$5 for a frickn cup of coffee?

RolandTD20Kdrummer
RolandTD20Kdrummer 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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  • Staceb10
    Staceb10 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.
  • hippiemom
    hippiemom 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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  • surferdude
    surferdude 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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  • Abookamongstthemany
    Abookamongstthemany 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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  • DriftingByTheStorm
    DriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    Are You THIS Pissed?

    :D
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  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,640
    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.
  • Blanche
    Blanche 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.
  • JOEJOEJOE
    JOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,865
    What do people think is more shocking:

    $5 Latte'
    or
    $15 martini

    ??
  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
    RolandTD20Kdrummer 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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  • Blanche
    Blanche Posts: 247
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:
    What do people think is more shocking:

    $5 Latte'
    or
    $15 martini

    ??
    Both are equally shocking to me.
  • CorporateWhore
    CorporateWhore Posts: 1,890
    Coffee sucks drink beer.
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  • Cosmo
    Cosmo 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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  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,801
    Who drinks coffee anyways?
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  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
    know1 wrote:
    Who drinks coffee anyways?
    ...
    people.
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  • MrBrian
    MrBrian Posts: 2,672
    Good thing we are not forced to buy it, now that would be sucky.
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  • CorporateWhore
    CorporateWhore Posts: 1,890
    know1 wrote:
    Who drinks coffee anyways?

    No one but Queers and Steers
    All I know is that to see, and not to speak, would be the great betrayal.
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  • norm
    norm 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?
  • Jeanie
    Jeanie 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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  • Jeanie
    Jeanie 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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    Hold on to the thread
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  • JaneNY
    JaneNY 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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