1. Agreed. "Trying to get through to middle schoolers" is way harder than making rockets go zoom.
2. I fall prey to the Starbucks BRILLIANT marketing scheme to just plain EXIST at the exit point of Target. Diabolical. It's the only time I drink Starbucks. When I'm at Target. And as a mother of soon-to-be-unreachable middle schoolers, I'm at Target ALOT. I always get whatever seasonal "sweet cream cold brew" jazz they have on the sandwich board display walking in. They put it in my brain, and I don't stop thinking about it until I'm drinking it. And then I'm thinking ... this isn't coffee ... but it's fucking delicious. At home, I drink old school drip coffee from a 4-cup Mr. Coffee-style device. HOWEVER, I buy GOOD coffee. From this free-trade outfit in Wisconsin. My brother got me a gift card once and I never looked back. Meanwhile, my husband buys and drinks Maxwell House, because he wants our kids to have the option of going to college someday. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
3. No. That is tops. I drove by a dog grooming shop called "Groomingdales" the other day. I'm old, so I got the reference. My husband and I once riffed in the car for twenty minutes about businesses with names that sounded like they may or may not be actual businesses. Like "Space For Rent" (intergalactic real estate) or "Under New Management" (speakeasy or brothel).
4. I use wackadoo. I'm also partial to nutjob.
5. I mean ... it's not like you're marooning shopping carts on parking lot medians ... but still ... 🤔
Sweet cream cold brew PSL is superior. I also buy good whole bean, grind it right before brewing, MEASURE THAT SHIT (trust a baker, this is how you get consistency). I have an every-8-weeks subscription to Bones Coffee because I like trying different flavors, but I ought to switch to somewhere closer (they're in FL and I'm in NH). As for semi-local, I like Vermont Coffee Company, even though Stonewall Kitchen bought them.
I love Bones coffee! Only good thing I ever got from a Facebook ad. Samesies tho about finding something closer. I’m in California. There was one horrible time when my order didn’t arrive, didn’t arrive. Checked Fed Ex tracking and it appeared to be stuck in Barstow. Detective work on my part determined the train it was on derailed. As far as Fed Ex is concerned my coffee is still in Barstow. Bones refunded that order.
It's quite possible that Barclays is the new CLERKS. Crack the spine of that screenplay and GET YOURSELF A GODDAMN MEETING! You LIVE in the City of Meetings! C'mon now! Be careful with the K-Cups..it's a slippery slope to K-Pop.
I’m in the soon-to-be-extinct species of I’ve-never-had-a-Starbucks-Pumpkin-Spice-Latte (and I like hyphens because I lived in Scandinavia where, instead of using hyphens, they just throw a bunch of words together and call it a new word.)
I hear your daily pain. I stopped drinking coffee at home altogether, but still make my wife’s morning brew. (Costco filter coffee) Now she’s the only one that needs to suffer my inconsistency… it extends beyond coffee. Explaining the extent of it could be an entire post.
They’re actually pretty good. Like drinking a pumpkin pie with whipped cream. Can’t even call it coffee, only dessert in a cup. And same price as pie - almost $7 here in Chinadastan. (I slurp the samples they put out every week 😁)
No, I don’t buy milkshakes from Starbucks. I buy Venti No Room Americanos. See, they successfully trained me after 30ish years. Although the one today from Mount Vernon, Illinois seemed a little off. Maybe tomorrow’s from Topika, Kansas will be normal. Although when I’m at “home”, I have a cheap little 4 cup coffee maker that I scoop 4 scoops of Onyx coffee from J. Brooks Coffee in Memphis, Tennessee. And I fill the reservoir completely full. Perfect coffee every time, except when I forget to put the pot in place.
I use K-Cups when I’m at someone’s house that drink that sludge. It’s only because I’m addicted caffeine.
I haven't got the new one because the one I've had for the last decade, with one little upgrade, is still producing cremas consistently. Gotta have to have the right coffee grind though.
The best coffee—I read somewhere—requires a higher hot water temperature than Mr. Coffee. Cuisanart supposedly hits it. Use coffee beans from Rwanda/Tanzania for a richer flavor.
You’re not a monster; you’re a gorilla drinking a caffeinated oatmeal latte.
Starbucks is definitely not a milkshake provider. I want ice cream in my shake. Coffee is best black, strong and with a hint of cream. I order whole bean Peet's and it's great.
No K cups please. Pricy and a landfill nightmare. Right up there with plastic bottles.
I’m a fan of these baristas (almost tempted to drive to your neighborhood to try then out!). So… was it the best oat milk latte ever?! Also, Starbucks definitely sells milkshakes, not coffee.
I don’t even drink coffee and I want to go to that coffee shop for the high quality banter!
Me too. Love me a philosophical barista.
1. Agreed. "Trying to get through to middle schoolers" is way harder than making rockets go zoom.
2. I fall prey to the Starbucks BRILLIANT marketing scheme to just plain EXIST at the exit point of Target. Diabolical. It's the only time I drink Starbucks. When I'm at Target. And as a mother of soon-to-be-unreachable middle schoolers, I'm at Target ALOT. I always get whatever seasonal "sweet cream cold brew" jazz they have on the sandwich board display walking in. They put it in my brain, and I don't stop thinking about it until I'm drinking it. And then I'm thinking ... this isn't coffee ... but it's fucking delicious. At home, I drink old school drip coffee from a 4-cup Mr. Coffee-style device. HOWEVER, I buy GOOD coffee. From this free-trade outfit in Wisconsin. My brother got me a gift card once and I never looked back. Meanwhile, my husband buys and drinks Maxwell House, because he wants our kids to have the option of going to college someday. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
3. No. That is tops. I drove by a dog grooming shop called "Groomingdales" the other day. I'm old, so I got the reference. My husband and I once riffed in the car for twenty minutes about businesses with names that sounded like they may or may not be actual businesses. Like "Space For Rent" (intergalactic real estate) or "Under New Management" (speakeasy or brothel).
4. I use wackadoo. I'm also partial to nutjob.
5. I mean ... it's not like you're marooning shopping carts on parking lot medians ... but still ... 🤔
6. BAGELS!!!
Sweet cream cold brew PSL is superior. I also buy good whole bean, grind it right before brewing, MEASURE THAT SHIT (trust a baker, this is how you get consistency). I have an every-8-weeks subscription to Bones Coffee because I like trying different flavors, but I ought to switch to somewhere closer (they're in FL and I'm in NH). As for semi-local, I like Vermont Coffee Company, even though Stonewall Kitchen bought them.
I love Bones coffee! Only good thing I ever got from a Facebook ad. Samesies tho about finding something closer. I’m in California. There was one horrible time when my order didn’t arrive, didn’t arrive. Checked Fed Ex tracking and it appeared to be stuck in Barstow. Detective work on my part determined the train it was on derailed. As far as Fed Ex is concerned my coffee is still in Barstow. Bones refunded that order.
Sometimes I just want a cup of the sweet cream foam they put on top. No ice. Just a spoon.
We brain surgeons say “it’s not social work.”
Friar Tux is 🤌🏻. I love a good play on words.
I also love when the staff is having fun. When morale is high, service is great.
It's quite possible that Barclays is the new CLERKS. Crack the spine of that screenplay and GET YOURSELF A GODDAMN MEETING! You LIVE in the City of Meetings! C'mon now! Be careful with the K-Cups..it's a slippery slope to K-Pop.
Clerks and his twice stolen catalytic converter story.
See? It’s writing itself!!! 🤣💥
Lattes are only warm milk walked past the espresso machine on its way to the mobile pickup counter. Can’t even be called a coffee drink.
Do you know they use fewer shots in a latte as compared to an americano?
Gr Americano = 3 shots
Gr Latte = 2 shots
When I asked why they didn’t know.
I’m in the soon-to-be-extinct species of I’ve-never-had-a-Starbucks-Pumpkin-Spice-Latte (and I like hyphens because I lived in Scandinavia where, instead of using hyphens, they just throw a bunch of words together and call it a new word.)
I hear your daily pain. I stopped drinking coffee at home altogether, but still make my wife’s morning brew. (Costco filter coffee) Now she’s the only one that needs to suffer my inconsistency… it extends beyond coffee. Explaining the extent of it could be an entire post.
They’re actually pretty good. Like drinking a pumpkin pie with whipped cream. Can’t even call it coffee, only dessert in a cup. And same price as pie - almost $7 here in Chinadastan. (I slurp the samples they put out every week 😁)
If I ever ended up in a Starbucks, I might slurp a sample, but I’d definitely order the pie!
Get Tux’d
Laugh. Out. Loud.
I took the blue pill, I laughed, I cried, and now I want my own oat milk latte.
BTW, maybe it's just here in Europe but some of those Nespresso capsules make some pretty awesome coffee!
We got a Nespresso and it is pretty dang good. The foam creates the magic.
We can start a secret society wherein we share our hidden shame....
Rocket engineering. That's correct.
Rocket science? Someone should trace back to find the first idiot who said it.
No, I don’t buy milkshakes from Starbucks. I buy Venti No Room Americanos. See, they successfully trained me after 30ish years. Although the one today from Mount Vernon, Illinois seemed a little off. Maybe tomorrow’s from Topika, Kansas will be normal. Although when I’m at “home”, I have a cheap little 4 cup coffee maker that I scoop 4 scoops of Onyx coffee from J. Brooks Coffee in Memphis, Tennessee. And I fill the reservoir completely full. Perfect coffee every time, except when I forget to put the pot in place.
I use K-Cups when I’m at someone’s house that drink that sludge. It’s only because I’m addicted caffeine.
For the best at-home coffee, I can't go past Rok Presso. https://www.rok.coffee/presso
I haven't got the new one because the one I've had for the last decade, with one little upgrade, is still producing cremas consistently. Gotta have to have the right coffee grind though.
I think you can get reusable K cups and add your own coffee.
https://reviews.chicagotribune.com/kitchen/coffee/best-reusable-k-cups?cid=650117191&acid=10&aid=1258941462597247&eid=&tid=kwd-78684210042051%3Aloc-4123&ul=81232&mt=e&n=o&d=m&dm=&m=&sn=&adid=&k=reusable+k+cups&p=&pc=&ap=&chtrb=1&msclkid=c8c64961b3851580636b2faac0927f02&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Tribune+-+Kitchen+-+Bing&utm_term=reusable+k+cups&utm_content=Best+Reusable+K-Cups
The best coffee—I read somewhere—requires a higher hot water temperature than Mr. Coffee. Cuisanart supposedly hits it. Use coffee beans from Rwanda/Tanzania for a richer flavor.
You’re not a monster; you’re a gorilla drinking a caffeinated oatmeal latte.
1. Immediacy. Botched rocket science explosions are instant, botched teaching explosions take a decade.
2. I don’t swim with the mermaid.
3. Forgotten Wedding Emergency Supply.
4. Don’t tell pundits, they’ll sink that one next.
5. There’s a certain margin we embrace to stay sane. Every day I wake up, think “the vegetarians are right,” and eat an animal whole.
Starbucks is definitely not a milkshake provider. I want ice cream in my shake. Coffee is best black, strong and with a hint of cream. I order whole bean Peet's and it's great.
No K cups please. Pricy and a landfill nightmare. Right up there with plastic bottles.
Love wackadoo! I'm borrowing this.
I’m a fan of these baristas (almost tempted to drive to your neighborhood to try then out!). So… was it the best oat milk latte ever?! Also, Starbucks definitely sells milkshakes, not coffee.