Is any one elese confused by starbucks

[travlincub321]

I whent to starbucks today and got confused (its not carabou coffee from back east).. Tonight looking for the meaning of several of there items, i found this site... It was veyr helpful..

http://www.quicksilverweb.net/sbucks/sbcharts.htm

 

[hunter]

This is great thanks!

This is great, thanks! I ordinarily don't go to Starbucks either, but when I am in the mood for an 'ice cream sundae' I'll go to a Starbucks and order a Soy Latte. It reminds me of a sundae only hot

 

[jasonl]

How to speak Starbucks

The syntax I've used and learned from hearing the baristas speak is thus:

Size, iced option, decaf or half-caff option, # of pumps, # of shots, name of drink, whipped cream/drizzle option.

So you want a large pumpkin spice latte with an extra pump and 4 shots?

"I want a venti, quad, extra pump, pumpkin spice latte."

Large iced mocha with whipped cream and chocolate on top?

"Venti iced mocha with whip and chocolate drizzle"

Let's do one like Helen:

"Venti iced extra pump sugar free caramel with whip, caramel drizzle, and caramel sauce on the bottom."

 

[hoovermatic]

No Starbucks don't confuse me as I don't go in there. I think the coffee is lousy, the prices are a rip off and the service SUCKS in a big way. At least that is true of the UK in my experience.

 

[jeffg]

Confused? Heck, I'm still trying to adjust to the new definition of "coffee shop" in America. We used to have so many good ones.

 

[petek]

I rarely go to Starbucks and when I do it's just a dark roast coffee and nothing else fancy schmancy. I like robust coffee and to be honest McDonalds coffee is just as good if not better and a whole lot cheaper. And for the same price as you'd spend at Starbucks for a coffee you can get a blueberry muffin and small coffee at McD's.

 

[foraloysius]

Sugar free and caramel??????

 

[bugsyjones]

"I'd like a cup of coffee...."

What kind of coffee?

"Oh...In a cup."

 

[danemodsandy]

No Confusion Here!

I always order "plain coffee, black," when I'm at Starbucks, which only happens when I'm with someone who insists on going there. I take three sips, each less satisfying than the last, because of the over-roasted taste. I then throw the rest of the cupful away, and don't go back to Starbuck's for two or three years.

Not confusing at all.

 

[panthera]

I got dragged into a Starbucks

a few weeks ago by one of these rich, snobby people who demanded our whole group take a pass on the really good coffee bars in Denver and stick to what has got to be the ickiest symbol of decadence in the last years.

McDonald's coffee is better, anyway.

Honestly, I have never once succeeded in getting the 'barrista' at one of these fou-fou stores, (in Italy this actually someone with education and experience, not a pretty boy the manager is humping), to comprehend that I don't want sugar, cream or fake flavored anything in it nor do I desire a gallon of espresso...assuming you can call that battery acid espresso.

Ick.

Seriously, try McDonald's. You'll be pleasantly surprised. And they don't try to sneak something into it you didn't ask for, either.

 

[maytagbear]

I do not care for Starfu---

At all! I only go when someone else not only insists, but is willing to buy!

Starf....put a wonderful LOCALLY owned coffee place out of the building, and put another LOCALLY owned competitor out of business.

However, the idiot undergraduates who populate my dear academic village flock to the place.

I agree with Keven about McDonald's coffee. I am looking at two empty McCafe iced coffee cups as I type this. Wishing they were not empty!

I do not care for Starfu--- and don't tell me about the "baristas" benefit packages or or or or.

Yes, as I said in the other thread that I am a "coffee slut," but even a "working guy" has his ethics!

Starf--- is generally never the only coffee game in town.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[alanlendaro]

coffee in Denver

We used to go to a place in WashPark called the Devils Food Bakery when my partner's parents lived on High street. Had the best pastries and espresso. Went back the last time we were in town and it had expanded and wasn't as good. They even changed the coffee - they used to brew Daz Bog coffee - which I think is roasted locally by some Russian dudes. We used to bring a bunch of Daz Bog home with us when we were out there.

Now I just use a good espresso from Italy - Cafe Bristot which is excellent for both espresso and french press.

 

[travlincub321]

Mcdonalds coffee is about the only coffee i can withstand

 

[mrb627]

Dunkin' Donuts

DD makes a pretty good cup of Java, IMO.

 

[rolls_rapide]

hoovermatic

I agree, dishwater tastes better.

Costa coffee is better.

 

[favorit]

Starbuck guide site

Those italian pronunciation tips work great ... to speak italian like Dan Peterson *LOL*

So the same way "ai spich inglisc" *LOL*

http://www.danpeterson.it

 

[favorit]

not to mention that if I asked here for a dry cappuccino, in the best case I would been given an empty (...then dry) cup *LOL*

 

[mrcleanjeans]

Starbucks coffee is BITTER. But it does give you some lift and thrust to offset load and drag, so you can fly!

 

[goldenboy]

mrcleanjeans,

I totally agree..Starbucks is very BITTER! McDonald's is awesome coffee. The phrase "lift and thrust..load and drag" sounds so familiar. I think I remember from The Flying Nun...fun show...