A friend of mine has been coffee-free for weeks now - Go Pepper! I just wanted to show how opposite my relationship is to coffee in comparison. Here is a glimpse of a week's intake:
Monday: White Mocha (Starbucks)
Tuesday: Sugar-free Vanilla Latte (Aloha Java)
Wednesday: White Mocha (Starbucks)
Thursday: Unintended Skinny Latte (CSUF Cafe)
Friday: Peppermint White Mocha (Starbucks)
Saturday: AM - Sugar-free Vanilla Latte (Peet's Coffee and Tea), PM - Honey Latte (Starbucks)
Sunday: Caramel Fredo - like an ice blended caramel (Peet's Coffee and Tea)
Monday: Caramel Macchiato (Starbucks)
This is where my money goes and where I get my calories from. Well, that and beer. My two greatest weaknesses of late: coffee and alcohol.
Isn't college fun?!
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Hey girl, I don't know what to tell you, have you tried decaf?
Yo,
I've succumb to the fact that I need caffeine nowadays. Not complaining, just accepting and sharing.
I read somewhere that the restaurant titan McDonald’s will soon be putting coffee bars with baristas in its nearly 14,000 locations. It would seem this push might sound another death knell for small coffee shops.
To the contrary, I think this may be better for the small time coffee shops. Here’s why:
For two decades, the looming threat to mom and pop coffee houses has been the big green giant Starbucks. When Starbucks Chairman Howard Schultz began expanding Starbucks beyond Seattle in the late 1980s, he said he wanted the cafes to serve as a “third place” where people could gather between home and work and feel some of the romance of European cafes. Soon Starbucks supplanted many of the local U.S. joints that had served long served as gathering spots.
But now, with its drive-in windows and hot breakfast sandwiches, Starbucks has tilted toward the McDonald’s modus operandi. And with its push into fancier brew and wireless Internet access, McDonald’s is becoming more like Starbucks. Both are making specialty coffee a commoditized experience.
That’s where small shops have hope. There’s still room for joints where charm, service and community supplant standardization.
When consumers can get mocha-frappe-whatever anywhere, anytime, it won’t be coffee choice they’re missing. As for “romance,” well that’s another story -–
So, do you think Starbucks still has “romance?” Would you buy a latte at McDonald’s? Do you have a favorite local coffee spot that’s not a chain?
Why fight it? Just accept it! Does the end justify the mean? LOL. It's ok at least your calories don't come from coffee AND lots of fast food!
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