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Posted: July 19, 2010 02:57 pm  | |||||||||
     IRC Nickname: [Randy] Group: Raid Leader Posts: 5065 Member No.: 16 Joined: December 29, 2007 Total Events Attended: 499    | So my mom gave me a gift card to Starbucks and I figured I might as well use it this morning as it's a block away from my dorm. I went over and order a medium ("grande") iced something for $3.75. I usually get a large iced coffee from Dunkin Donuts for $2.30. Since it was so expensive and smaller I was expecting the best coffee in the world... It was 50% ice (rip off) and tasted like sugar. Does anyone actually go to this place or what... such a rip off and the coffee wasn't even good. Not to mention the people in there who think they're awesome for sitting in Starbucks  --------------------   | ||||||||
Posted: July 19, 2010 03:20 pm | |||||||||
| IRC Nickname: Rodney75 Group: Council Posts: 1683 Member No.: 2109 Joined: October 29, 2009 Total Events Attended: 154 | Pretty much summed it up... When I was in New York - I bought a breakfast thing from there. It was average priced.. But just sooo sugary. Not complaining - I love sugar  But a rip. --------------------  | ||||||||
Posted: July 19, 2010 03:25 pm | |||||||||
 IRC Nickname: Sgtswordfish Group: Guest Posts: 1737 Member No.: 1758 Joined: March 9, 2009 Total Events Attended: 64 | you pay for the label. my older brother says it's business isn't the best but it's well known by popular demand. lucky for me, my older brother also taught me cafeine ruins performance so the only business i'll do with coffee is ownership. --------------------  Goals 2011  | ||||||||
Posted: July 19, 2010 04:19 pm | |||||||||
 IRC Nickname: Sativas Group: Elite Guardian Posts: 2255 Member No.: 1305 Joined: August 29, 2008 Total Events Attended: 155 | Frappuccino is the way to go. I don't get anything extra on it though because I like it normal lol. No chocolate or w/e and no whip cream. --------------------  The Ultimate Skilling and Combat Badges Updated June 17th, 2011        | ||||||||
Posted: July 19, 2010 05:38 pm | |||||||||
 IRC Nickname: SupremoPete Group: Ex-Member Posts: 173 Member No.: 2311 Joined: July 3, 2010 Total Events Attended: 42 | I hate Starbucks and will refuse to ever go in one. Overpriced and crap --------------------  | ||||||||
Posted: July 19, 2010 05:44 pm | |||||||||
| IRC Nickname: Group: Elite Guardian Posts: 7306 Member No.: 47 Joined: December 30, 2007 Total Events Attended: 343 |
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Posted: July 19, 2010 06:41 pm | |||||||||
 IRC Nickname: Gibble00 Group: Emeritus Posts: 775 Member No.: 100 Joined: January 3, 2008 Total Events Attended: 9 | I don't drink caffeine anymore (except the occasional alcohol-energy mix). Some of my friends drink coffee everyday but I'm happy to save that money. Plus I'm really sensitive to caffeine now which is kind of awesome. Never was a fan of Starbucks. --------------------  | ||||||||
Posted: July 19, 2010 07:02 pm | |||||||||
| IRC Nickname: Harmony Group: Ex-Member Posts: 333 Member No.: 2281 Joined: June 4, 2010 Total Events Attended: 26 | I hate starbucks honestly, but I love iced coffee and its always too expensive...so I've started just making my own. I like mine better, its cheaper, and I can alter it however I want to if I dont like it for some reason or I get bored with it -------------------- Hollow Fyre ~  ~ Lion Tamer ºO•-)•––––––––•(-• •°• °• oOHarmonyOo •°•°• •-)•––––––––•(-•Oº The Most Strongest and Influential Army | ||||||||
Posted: July 19, 2010 07:28 pm | |||||||||
| IRC Nickname: Fire Lion Sword Group: Emeritus Posts: 1189 Member No.: 103 Joined: January 4, 2008 Total Events Attended: 3 | You got an 'iced' something, and are mad that it was 50% ice. Starbucks doesn't suck because it's mainstream, that's the teenage ideology speaking; Starbucks sucks because, in this case, you chose the wrong drink. Get a Frappuccino. -------------------- --------- 獅の炎 ----------  ----------- 忍☯者 ----------- | ||||||||
Posted: July 19, 2010 09:56 pm | |||||||||
 IRC Nickname: Abs Group: Emeritus Posts: 2071 Member No.: 4 Joined: December 26, 2007 Total Events Attended: 97 | The only reason I go in there is to: -Sit down with friends (You don't even have to buy anything, just sit down where there are used mugs & shit) -Buy a Vanilla Frapachino in the summer (Whipped cream on top, nothing else) Everytime I go to Starbucks there are ALWAYS these women, each of them have like an 8 month old baby or something sitting down, talking, about babies & breastfeeding & stuff, it's so weird, no sign of the fathers either lol. Although in Costa which I see less frequently >.>, I buy a Victoria Sandwich (Not a sandwich, it's a cake) or Lemon cake, they're delicious  --------------------  "I may not agree with what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it." Wg Council & Secondary Leader - 21/10/07 to 24/12/08 Msn: [email protected] | ||||||||
Posted: July 19, 2010 09:59 pm | |||||||||
 IRC Nickname: Kiwi011 Group: Emeritus Posts: 3052 Member No.: 40 Joined: December 30, 2007 Total Events Attended: 21 | i get mocha chip frapichinos, and they are delicious.....so complain all you want i think they taste good, and I think i maybe only go to starbucks once or twice a month max. --------------------  | ||||||||
Posted: July 19, 2010 10:06 pm | |||||||||
| IRC Nickname: Jenny Group: Emeritus Posts: 1967 Member No.: 19 Joined: December 29, 2007 Total Events Attended: 56 | I love Starbucks but they are expensive so it is more of a treat when I do go. --------------------   | ||||||||
Posted: July 19, 2010 10:23 pm | |||||||||
| IRC Nickname: letter fly Group: Ex-Member Posts: 186 Member No.: 2283 Joined: June 5, 2010 Total Events Attended: 18 | starbucks is just some big time franchise that sucks asshole imop everytime i ever get coffe from there i get the shits for a week afterward honestly dunkin donuts and mcedees has better coffe. I dont drink it anymore since caffeine makes me retarted. --------------------  "You can spend minutes, hours, days, weeks, even months analyzing a situation trying to put the pieces together, justifyin' what could've, should've, or would've happened. Or you can just leave the pieces on the floor and move the stink on." -Tupac | ||||||||
Posted: July 19, 2010 10:47 pm | |||||||||
| IRC Nickname: [Randy] Group: Raid Leader Posts: 5065 Member No.: 16 Joined: December 29, 2007 Total Events Attended: 499 |
Yeah, I guess that's the way to look at it I can't imagine someone spending that much on coffee everyday. -------------------- | ||||||||
Posted: July 19, 2010 10:49 pm | |||||||||
| IRC Nickname: Sum41xx Group: Emeritus Posts: 630 Member No.: 102 Joined: January 3, 2008 Total Events Attended: 0 | I agree that some of their drinks are a complete rip off. It's good if you re the type of person that goes in everyday just for their normal coffee because it's definitely a par above the rest. Another good thing that they serve is called a Caramel Apple Spice. For iced drinks and food though they're definitely overpriced. On another note; they pay coffee bean farmers more than other companies do for their coffee beans. Not that it's MUCH more but they at least try to help out. --------------------   Proud WG member since December 2003 | ||||||||
Posted: July 19, 2010 11:45 pm | |||||||||
 IRC Nickname: [JC] Group: Emeritus Posts: 3320 Member No.: 23 Joined: December 30, 2007 Total Events Attended: 147 | Starbucks is for people who want to go to a coffee shop but don't really like coffee  Its not the price, or any other business related thing that puts me off. Its that every time I got there the coffee I get is what I imagine someone in a lab 'thinks' a good coffee should taste like.
One particular variety of coffee can sell for up to 100+ USD a cup (Kope Luwak), makes Starbucks seem pretty cheap, ironically though if there was a coffee shop in NZ that sold it I would actually try and buy a cup --------------------  Old awards wat Most Mature & Most Honourable Most Dedicated|IRC Freak|Best Emeritus Placeholder lolz | ||||||||
Posted: July 19, 2010 11:48 pm | |||||||||
| IRC Nickname: [Randy] Group: Raid Leader Posts: 5065 Member No.: 16 Joined: December 29, 2007 Total Events Attended: 499 |
LOL no cup of coffee is worth $100... gtfo -------------------- | ||||||||
Posted: July 20, 2010 12:54 am | |||||||||
| IRC Nickname: Sum41xx Group: Emeritus Posts: 630 Member No.: 102 Joined: January 3, 2008 Total Events Attended: 0 |
Actually I've heard of that kind of coffee before. Check it out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopi_Luwak The reason it's so expensive is both kinda nasty and interesting at the same time lol. The coffee berries (before it's a coffee bean) are eaten by the (Asian) Palm Civet which looks kinda like a Koala mixed with a mouse hehe. Anyways the berry pass through their digestive tract and acts as the most important stage that the bean goes through. They're then dried, roasted etc. They're so expensive because the breaking down of the bean in the Palm Civet somehow removes the bitter taste that often accompanies coffee. It costs $72 for 100g of Kopi Luwak beans: http://www.indonesiangrocery.com/shop/index.php I don't think it's $100 for cup but I've heard that it's close to $50 or so. -------------------- Proud WG member since December 2003 | ||||||||
Posted: July 20, 2010 01:09 am | |||||||||
| IRC Nickname: [Randy] Group: Raid Leader Posts: 5065 Member No.: 16 Joined: December 29, 2007 Total Events Attended: 499 |
Oh lol I wasn't saying that there isn't, I was saying that it's not worth it -------------------- | ||||||||
Posted: July 20, 2010 01:45 am | |||||||||
| IRC Nickname: p0p0k1lla Group: Ex-Member Posts: 257 Member No.: 2026 Joined: August 22, 2009 Total Events Attended: 38 | honestly people treat starbucks as like a status. If your there, your the shit. but not really lol. --------------------     | ||||||||
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