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So whats the deal with Starbucks?

do u guys have "its a grind" in the bay area. we have it up here, and i prefer it to starbucks. but my sister also works at bucks so i stop in and get free drinks. but i stick to the tea there usually.

also, does starbucks even serve REAL coffee drinks, all i ever hear is people ordering foo foo drinks that take about 2 min to explain.

and i agree, ur drink will taste like crap cuz the burnt out barrista doesnt care about it.
 
Starbucks coffee is just plain bad. The whole environment is so contrived, its like a yuppified idealization of a Euro corner espresso shop, but only comes across as a java-ized Mcdonalds. Its bad...and it makes people fat. Support your local coffee shop and break the frappafuckachino addiction.
 
Yeah I roll to *$, I do a burnout in the parking lot :burnout...jump the curb...bank off the hummer and right hook the juicy couture lady sporting the bijon frieze under her arm...then I wheelie out of the parking lot :cool

oh and I like their chai lattes :twofinger
 
Dandelion said:
Yeah I roll to *$, I do a burnout in the parking lot :burnout...jump the curb...bank off the hummer and right hook the juicy couture lady sporting the bijon frieze under her arm...then I wheelie out of the parking lot :cool

oh and I like their chai lattes :twofinger
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IIRC some squid wadded up his nice shiny R1 trying to do a two-up wheelie leaving the Snellbuck's in San Jose a couple of years back. Where are the pics?
 
DiScoTeknix said:
Starbucks has already done this in Campbell. The last remaining indy coffee shop there is Orchard Valley Coffee. And they don't even serve Gelato anymore.:(
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Ahhhh....but just a couple of weeks ago, a Gelato shop opened downtown...Next to Quizno's, in that new development opposite Sonoma Chicken...

It's not cheap, but its good.

And Orchard Valley is a GREAT coffee shop :teeth
 
Need to do some paperwork. I'm going to run down to Capbux and get myself a doppio. :cool
 
i just want to say -tic- that my coffee of choice is a quad mocha. Yum, -tic-.

LeBoulangerie HQ is next -tic- to my office. A 5bux is across -tic- the street (duh), Bean Scene is around the corner... I like the ones -tic- I make at home the best.

I understand *5*buxs uses shade grown (not slash and burn cleared fields) coffee now...

I think -tic- that I'll go pull an espresso now...

tic
 
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I restrain from buying coffee @ *$ if I can, but once in a blue moon going way out of the way to save a bit o change seems irrational.
 
1sicv8 said:
do u guys have "its a grind" in the bay area. we have it up here, and i prefer it to starbucks. but my sister also works at bucks so i stop in and get free drinks. but i stick to the tea there usually.
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We have "It's a Grind" here at my work in Fremont. Coffee tastes like crap :(
So I drive to the Bux in Fremont Commons. My Barista already knows what I like and starts making it when she see's me come through the door. :teeth


:loco Mark :loco
 
You guys are funny.....
I thought this was a motorcycle forum.
Make your fricken coffee at home and get out and ride more.
a1scoot:teeth
 
a1scoot said:
You guys are funny.....
I thought this was a motorcycle forum.
Make your fricken coffee at home and get out and ride more.
a1scoot:teeth
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yer right. this has devolved into social anthropology...

I'm gonna go load up my KTM and get dirty.
 
a1scoot said:
You guys are funny.....
I thought this was a motorcycle forum.
Make your fricken coffee at home and get out and ride more.
a1scoot:teeth
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I ride everyday rain or shine. Can't take my coffee with me :(
So I get to work, snatch the limo, and make a *bux run. :teeth
Only on Wed's though.......... Shit's too expensive to buy daily..... :x


:loco Mark :loco
 
Roger that.
I would rather spend my hard earned dough on new tires .
a1scoot:ride
 
Motorcycle RN said:
Peet's and mom & pop coffee shops make espresso (not expresso) on old fashioned machines with portafilters which takes more time but tastes a lot better.
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It only tastes better (and doesn't take appreciably more time) if the barista knows what he/she is doing. Most don't. I worked in the time of the Big Ol' Machines. BTW, if people don't do a decent job cleaning those at shutdown (which is a timesucker), they get pretty gnarly.

ST Guy said:
They undercut their prices
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When has Starbuck's ever charged less for a latte than the place across the street? Prices are standardized, and most people gripe that they're too high. ;)
 
I like Starbucks' coffee and I hate Peets, so FYM/ASMD.

And my sister-in-law works at Starbucks and gets health benefits for her, my brother and my nephew even though she only works part-time. Now that's evil corporation right there.
 
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