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Old 19-07-2008, 07:50 PM   #61 (permalink)
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Fvcking brilliant Tex, sums it all up
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Old 20-07-2008, 03:28 AM   #62 (permalink)
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and now the company is closing 600 stores.
Good. Means less people will drink their shit.
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Old 20-07-2008, 02:11 PM   #63 (permalink)
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Maybe the beer has affected your palette Marmite.
I can't seriously believe that you think Starbucks sells good coffee. That's like saying Chang is a quality beer or that Mr Bush is a good president.

Starbucks is just a commercial enterprise selling an image to the gullible public. They fall for it every time, as can be seen by the fairly crowded cafes

My own experience is that their coffee is bland and uninteresting. I used to go most days with people from work, had a double shot latte. It was OK, served in a cardboard container for some reason

after a while, I managed to persuade my fellow workers to try another coffee shop. I ordered the same coffee, the double shot latte, 2/3rds the price and ridiculously strong. From then on, I had a single shot latte, at 1/2 the price of the Starbucks nonsense

As for Thai coffee, it can be excellent. I take it back to the Uk and serve it to friends, who love the taste. I get pure Arabica from a local supplier in Chiang Mai, which is also very cheap by comparison.
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Old 20-07-2008, 02:16 PM   #64 (permalink)
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Fvcking brilliant Tex, sums it all up
well, except for the fact that Dunkin Donuts coffee is also poor quality
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Old 20-07-2008, 02:25 PM   #65 (permalink)
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I'd prefer a plain Dunkin Donuts coffee to anything Starbucks offers. And I've had most. I don't know if DD Thailand uses the same coffee worldwide. But, as the lady in the story said, I'd have enough money remaining to buy a muffin or a bagel and a newspaper.

I just won't look as cool.
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??? Starbucks does not look cool Tex!

just crappy
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We called Dunkin' Donuts to find out why the company is booming, ...
But what's so hard to understand? Dunkin Donuts has merely trumped Starbucks' caffeine offering with caffeine plus sugared fried starch (at a comparable price). How could that fail here in the Land of Lard?
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I might have something to do with that. I admit I have a problem, I'm a donutaholic.

I used to like Starbucks as it was about the easiest way to get a decent coffee in the UK. McDonalds coffee was terrible, anywhere else was instant crap like Nescafe then you could have a tall creamymoccachinowhippy so it was a no brainer. Over here I brew my own, wouldnt touch Starbucks anymore. Its like the Budweiser of coffee to me now, bland and tasteless.
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McD's new coffee ain't bad. Not as rich tasting as Thai coffee (I continue to agree with Marmite on this point), but cheaper than Starbuck's, whose green tea really sucks.
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I used to like Starbucks as it was about the easiest way to get a decent coffee in the UK. McDonalds coffee was terrible, anywhere else was instant crap like Nescafe then you could have a tall creamymoccachinowhippy so it was a no brainer. Over here I brew my own, wouldnt touch Starbucks anymore. Its like the Budweiser of coffee to me now, bland and tasteless.

It always was like that!!

as for the UK, before Starbucks, there were hundreds of small, often Italian, coffee shops selling excellent coffee in London. If you were in some small town, then maybe it would have been more difficult, but still possible.
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