myself off of it last winter because I was gaining pounds from all the fat....not a healthy habit! I'm proud to say I am down to 1 or 2 a month. Actually I luv any coffee, but Starbucks is the equivalent junk food to coffee drinkers as McDonalds is to burger buffs.
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  • HartydogHartydog Posts: 2,060
    I have to laugh in that we have a single serve coffee maker in the office. Supposedly the quality is great and it is free. Yet every day about half the coffee drinkers buy their coffee.
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  • gue_bariumgue_barium Posts: 5,515
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    I've been to Starbucks maybe once or twice in my life.

    Honestly...who pays this kind of money for water, a dash of milk, a teaspoon or two of sugar and few dozen coffee beans?

    Is it me, or is this one of the biggest cons going?

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19997662/

    I would prefer to avoid caffeine, but over time it has proven to be a pre-work necessity. So, I stop at the local gas n' go for my 16 ounce, $1.62 "Rain City Roast" from Fidalgo Bay every morning before work. Where the hell is Fidalgo Bay?

    Anyway, I've only been to a Starbucks once. Last year at the Gorge. The morning after the Saturday show, Wolfbear and I drove into Ellensburg and got some AC and coffee.
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  • CHANGEinWAVESCHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    I drink starbucks....at times...but only because it's the only place to get a latte around here. If there was a local place I'd go there instead.
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