Starbucks is dialing me in...should I worry?

[3-LockBox]

Funny...there's thread over at ProgressiveEars on the same subject, only the CD in question is a Genesis comp which includes The Knife, Watcher Of The Skies, The Lamb', Squonk...

I live in the Pungent Sound area, I go to Starbucks every now and then, when its convenient, but I don't have to seek them out or anything, cuz why pass up 20 other espresso stands to get to a Starbucks?

I have purchased a comp from them, a good one too, Senses Working Overtime, which is a collection of late '70s, early '80s underground acts. The Genesis one surprised me, but I wonder how well it sells.

I don't understand why anyone would have a problem with a Starbucks any more than they should have a problem with a Haggendaus. What? Did they lose their indie cred or something when they got popular and started making money?

[GMichael]

Funny...there's thread over at ProgressiveEars on the same subject, only the CD in question is a Genesis comp which includes The Knife, Watcher Of The Skies, The Lamb', Squonk...

I live in the Pungent Sound area, I go to Starbucks every now and then, when its convenient, but I don't have to seek them out or anything, cuz why pass up 20 other espresso stands to get to a Starbucks?

I have purchased a comp from them, a good one too, Senses Working Overtime, which is a collection of late '70s, early '80s underground acts. The Genesis one surprised me, but I wonder how well it sells.

I don't understand why anyone would have a problem with a Starbucks any more than they should have a problem with a Haggendaus. What? Did they lose their indie cred or something when they got popular and started making money?

I never had a problem with their name. I had never even heard of them before I tried them. But I fear their coffee now.

[3-LockBox]

I never had a problem with their name.

not what I was driving at but...

whatever

[noddin0ff]

I don't understand why anyone would have a problem with a Starbucks any more than they should have a problem with a Haggendaus. What? Did they lose their indie cred or something when they got popular and started making money?

oooh. Get me started... Time was you could walk into a Starbucks in the U. District order a coffee or a latte and have it served fairly quickly. THEN, they exploded across the country and someone in middle management decided that all the franchises must look alike and all must have some common organization where a floater behind the counter takes your order and maybe starts preparing it while you queue up to another person at the register who takes your order and money while marking up a cup that is handed off to another person who makes your coffee drink when they're not mixing 18 ingredients into the newest frappuccino concoction while you stand in another queue waiting for your drink to come up. Why it takes a minimum of three people to serve coffee drinks is beyond me. But now, the music is looking good and mine started serving donuts and maple bars so I'm hooked.

[3-LockBox]

Why it takes a minimum of three people to serve coffee drinks is beyond me.

Like I said, I live in a land of so many choices, I only go to Starbucks if its convenient. Espresso stands up here are like pancake houses in the 'south' - they're everywhere.

[kexodusc]

Like I said, I live in a land of so many choices, I only go to Starbucks if its convenient. Espresso stands up here are like pancake houses in the 'south' - they're everywhere.

Ahh, you been to Atlanta, I see...

[bobsticks]

My love for coffee and other stimulants became prominent in college with Big Al's Lebanese Cuisine right around the corner. If you think Starbucks serves some heavey fare, try some Turkish coffee. Damn.

I feel pretty fortunate to have developed an "iron gut" with the proliferation of the latino community 'round these parts. There's alot of authentic south-of-the-border goodies and, in certain parts of town, jabaneros are finger food.

I guess I'm just lucky that way...and it didn't hurt being raised by wolves and suckled on The Laphroaig.

[3-LockBox]

If you think Starbucks serves some heavey fare, try some Turkish coffee.

I've had it, and you can keep it. I don't like coffee so strong it leaves a film on my teeth.

If you look at some super market coffee grinding stations, you'll that Turkisk is last on the progressive scale of grinds, right below espresso. I ground some coffee using the Turkish setting and it was like coc...er, talcum powder. It'll go right through a paper filter and don't even try it with a french press.

[bobsticks]

You gotta love that ...er,talcom powder.