Starrfall on 1/2/2008 at 02:28
"The French drink about 50 percent of the Robusta beans in Europe. Robustas, while lower in quality, are particularly caffeinated. Caffeind causes the muscle spasms associated with 'unblockings.' This natural attribute is amplified by the 'French roast,' in which the bean is burnt beyond recognition, thus enhancing carbon and oil content. Carbon absorbs gastric gases, facilitating traffic flow; fats and oils are known laxatives."
Scots Taffer on 1/2/2008 at 04:30
Which is probably why I prefer Italian brands.
nuckinfutzcat on 1/2/2008 at 12:25
Quote Posted by Starrfall
"... Carbon absorbs gastric gases, facilitating traffic flow; fats and oils are known laxatives."
Lovely. Put that on the label. That'll get me to buy some.
Lhet on 12/2/2008 at 22:42
I used to drink starbucks until I found out there's a coffeeshop on campus with cheaper, better coffee. It's nice to actually drink good coffee..
One thing I've heard about starbucks is that it's 'Consistently Mediocre', meaning it's not great, but at least it's consistent, but that quality only beats mcDonalds coffee. The only real thing starbucks always has over random coffeeshops with the chalkboard menus and the owner serving coffee is the frappachinos (frozen blended coffee & ice, nice on a hot day). However, starbucks just can't compare to the quality of the coffee of small coffeeshops.
Also, although I can agree that Starbucks may have started the 'coffee every morning' thing, I don't think at this point the smaller coffeeshops would die without starbucks. The consumer base that likes good coffee and a newspaper every morning is already buying coffee, and they are unlikely to stop drinking coffee.
Finally: woo small coffeeshops are cool.
Oneiroscope on 13/2/2008 at 06:56
Starbucks is the evil empire. I live in a town where a single building downtown has a Starbucks on like every other floor and its a skyscraper. There is something fundamentally wrong with that.
Death to Starbucks. All hail cheaper better coffee with lots and lots of caffeine and no random merchandise being flogged at you from ten different directions while you are confused and dying of caffeine deprivation.
