Comments | lagizma: The world is a beautiful place

lagizma

The world is a beautiful place

Aug 15, 2006 21:53

My coffee shop is a beautiful placeI have an appointment every Saturday at 8:45 AM. I've started stopping by an out-of-the-way coffee shop in an outlet mall (it's an older place, and we now have a Starbucks in town) for a bagel and an iced coffee. (Can I tell you how excited I am that iced coffee has not only spread out of Rhode Island, out of ( Read more... )

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sliding_doors August 16 2006, 04:44:40 UTC

ok you freak.

nj has had ice coffee for forever.

well at least my mom has drank it for forever.

i don't remember going to DD and them *not* having it.

also: the west coast is strange

lagizma August 16 2006, 05:22:03 UTC

Oh yeah, I give DD credit for inventing it. They are my oracle, at least. I didn't know they were in NJ this whole time. But, yeah, DD is the oracle of iced coffee. I am do glad you can relate.

lagizma August 16 2006, 05:23:08 UTC

West coast is strange? Ha. I have a whole post on that. They fancy themselves the center of the universe. Which has a thirty mile radius around LA. I'm still working on the post. I hate CA. But I love it. And hate it. At the same time.

musashi270 August 16 2006, 06:23:10 UTC

There are few things as sublime as a real neighborhood coffee shop and I envy you the punchline. This is from someone who is grumpier than you about those time sort of things but less willing to chase the management.

I say there are two Californias: The thirty mile radius of sprawl you mentioned that is LA and everywhere else. When I mention this to friends from CA, they invariably agree and are at great pains to make sure I know which one they are in; they seem deathly afraid of being thought of as from the other one. Kind of reminds me of the other folks who are happy to tell you they are the center of the universe: NY, NY. Just go ahead and make it sound like you think that Manhattanite might know something about Long Island or, God forbid, Queens.

deardeedle August 16 2006, 11:26:37 UTC

Perhaps 'Cuse is on the dark side of the moon - because my mom has been ordering iced coffee in Buffalo since I can remember. Blended, non-blended, ice MADE of coffee so it doesn't get diluted - hell we even threw ice cream in it once in a while.

I blame it on 'Cuse not having a slew of little local coffee shops circa 1990[s]? Growing up they were everywhere back home. In fact I remember when the fad came of hanging out in a coffee house in the mid-late 90[s] and we all couldn't figure out what the country was ga-ga about. I mean, this is what bored Jr. High kids did on a Friday night. It was totally PG!

deardeedle August 16 2006, 11:32:13 UTC

Oh - and maybe it's the growing up being connected to Canada thing, or the fact that DD left our area mid 90[s] for a good 10 years all together - but I'm a Timmy Ho's [Tim Hortons] girl through and through when it comes to fast-food coffee. [Though I prefer my little local places first.]

The Timmy Ho's I remember though is the Original - not this crappy knock-off they have now owned by Wendy's International Inc. - though the coffee is still top-notch.

But I still love you DD people anyway :]

deardeedle August 16 2006, 11:34:44 UTC

And one more for the road!

I'm confused by the West Coast's lack of coffee choices and "dated-ness" - I mean didn't the West Coast bring us Starbucks - the mecca of all coffee houses? How did Cali local coffee joints miss that trend?

lagizma August 17 2006, 13:27:30 UTC

I think Seattle brought us coffee. People down here aren't huge coffee freaks. I don't know.

Yeah,. Tim Horton's took over our RI local chain Bess Eaton. I like their iced coffee a lot--mmmm, crushed ice!

I had never thought of ice cubes made out of coffee! Genius!

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blozor August 16 2006, 13:01:26 UTC

I completely despise the fact that Dunkin' Donuts are disappearing all thoughout the country. Dunkin' Donuts is THE ONLY donut maker in my opinion. Fuck Krispy Kreme. Fuck them so hard it hurts. Order a creme filled donut from Krispy Kreme and you get this smallish, little perfectly symmetrical thing with one tiny doot of creme in the middle. Now order one from Dunkin' Donuts and you get this gigantic thing that is so filled with creme that it is literally protuding forth from the hole. And when you bite into it, the whole thing breaks apart as the overabundance of creme pushes forth looking for means of escape. Now THAT is a motherfuckin' creme filled donut! Why can NO ONE but Dunkin' Donuts figure this out? It's not a difficult concept. It's a creme-filled donut. You FILL THE FUCKING THING WITH CREME!! If I wanted to eat a big wad of cake, I'd eat a cake ( ... )

lagizma August 17 2006, 13:30:55 UTC

My mom is right there with you on the creme filled ones. She likes the sugary-cream in the powdered donuts, and only certain shops carry them. She used to work at a donut shop and experiement with overstuffing them as much as possible.

My irritation with customers is at places like Wendy's where you have that nice little line and a big menu board with pictures. People stand in the line for three or four minutes, and only when the get to the front do they realize OH! I have to decide what to order! Now, let me think about this...

blozor August 17 2006, 13:47:20 UTC

I wish parents wouldn't let their children try to order at restaurants. Or speak to the employees at all. You tell the parent what you want and that's IT. Once the order has been spoken to the employee, you don't have the luxury of changing your mind five hundred billion times. You get what you asked for and you're happy with it. If you didn't want it, you shouldn't have asked for it. Now you're stuck with it and you'll eat it or wait until the next meal.

I hate it when I'm standing in line behind families in fast food places because invariably the conversation will go something like this:
CHILD: "I want a hamburger."
PARENT: "She wants a hamburger."
CHILD: "NO! A CHICKEN SANDWICH!!"
PARENT: "Okay, give her a chicken sandwich."
CHILD: "NO! A HAMBURGER WITH FRIESPARENT: Never mind, a hamburger with fries then ( ... )

antarcticlust August 16 2006, 14:35:07 UTC

I'm a huge coffee snob, having worked in so many coffee shops, even though I rarely drink it any more (for the same reason) - I'm more of a tea girl. But when I DO drink my coffee, it has to be good, and I can tell the difference. There was a time when I could taste a roasted bean and tell what country it was from - Sumatran, Guatemalan, etc. My manager at Caribou (an excellent anti-Starbucks that has really good quality control and is a great place to work for) wanted me to become a roaster ( ... )

autumnhawk August 16 2006, 19:40:24 UTC

Ugh, I can't stand DD coffee. Mostly becuase they make it so damn watery. They know everyone who buys their coffee fills it with sugar and cream anyway, so they have no idea if there's any coffee in there.

Now that they have espresso machines I've tried getting an espresso drink a few times - but 50% of the time the waitstaff has obviously just arrived there from junior high and forgets to do something vital and it just ends up in the garbage.

Oh well, at least they've got the rest of you.

antarcticlust August 16 2006, 19:42:48 UTC

I just drink their iced coffes - I've actually never had their regular coffe. Just vanilla iced coffee with cream and sugar - it's like an ice cream treat. I usually only have them when I'm driving long distances. :)

autumnhawk August 16 2006, 20:02:51 UTC

Ah, see told you. Sure, throw some sugar and cream in there and I don't care whose coffee I'm drinking! I used to like their Coolatas when they first came out for the same ice creamy reason, but I've had those horribly massacred by the staff enough times as I'm driving away down the highway that I get the shivers thinking about ordering one. I now just try my best to plan a route that takes me past an actual coffee shop.

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