Fashion Board 2-3-04 to 3-5-04

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Do people order "Americanos" (or Americani) in the US? I mean, isn't that a concoction by the italians for americans to satisfy a desire for a big cup of coffee, instead of a demi-tasse, when you don't have drip machines?

Second SbUX q: Are the beans different/better than any old coffee shop (for the same type of bean, e.g., Kenya AA)? Or are they just charging $3 more per pound for atmosphere there too?

BTW, how does one pronounce WTF? Wuh-tiff? Withph? Either way, seeing the Passion doesn't get you out off hell for all the strippers.

I heard someone order a "triple Americano" this morning. I have no idea what that means.

The sad thing is that my comm. real estate friend told me that "you wouldn't believe what a Starbucks does for a office building rents-wise."

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
I will not drink Starbuck's coffee, and not just because I worked on the Peet's IPO. It just tastes bad. Real bad. Like coffee should never taste.

Now give me a Dunkin' Donuts on every corner, and I'll be happy. Or I'll think I'm in Boston, buy hey...same diff.

Have you been to a dunkin donuts more recently than say 1992? It tastes like watered down starbucks and comes in a styrofoam cup to boot. hyou just have fond memories, dear. I can confirm this bc I was in Mass a couple of weeks back where Drunkin Donuts still rules the world. Woostah!

[dtb]

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
Oh yeah, I saw that last night. No idea how they did the Vick/Urlacher playing hockey scene, other than to have them on skates. Vick's skating is pretty terrible -- clue number one that it's somewhat real.

BUt yeah, the best commercial ever. When it got the RJ stuff I almost peed my pants.

Cite/link please?

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
I will not drink Starbuck's coffee, and not just because I worked on the Peet's IPO. It just tastes bad. Real bad. Like coffee should never taste.

Now give me a Dunkin' Donuts on every corner, and I'll be happy. Or I'll think I'm in Boston, buy hey...same diff.

Not a coffee drinker, but the Tazo teas at Starbucks are fine. Not as good as the loose teas from real tea places, but much better than what they stock here at my office. I buy boxes there all the time for my work consumption.

By the way, I know that none of you care about this and this thread was mainly set up to show what cool, indie thinkers we have on the boards that no one will fess up to drinking (and liking) Starbucks, but I honestly don't care. That is how much of an indie thinker I am today.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
Have you been to a dunkin donuts more recently than say 1992? It tastes like watered down starbucks and comes in a styrofoam cup to boot. hyou just have fond memories, dear. I can confirm this bc I was in Mass a couple of weeks back where Drunkin Donuts still rules the world. Woostah!

I am drinking a large iced coffee, milk, 2 equals, from Dunkin' right now. I am in Fredland.

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Calling an Americano an "Americano" in America just pisses me off. We're in America jerkasses.

I bet SS owns Starbucks, b/c they are taking over the world.

Has Starbucks ruined NYC too? All the cafes in Chicago have disappeared. Still some great ones left, but my Fred...

And now I have to deal with them when I'm in Paris? I hate them and their addicting coffee that tastes like burnt cow shit.

The good news for Starbucks haters is that coffee culture in Europe is apparently quite different than it is in the U.S. People go to cafes to sit and have coffee in actual cups and hang out, not grab 20 oz. of hyper-caffeinated slurry and buzz off. So, the early word (anecdotal) is that European Starbucks are not faring so well. Having said that, I do not drink coffee, so I therefore do not really give a fuck.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by dtb
Cite/link please?

Nike.com

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Not a coffee drinker, but the Tazo teas at Starbucks are fine. Not as good as the loose teas from real tea places, but much better than what they stock here at my office. I buy boxes there all the time for my work consumption.

By the way, I know that none of you care about this and this thread was mainly set up to show what cool, indie thinkers we have on the boards that no one will fess up to drinking (and liking) Starbucks, but I honestly don't care. That is how much of an indie thinker I am today.

If you are a fan of tea, may I suggest www.tealuxe.com?

I am a huge fan of the Rote Grutze, iced.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
I am drinking a large iced coffee, milk, 2 equals, from Dunkin' right now. I am in Fredland.

No doughnut? Isn't that the reason to go there? Or do you get your muffins at starbucks?

[barely_legal]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive


By the way, I know that none of you care about this and this thread was mainly set up to show what cool, indie thinkers we have on the boards that no one will fess up to drinking (and liking) Starbucks, but I honestly don't care. That is how much of an indie thinker I am today.

I drink Starbucks all the time. I'm pissed b/c I work in the only building in D.C. where there isn't a Starbucks within a 3 block radius and I have to go to this crappy independent coffee shop where the coffee tastes like dishwater. I would love for one of the stupid stores on the ground level of my building to close down so that a Starbucks can swoop in and start siphoning all my money. I even have a Starbucks card so I don't need cash when I go to one! Yay Starbucks!

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Not a coffee drinker, but the Tazo teas at Starbucks are fine. Not as good as the loose teas from real tea places, but much better than what they stock here at my office. I buy boxes there all the time for my work consumption.

By the way, I know that none of you care about this and this thread was mainly set up to show what cool, indie thinkers we have on the boards that no one will fess up to drinking (and liking) Starbucks, but I honestly don't care. That is how much of an indie thinker I am today.

I drink Starbucks b/c I have no other choice. That's clearly a lie, since I can drink the stuff here at the office but refuse to b/c it's even worse than Starfucks.

And it tastes like shit. I really think they have injected extra caffeine into their coffee to get people addicted to it. If I have two cups I feel like I'm going to have a heart attack. And I can drink as much coffee as I want from other sources. No one would ever drink it for the taste.

[Dualit]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
. . . And I don't see Oprah.

Oprah is worth $1.1 Billion and ranked 514.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
No doughnut? Isn't that the reason to go there? Or do you get your muffins at starbucks?

Donuts and muffins have carbs , dude.

Actually, no. I just prefer my coffee straight up, without the breakfast cake chaser.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by Dualit
Oprah is worth $1.1 Billion and ranked 514.

And what about poor Larry Ellison? No one wants to be #1 more than that guy. It drives him nuts that Gates has more money. He's the king of the Napolean w/ a little dick complex.

Originally posted by barely_legal
I drink Starbucks all the time. I'm pissed b/c I work in the only building in D.C. where there isn't a Starbucks within a 3 block radius and I have to go to this crappy independent coffee shop where the coffee tastes like dishwater. I would love for one of the stupid stores on the ground level of my building to close down so that a Starbucks can swoop in and start siphoning all my money. I even have a Starbucks card so I don't need cash when I go to one! Yay Starbucks!

I also am not within a block of Starbucks and happen to love the venti americanos. its iced crack. good shit, man. And I wm willing to bet you a glass of champagne tonight that the indie coffee shop is actually not an indie at all. probably a local chain of regional chain.