Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
And people say I'm unjustly arrogant when I talk like people have an interest in me.Pfft, I say.
-AC
No, you are just arrogant in general is what I think they are saying. But that's what makes you so unique. Not that it's a good thing . . . nor a bad thing, just a thing.
Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Nope. Well, I've accompanied people there, because I know folks who do go there, and I'm not gonna just stand outside. I don't buy anything though.-AC
i knew it
i wasn't expecting that though
😂 😆
Did you stare inquisitively at the people sitting on those fine leather couches, playing on their laptops, as you tore them apart in your mind?
Originally posted by exanda kane
It isn't. They burn the coffee at Starbucks. It's common in alot of American Coffee Houses and it isn't nice.
thats true, but that's apart of the business. The beans are no jamaican Blue mountain or columbia kenya mix, but they are quite good. Maybe, not worth the price, but a good vanilla latte can fool you into thinking otherwise.
Originally posted by exanda kane
It isn't. They burn the coffee at Starbucks. It's common in alot of American Coffee Houses and it isn't nice.
Bad American coffee makers! Bad! 😄
I thought the game, Bioshock, was rather original. Maybe it wasn't, but I haven't played a game strikingly similar. There ARE games similar to it, but not exactly. Its got its own "Lost's Hatch" type of environment feel...all wet 'n stuff...(And we know how good wet is..😖hifty: )
I HOPE that they don't screw this movie up. Please no overly cheesy lines. 🙁
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Originally posted by ragesRemorse
thats true, but that's apart of the business. The beans are no jamaican Blue mountain or columbia kenya mix, but they are quite good. Maybe, not worth the price, but a good vanilla latte can fool you into thinking otherwise.
The one thing I can praise Starbucks for (in the US, nor in the Uk sadly) is fast service. At least that has been my experience.
Originally posted by =Tired Hiker=
No.
Can't agree with you there, sorry. I've worked in a couple of firms where Starbucks and in particular their machinery and coffee beans have been a complete joke. These people know their stuff, and the the way the coffee bean is handled is noticable if you try, say, a Starbucks Cappucino and one from a firm like Matthew Algie.
Back onto Bioshock, maybe this will be the first video-game to film translation that will break the mold.
Originally posted by exanda kane
Can't agree with you there, sorry. I've worked in a couple of firms where Starbucks and in particular their machinery and coffee beans have been a complete joke. These people know their stuff, and the the way the coffee bean is handled is noticable if you try, say, a Starbucks Cappucino and one from a firm like Matthew Algie.Back onto Bioshock, maybe this will be the first video-game to film translation that will break the mold.
Back onto Starbucks. They only use Arabica beans, whch as you know is a step up from Robusta beans used by most of the other mass market coffee companies. Also, burnt coffee is coffee left on a heating element longer than 30 minutes. Starbucks does not practice that way. If you think Starbucks tastes burnt, well than that's your fair opinion. Starbucks does tend to roast their beans darker than most, more closely resembling a an Italian/French style roast, which is darker than a Vienna roast which is again darker than the average 'City Roast'. But the fact is that they do not burn their coffee. They dark roast their coffee, yes, yes they do that.
Okay, so yeah, this Bio um whatever movie . . . it does sound like it will be interesting.
Originally posted by =Tired Hiker=
Back onto Starbucks. They only use Arabica beans, whch as you know is a step up from Robusta beans used by most of the other mass market coffee companies. Also, burnt coffee is coffee left on a heating element longer than 30 minutes. Starbucks does not practice that way. If you think Starbucks tastes burnt, well than that's your fair opinion. Starbucks does tend to roast their beans darker than most, more closely resembling a an Italian/French style roast, which is darker than a Vienna roast which is again darker than the average 'City Roast'. But the fact is that they do not burn their coffee. They dark roast their coffee, yes, yes they do that.
It's a trade secret, their coffee is overroasted to the point of burning or incinerating their coffee in ash. The way they roast their beans gives them an undue darker feel, which the quality of the bean doesn't give - it also doesn't disguise the fact that their coffee is weak and flat. Whatever quality their beans once held is gone. Any trick of getting rid of the taste with milk, sweetener or, god help us, caramel is moot. Any quality to be found in the origin of their beans is gone because of their roasting methods.
I've experienced this myself and through the tales of former colleagues in Costa's HQ in Lambeth who I really do respect. I'd also have you note that they aren't simply envious of Starbucks successes and acknowledge that other firms service far outweights their own.
Fair enough if you like Starbucks, in my experience in the US, its fast, efficient and easy, but to put on my indier-than-thou-bourgeois-tricon but their roasting methods wreck the beans.
Originally posted by exanda kane
It's a trade secret, their coffee is overroasted to the point of burning or incinerating their coffee in ash. The way they roast their beans gives them an undue darker feel, which the quality of the bean doesn't give - it also doesn't disguise the fact that their coffee is weak and flat. Whatever quality their beans once held is gone. Any trick of getting rid of the taste with milk, sweetener or, god help us, caramel is moot. Any quality to be found in the origin of their beans is gone because of their roasting methods.I've experienced this myself and through the tales of former colleagues in Costa's HQ in Lambeth who I really do respect. I'd also have you note that they aren't simply envious of Starbucks successes and acknowledge that other firms service far outweights their own.
Fair enough if you like Starbucks, in my experience in the US, its fast, efficient and easy, but to put on my indier-than-thou-bourgeois-tricon but their roasting methods wreck the beans.
Those trade secrets you speak of, those DIRTY LITTLE SECRETS are company disinformation started by the mass market coffee manufacturers to try and hurt their biggest competitor, Starbucks. Because if it wasn't for Starbucks, the rest of the country wouldn't have realized that Folgers and Maxwell House, et all are pretty mediocre.