Starbucks Christmas Blend

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  • dave shepard
    dave shepard Posts: 1,334
    edited November 2007
    When I was down with Mantis we had stopped and got WAWA coffee that was the best I had from anywhere.
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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,502
    edited November 2007
    janmike wrote: »
    I drink it like that as well but it really hits the spot when it is -40 outside.


    that makes for a strong stable igloo brotha....LOL :D;)


    any Starbucks guys here try that Chantico drinkable Chocolate when they had it? Oh sweet Jesus, I paid through the nose for that stuff.

    I'd say to make as many 6 oz cups (standard size) that it would take to fit in a Vendi cup. guy would look me in the eyes and say "thats going to be..like..15 bucks"

    my response was usually "look in my eyes, and tell me if I care!!"
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited November 2007
    Ohskigod,

    You can tell us the truth now... it was the cutie girl serving the "Chantico drinkable Chocolate" that made it worth it. The coffee in fact just sucked.

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  • Mike682
    Mike682 Posts: 2,074
    edited November 2007
    There are some hotties working at the 'bucks around here:D

    Speaking of the employees, does anyone here work at the bucks? I was wondering if Starbucks encourages employees to emphasize the coffee cup sizes when ordering? They seem to get bent out of shape if you order a small instead of "tall"...it's funny to watch.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited November 2007
    My mom is a regional installation manager, and my sister is a barista :)

    They emphasize that the people taking the order repeat the order out loud. They're not correcting you per se, but just making sure they don't get anything lost in translation. (I hate that tall / grande / venti thing though. Just be normal, will ya?) The folks making the drinks have a lot of things yelled at them so it's best if everything is just in one specific language.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited November 2007
    Mike682 wrote: »
    There are some hotties working at the 'bucks around here:D

    Speaking of the employees, does anyone here work at the bucks? I was wondering if Starbucks encourages employees to emphasize the coffee cup sizes when ordering? They seem to get bent out of shape if you order a small instead of "tall"...it's funny to watch.
    I should take a ride to the new one in Holbrook to check out the...inventory. ;) Plus I'm running low on beans.
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  • Mike682
    Mike682 Posts: 2,074
    edited November 2007
    Face wrote: »
    I should take a ride to the new one in Holbrook to check out the...inventory. ;) Plus I'm running low on beans.

    :D:D:D

    I usually go to the one in Deer Park. Tried the new one in Commack too..not bad
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited November 2007
    dave shepard wrote: »
    When I was down with Mantis we had stopped and got WAWA coffee that was the best I had from anywhere.

    Oh man I like a lot of what WAWA does but I gotta tell you the only time I drink their coffee is when I am desperate for caffeine and there are no Dunkins or Starbucks around! Yuck! But you can be assured that it is very, very hot!
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  • mark090852
    mark090852 Posts: 996
    edited November 2007
    My wife and I love Starbucks. Go through about 3lbs every two weeks at home and get it in their stores whenever we are out. We like our coffee strong and flavorful. Other coffees just taste like coffee flavored water to us.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited November 2007
    Mike682 is 100% correct. Starbucks is awesome stuff IF you cut their recipe in half. I like my coffee pretty strong, and I use HALF the beans that Starbucks recommends for a 10 cup pot. Works out perfect.

    There are actually two Christmas blends that Starbucks makes available at the holidaze. One of the guys I fly with is a United pilot, and every year he swipes me a whole bunch of the 1 pot packages of the Starbuck's Christmas stuff that United puts out at all their pilot lounges. These packages are already ground, and I get THREE, 10 cup pots out of every package. I don't know if these packages are made for large Bunn type coffee makers or what, but there's like 9 normal scoops of coffee in each package. If you used one entire package for a single pot, and then drank it, there'd be a volcano-like hole in your chest.

    At home I use Starbuck's Columbian beans exclusively. No **** around. Three scoops for a 10 cup pot.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited November 2007
    So 2 heaping spoons per cup is considered a lot? I drink it black too. :D
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited November 2007
    European or African spoons? Table or tea? Out with it man!

    1100 posts since Feb? You unemployed or what? You need to let go of that coffee "thing" and get cracking man.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited November 2007
    Tea spoons. ;)

    Employed, but currently on disability due to a work related injury. Hopefully I'll be back soon, I never thought I'd miss working. Until then, I'll continue being a post **** hyped up on Starbucks. :D
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