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[u2bonogirl]

I like cafes too
If i didnt get a discount in starbucks I really wouldnt go there that often unless Im in a place where I really dont know anything and I have the choice between starbucks and a questionable looking coffee shop. At least with starbucks i know what im going to get. People like consistency, even if its consistently mediocre.
Then again, people bash starbucks all the time but it wins blind taste tests
I have to say I made the most kick ass cappuccino ever

 

[meegannie]

I miss the days when you could go into a coffee shop and just ask for a coffee

In fact, most places in the UK you still can. Unless you go into the american chain shops

I'll stick with going to cafes or pubs and saying 'I'll have a coffee please'. And I get a cup of filter cofffee, with some milk in a little jugs and a few sachets of sugar in case I want them

bollocks to all the fancy shit. It tastes like crap anyway

When I was in London a couple of weeks ago, I tried to get a cup of coffee before I got my train back to Norwich. I went to one of the coffee shops in Liverpool Street Station, stood in the queue, and stared at the menu, unable to find the word "coffee" (or even "Americano") anywhere. So I just gave up and went to Millie's Cookies, since it actually sold coffee.

 

[angelordevil]

I don't know a latte from a lemon...I'm hopeless But, when I do go to Starbucks, I always end up with something with a lot of kick. My question to the experts is: what's the healiest drink to consume on a regular basis?

 

[ylimeU2]

If someone refused to take my order because I didn't conform to the newest pseudo latte set language, I'd get them fired for abysmal failure of customer service

I believe this to be normal at coffee shops, Angela. Tell the manager, they won't care. It's the sort of behaviour they encourage.

 

[ylimeU2]

yeah but if you just walk into starbucks and ask for a coffee they say 'americano?'

and when you sigh and say 'I suppose' they then say 'tall? grande? so fucking huge you'll be peeing like a racehorse for a week???'

I JUST WANT COFFEE!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was just going to say that and I work in a coffee shop. In the shop where I work, if someone asks for a cup of coffee, we give them a small cup of drip coffee. We don't ask if they mean a latte or an americano or anything else. I guess we just figure if they wanted one of those things, they'd ask for it.

 

[starsgoblue]

If someone asks for a coffee, I give them drip coffee. I've never seen any confusion from anyone else either....

 

[RedRocksU2]

I love Starbucks, but after the location closest to my work got closed for 3 days due to cockroach infestation.......I obviously had second thoughts about that place.
This Starbucks was located next to the chinese fast food on the food court....and the roaches traveled....the location was posted on the LA Times....

 

[redkat]

eww i think i know which one is closest to your work and I've been in there. Try the ones around me the service is fast they are wonderful and they'll remember your name and order if you've been in twice. Especially imperial and la palma

I my starbucks

 

[nurse chrissi]

Venti nonfat no whip mocha - I them so much

plus my Starbucks I go to has a drive-thru

but then again I love the Orange Mocha Frappuccino as well - there is even a gas station close by.......

betcha Larry drinks something really girly

 

[u2bonogirl]

I don't know a latte from a lemon...I'm hopeless But, when I do go to Starbucks, I always end up with something with a lot of kick. My question to the experts is: what's the healiest drink to consume on a regular basis?

It really depends on what you like actually. Because technically something without caffeine would be best for you But ruling that out you would want to not get any flavor syrups in your drink, if you want sweetener use the raw sugar
Of course no whip cream, all the lattes are made with whole milk unless otherwise instructed. Soy milk is great for you, as well as just an americano or a cup of tea.
A lot of people get sugar free vanilla skim lattes But Im not exactly sure if its really that good for you yet.

 

[starsgoblue]

but then again I love the Orange Mocha Frappuccino as well - there is even a gas station close by.......

*starts blasting Wham!*



This picture....my two favorite things...together...how heavenly!

 

[Schmeg]

This picture....my two favorite things...together...how heavenly!

I've spent far too much time wondering whether he was drinking regular coffee or a latte or something.

Dunkin Donuts owns my soul for my morning caffeine fix...right now I'm addicted to the blueberry iced coffee. But Starbucks is my afternoon snack/caffeine fix when I need it. My favorite coffee snack is a grande nonfat carmel macchiatto (no offense to any Starbucks baristas if I said that wrong).

 

[angelordevil]

It really depends on what you like actually. Because technically something without caffeine would be best for you But ruling that out you would want to not get any flavor syrups in your drink, if you want sweetener use the raw sugar
Of course no whip cream, all the lattes are made with whole milk unless otherwise instructed. Soy milk is great for you, as well as just an americano or a cup of tea.
A lot of people get sugar free vanilla skim lattes But Im not exactly sure if its really that good for you yet.

Thanks for the info! I try to drink green tea because I hear it's good for me, and that I'll live forever if I drink it...but I wish it was tastier.

 

[dandy]

starbucks chai lattes

 

[u2bonogirl]

Im so spoiled, I had this really good chai when I lived in Oregon and now the starbucks chai tastes like shite to me
Unless I make it with soy and shake some cinnamon in it
Ive spent time trying to decipher what Bono was drinking too I wish there was no sleeve on it, we might be able to zoom in on the side of the cup

 

[BAW]

eww i think i know which one is closest to your work and I've been in there. Try the ones around me the service is fast they are wonderful and they'll remember your name and order if you've been in twice. Especially imperial and la palma

I my starbucks

Yorba Linda Blvd. @ Prospect is a good one too...and not just because my son works there

I'm headed over there right now as a matter of fact

 

[blueeyedgirl]

*starts blasting Wham!*



This picture....my two favorite things...together...how heavenly!

Now there's irony for you. Bono is pro-fair trade and helping Africa help itself etc etc and he's drinking Starbucks.

 

[starsgoblue]

Do you really know about how Starbucks purchases thier coffee? Ever read their annual corporate social responsibility reports?

 

[redkat]

Yorba Linda Blvd. @ Prospect is a good one too...and not just because my son works there

I'm headed over there right now as a matter of fact

I go to that one maybe once a week. I have about 4 different locations I go to I'm only a regular at two though

is it DMP? I think i'd recognize him.

 

[u2bonogirl]

Do you really know about how Starbucks purchases thier coffee? Ever read their annual corporate social responsibility reports?

please, dont turn this thread in to a starbucks bash. Its just a friendly chat

 

[BAW]

I go to that one maybe once a week. I have about 4 different locations I go to I'm only a regular at two though

is it DMP? I think i'd recognize him.

No, it's the youngest, Dan. On weekdays, he mainly works the evening till closing shift, weekends he works all different shifts..just look for the skinny kid with really, really big hair and a wrinkled apron

 

[karmic_postmark]

[B
I have a friend that is a manager at one location in Pasadena, California....she always gives me a pound of coffee when I see her...I guess you get that every week? [/B]

Which one? And can she pull some strings? I'm looking for work

 

[lmjhitman]

starbucks chai lattes

indeed.
i get mine with caramel drizzle.

 

[RedRocksU2]

Which one? And can she pull some strings? I'm looking for work

The one in Colorado Blvd, in Old Town Pas.....

Just go there and apply...they are always looking for good people...you will do fine.

 

[karmic_postmark]

Maybe I'll go apply tomorrow or Thursday.

 

[u2bonogirl]

you could come work at mine
I dont mind

 

[starsgoblue]

No, my store!

 

[karmic_postmark]

Tara & Rebekah

It would be insane if the three of us worked together.

 

[Cleasai]

Tara & Rebekah

It would be insane if the three of us worked together.

I'd sooooo be there in a heartbeat!


Hmm... maybe y'all should open up your own coffee shop

 

[u2bonogirl]

Our own coffee shop Where we dont have to wear stupid aprons
I wonder what we would call it......
Any ideas anyone?
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