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[lagizma]

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

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[antarcticlust]

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]

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]

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]

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.

[somethinghead]

They've created a new product "Turbo" which is just what other coffee shops might call a red eye, coffee with a shot of espresso. You can get it hot or iced, and either way it helps make it taste a lot more like coffee.

[autumnhawk]

Ah there we go, yeah that should make it approximate coffee.