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Book Stores And back to Coffee
On 2008-08-05 19:19:08 -0500, "Jofirey" said:
I do like my weekly Starbucks on the way to look after my granddaughter. Glad it seems to have finally dawned on them that if they are going to charge that kind of price for coffee, it had darn well be exactly as ordered, served quickly and with a little luck cheerfully. Otherwise we can get very nearly the same thing at any truck stop. Jo That's about as often as I order Starbucks, unless it's during the Fall. And then I'll make daily and sometimes twice daily trips to ALL the cafes in search of that wonderful seasonal pumpkin flavored coffee. (with caramel please!) I agree with everybody. Sbucks is overpriced but we don't really have a coffee cafe that's convienent other than Joe's at Books a Million. And Joe's locally always hires the idiots it seems. I've been looking at one of those nice espresso machines for a couple years now. But I haven't gotten over the idea of paying $300 or more for one. But really that's only 60 Starbucks Venti Triple Shot Caramel Macchiatos with whole milk please. Grace |
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Book Stores (Musings mostly OT)
"CatNipped" wrote in message ... "Jofirey" wrote in message ... Is there anything that tastes better than an ice cold Coke out of a glass bottle on a hot day? So cold that ice crystals form when you take off the cap? Jo I remember the small bottles out of the machine with great nostalgia - I don't think I've tasted any drink that delicious since. I noticed that they came out with the small bottles again recently, but they cost a fortune and they just don't taste the same. Ear Twitches, CatNipped That's the corn syrup vs. good old fashioned cane sugar. Like they don't know we can taste the difference. Jo |
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Book Stores And back to Coffee
Gracecat wrote:
I've been looking at one of those nice espresso machines for a couple years now. But I haven't gotten over the idea of paying $300 or more for one. But really that's only 60 Starbucks Venti Triple Shot Caramel Macchiatos with whole milk please. For some people, that would only take two months. But you can get espresso machines for much cheaper. I had one that cost only $50. They might be a bit more expensive now, but not 6 times as much! Do you have Target in your area? They probably sell the low-end ones for prices in that ballpark. -- Joyce ^..^ (To email me, remove the X's from my user name.) |
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Book Stores (Musings mostly OT)
"Sherry" wrote in message ... The only book/music store that's close to us is Hastings. In the city, they have Barnes & Noble, Walden, one called Full Circle (I don't think that one is a chain store)...anyway, Full Circle used to have a cat. I usually go to Barns & Noble if I'm in the city. Hastings always just has a pot of free coffee on in the sitting area. I can't tell the difference in that & STarbucks either. Coffee is just coffee to me. Now, I *can* tell the difference when a Coca Cola has been stored in the heat too long, or is near the expiration date on the package. Or has come from a plastic bottle or a can. I know who has the best fountain drinks, and whose are too syrupy or too watery. Sherry Is there anything that tastes better than an ice cold Coke out of a glass bottle on a hot day? ?So cold that ice crystals form when you take off the cap? Jo- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Oh absolutely!! And the glass bottle part is crucial. I swear the plastic bottles just don't have that battery-acid burn going down that really wakes you up in the morning :-) Sherry ============ I was beginning to think it was just me that adores Coke from a glass bottle. Around here the only ones you can get are the little 6 oz bottles that cost as much as a half rack (12 pack) of cans. I really miss my cold Coke from a bottle. Pam S. |
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Book Stores (Musings mostly OT)
On Aug 6, 5:08*pm, "tanadashoes" wrote:
I was beginning to think it was just me that adores Coke from a glass bottle. * I quit drinking cans of coke back in February and the one time I had a can I found my taste buds now considered something I used to drink at least twice a day to be completely hideous- I took two sips and chucked the can away! But it's still the best out of a glass bottle- there's only one shop around here that sells glass bottles and it's not exactly near but the other day I had to go past it (it's near the post office and I got yet another of those "We rang the bell and you weren't in" cards- we were in but I have given up on complaining since the time the manager said to me "We've all done that") and it's a long walk on a hot day so I went in, took a VERY cold bottle from the fridge and asked the guy to open it for me. I swear it even sounds different and it just hits every spot! I think part of it is the sheer nostalgia for me. My parents didn't approve of Coca-Cola (or any soft drinks but they for some reason didn't like the American way of life invading Romford-Growing up there everyone else wished someone would invade it or demolish it!) so it was a big thing when we got one of those glass bottles of coke it was usually on holiday or something and to taste one of those takes me straight back to the days when sitting in a hot car with my brothers and cousins, while all the grown up's were in the pub (They would be done today- as the eldest I looked after up to 10 kids and I was only 6 myself when I first did it!) , drinking coke from a glass bottle with a straw and if we were very lucky knowing there might be a second or maybe a bag of crisps or if we were exceptionally lucky or for that matter uncle Roy got plastered and became generous then we might even be brought both a second coke AND a bag of crisps each! And at the time thinking "This is fun" Oh dear- I've got myself craving a glass bottle of coke and I don't have time to go to that shop! Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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