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Posted: 12/18/2005 8:41:57 PM EDT
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Its "trendy" AKA dumbasses.
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Posted: 12/18/2005 8:43:41 PM EDT
[#2]
Same reason people buy Glocks - a product overrated due to name recognition.
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Posted: 12/18/2005 8:45:00 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/18/2005 8:45:43 PM EDT
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Because it's cool! And the burnt overly tannic coffee costs like $2.00 so it must be good. Of course since the $2.00 coffee sucks by itself, maybe you should upgrade it to a $5.00 super half-caf Mochalatte supreme to make it smoother!
Starbucks blows and is way over priced. |
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Posted: 12/18/2005 8:48:23 PM EDT
[#5]
Dude, I just came from a site where they list the number of Starbucks right next to the city's land area.
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Posted: 12/18/2005 8:49:04 PM EDT
[#6]
We just got one is this town a few months ago, until then we were free.
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Posted: 12/18/2005 8:50:16 PM EDT
[#7]
cuz there's an ass for every seat.
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Posted: 12/18/2005 8:50:54 PM EDT
[#8]
It's terrible stuff in my opinion.
I can get the Starbucks taste with Folgers Original by brewing a pot with an old gym sock and wait overnight before drinking. |
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Posted: 12/18/2005 8:52:49 PM EDT
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I like their non coffe strawberries and cream drink. 770 calories of frozen fruit and sugar. yummy.
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Posted: 12/18/2005 8:55:24 PM EDT
[#10]
Because we got a gift card for it.
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Posted: 12/18/2005 8:56:44 PM EDT
[#11]
But you can sell the gift card. |
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Posted: 12/18/2005 8:56:56 PM EDT
[#12]
It's awful.
I'll stick with my Nicaraguan when I can get it (www.contracafe.com), Folgers, or gas station coffee. There are few things better than gas station coffee. Why? Because it's made for people who don't want anything fancy. They just want a goddamn cup of coffee. |
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Posted: 12/18/2005 8:57:27 PM EDT
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Because cheapass folgers/maxwell house/etc can't compare to four shots of expresso when I'm struggling to make it through 10 hours of class after staying up all night writing papers. Quit ordering the sissy drinks when you go there and maybe you'll find something that's good you pussies.
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Posted: 12/18/2005 8:59:30 PM EDT
[#14]
Internet says you are supposed to.
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Posted: 12/18/2005 9:00:03 PM EDT
[#15]
At the one at the Radisson in Philly it took me 5 GODDAMN MINUTES to get a cup of straight up black regular old coffee. That's a sin, and god will make them pay. |
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Posted: 12/18/2005 9:02:03 PM EDT
[#16]
My alternatives at the office:
a) the floor coffee maker, that is chock full o' hard water deposits and has a pot that is literally older then I am, or, b) the starbucks coffee they sell downstairs at the cafeteria for $1.50... I usually go with a). at least it tastes decent. 
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Posted: 12/18/2005 9:02:34 PM EDT
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I'm currently drinking Selva Negra from Nicaragua!! www.selvanegra.com My Stepmom just came back from a trip there and brought some back. I love central american/south american coffee. My favorite is from Honduras though. I'll take Folgers instant over Starbucks any day. |
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Posted: 12/18/2005 9:03:07 PM EDT
[#18]
Actually espresso is a sissy's drink. There is more caffeine in a regular cup of coffee than an espresso. It's a function of time... |
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Posted: 12/18/2005 9:09:12 PM EDT
[#19]
coffeefaq.com/caffaq.html#IsItTrueEsp |
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Posted: 12/18/2005 9:11:19 PM EDT
[#20]
Convenience, mainly.
Though the free Internet hotspot certainly is a major selling point amongst people I know. NTM |
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Posted: 12/18/2005 9:12:21 PM EDT
[#21]
Now I'll tell ya... we have a Starbucks IN our grocery store that happens to be in the SAME shopping center as a STARBUCKS... so TWO in the same shopping center. The coffee in the supermarket Starbucks tastes superior to the coffee the starbucks store just 100 feet away makes.
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Posted: 12/18/2005 9:13:46 PM EDT
[#22]
Kinda like Waffel house here, we got one on each side of the interstate exit. |
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Posted: 12/18/2005 9:14:12 PM EDT
[#23]
Riiiiiiiiight. I tell you what, you drink 12 ounces of expresso and 12 ounces of regular and then tell us all which one packs more go-juice. I never said anything about one expresso did I? |
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Posted: 12/18/2005 9:17:38 PM EDT
[#24]
they do it because it keeps their mind off of what they'd really like to do:
perform oral sex on members of their same sex |
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Posted: 12/18/2005 9:18:29 PM EDT
[#25]
It's trendy.
Now explain to me why anyone follows a trend. Beats the hell out of me. |
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Posted: 12/18/2005 9:19:38 PM EDT
[#26]
I'll see your quote and raise you one.
home.howstuffworks.com/question645.htm
the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2003/Mar/05/il/il01a.html
www.wholelattelove.com/articles/coffee_information.cfm |
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Posted: 12/18/2005 9:19:47 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/18/2005 9:20:43 PM EDT
[#28]
If I ever figure out moron patterns I will be rich. |
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Posted: 12/18/2005 9:21:16 PM EDT
[#29]
That's just like saying:
It's per serving size, einstein.
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Posted: 12/18/2005 9:22:29 PM EDT
[#30]
I have never been to Starbucks (nor will I ever) so this question is real.
Can you get a regular coffee from them? If so, how does it taste? |
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Posted: 12/18/2005 9:23:04 PM EDT
[#31]
You can. It tastes burnt and bitter. |
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Posted: 12/18/2005 9:23:54 PM EDT
[#32]
Because it's trendy.
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Posted: 12/18/2005 9:23:58 PM EDT
[#33]
You can get it, it doesnt seem to be sold alot though |
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Posted: 12/18/2005 9:25:07 PM EDT
[#34]
I go there for the green tea frappacinos.
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Posted: 12/18/2005 9:26:20 PM EDT
[#35]
Want FREE java @ starbucks
pretend you have Tourette's Syndrome, free coffee everytime I mainly go to starbucks for the hot chics with hairy arm pits |
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Posted: 12/18/2005 9:27:47 PM EDT
[#36]
Well smartass if you read my initial post instead of knee-jerking your reply you would have seen my serving size is 4 expressos not one shot, einstein. Therefore, your one cup of regular joe v. one shot of expresso really has no bearing at all, now does it? |
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Posted: 12/18/2005 9:29:41 PM EDT
[#37]
Yes it does. if you drank 4 cups of coffee, you'd have more caffeine in your system than 8 shots of espresso.
Deal with it, you lost. It's still per serving size (not YOUR serving size). Coffee has significantly more caffeine that espresso. Period. Relax.
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Posted: 12/18/2005 9:30:05 PM EDT
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The Honolulu Advertiser article can't even spell "robusta".  Folgers 100% Colombian or Gourmet Supreme are 100% arabica. Most of the premium coffee out there is, too. If you're drinking the cheapest ground coffee you can find on the shelves, you likely have a higher percentage of robusta, sure; however, most espresso blends include robusta ro balance the flavor. And as stated up-thread, measuring ounce for ounce, espresso has far more caffeine. A "cup" (6 ounces) of coffee might have more caffeine than a "shot" of espresso (1.5 ounces), true, but measure for measure espresso packs more of a wallop. That being said, I prefer French press over drip or espresso, so what the hell am I doing in here defending espresso? P.S. I roast my own green (arabica) beans and make myself a nice big 20 ouncer of coffee in the morning. Then I bounce around for a while after. |
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Posted: 12/18/2005 9:31:29 PM EDT
[#39]
+1 Wawa for me. |
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Posted: 12/18/2005 9:32:02 PM EDT
[#40]
WE ARE NOT NOW, NOR HAVE WE EVER BEEN MEASURING OUNCE-FOR-OUNCE. IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN SERVING SIZES COMPARED.
DAMN LIBERALS. J/K
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Posted: 12/18/2005 9:34:13 PM EDT
[#41]
Smartass! Einstein! We sure gots a bunch of intelligement people in this here thread!
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Posted: 12/18/2005 9:35:30 PM EDT
[#42]
" There is more caffeine in a regular cup of coffee than an espresso. " Sounds like cup for cup to me. Look out, or I shall call you Stephen Hawking. |
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Posted: 12/18/2005 9:35:35 PM EDT
[#43]
Wrong. It's ounce per ounce and you lose. I don't give a shit about some arbitrary serving size. Now STFU you're ruining my coffee buzz. |
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Posted: 12/18/2005 9:39:14 PM EDT
[#44]
I could eat coffee beans and piss better coffee.
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Posted: 12/18/2005 9:40:26 PM EDT
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Who goes into a store and choses to buy a cup of coffee or an espresso? Me. You. Everyone. No-one says, "HMmmmmm. 6oz coffe or 6oz of espresso?" It is sold, served, and discussed in serving size. Remember, I still love you guys. |
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Posted: 12/18/2005 9:40:37 PM EDT
[#46]
Starbucks fellates equine.
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Posted: 12/18/2005 9:43:05 PM EDT
[#47]
You fuckers need to switch to decaf
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Posted: 12/18/2005 9:44:56 PM EDT
[#48]
WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?? I DON'T LIKE YOUR TONE OF VOICE, MISTER! |
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Posted: 12/18/2005 9:45:36 PM EDT
[#49]
I hate Starbucks. it is the absolute worst coffee available up here. There are tons of local roasters that make much better coffee than that Starbucks will.
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Posted: 12/18/2005 9:47:04 PM EDT
[#50]
Starbucks coffees have a tad more caffiene than the other coffees.
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