$5 for a frickn cup of coffee?

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  • jeffbrjeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177
    gue_barium wrote:
    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?

    Nice. My dad used to keep a boat at Fidalgo Marina. My parents had a house in Anacortes for a few years.

    I frequent local independent coffee shops around Seattle, preferably those who do their own roasting. Zoka is the best, no question (http://www.zokacoffee.com/). My drink is a double, short Americano (2 shots of espresso, a little hot water in a small cup). No cream. No sugar. Just the beautiful flavor of coffee.
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  • spiral outspiral out Posts: 1,052
    I had a starbucks latte while in seattle the other week, it's the weakest coffee out there, no wonder people go in and ask for a double or tripple shot.

    Starbucks are on to a good money making scheme there, make it taste of warm milk and they'll spend a few cent's more to make the coffee actually taste like coffee.

    Best Latte's are from small cafe's least there always good and strong.
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  • KannKann Posts: 1,146
    The coffee from starbucks sucks. It doesn't even taste like coffee. But it seems paying 5X what that shit is worth does a hell of a job attracting customers. So bravo to the genious who did that.
  • NOCODE#1NOCODE#1 Posts: 1,477
    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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    nah just sophisticated taste buds

    i slum it with Dunkin sometimes
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  • NOCODE#1NOCODE#1 Posts: 1,477
    Jeanie wrote:
    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.
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    have you people seen the lines in the morning in places like 'the city?
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  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Only wankers go to cafes, however good they are. The pub trade is dying and the world is becoming over-populated with petit-bourgeois tossers who have forgotten the joys of irresponsible drinking, fighting and insulting the police.
  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    it's not even all that good for coffee, they roast the piss out of it and cover it's burnt flavor with lots of milk.

    Give me a mild roasted Costa Rican every morning.


    I like my beer malts roasted, keep the coffee mild and black.
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  • godpt3godpt3 Posts: 1,020
    rise up and kill the fucking yuppies. It's the only way to save ourselves!!!!!!


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  • markymark550markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,173
    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!!!
    oh man, that does sound good
  • Only wankers go to cafes, however good they are. The pub trade is dying and the world is becoming over-populated with petit-bourgeois tossers who have forgotten the joys of irresponsible drinking, fighting and insulting the police.

    Bloody hell...that's poetry!
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  • surferdudesurferdude Posts: 2,057
    Only wankers go to cafes, however good they are. The pub trade is dying and the world is becoming over-populated with petit-bourgeois tossers who have forgotten the joys of irresponsible drinking, fighting and insulting the police.
    I love the British attitude. I'm looking at taking my son to London for his 14th birthday for a week and all i can thin kto do there is to show him how to drink irresponsibly. Son, here's how you drink too much at the football game. Son, here's how you over drink at breakfast.
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  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,200
    You don't pay their coffee which isn't that, you pay for their so called atmosphere.

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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    NOCODE#1 wrote:
    one less in line


    have you people seen the lines in the morning in places like 'the city?

    Oh I realize it's popular, but then it's been a while since I lined up for coffee in the morning anyway.

    The one and only time I've been to one it had just opened in one of the best "coffee" areas in Melbourne and it caused a bit of a furore amongst the local traders. So I tried it, I wasn't impressed given the quality of the coffee choices I had around me, and I never went back.
    I know I wasn't the only person to do so. It was a bit of a community effort at the time. :)
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  • JuberooJuberoo Posts: 472
    Now I want to go get one....
    Makes much more sense, to live in the present tense.

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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    Only wankers go to cafes, however good they are. The pub trade is dying and the world is becoming over-populated with petit-bourgeois tossers who have forgotten the joys of irresponsible drinking, fighting and insulting the police.

    well thank goodness you're not a petit bourgeois tosser then fins. so long as there's one pisshead left, there's always a chance. :D:p
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  • g under p wrote:
    You don't pay their coffee which isn't that, you pay for their so called atmosphere.

    Peace
    Earle

    Ahh yes...right. The square footage factor. The price of ambiance can indeed be priceless. Casual fine dining for true coffee connoisseurs.

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  • bharQbharQ Posts: 1,201
    they make the best coffee.. plain and simple

    some people dont have a palette... and normally these are the people that can't understand why some people like drinking better coffee
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  • brain of cbrain of c Posts: 5,213
    mickey d's won in a taste test.......
  • NOCODE#1NOCODE#1 Posts: 1,477
    brain of c wrote:
    mickey d's won in a taste test.......
    one of the most corrupt organizations in America consumer reports
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