Re: CHAT Starbucks (was: Hymn to Ikea etc.)

On Friday, February 27, 2004, at 09:45 AM, Andreas Johansson wrote:

[snip]
>> Oy - lay off Starbucks! It's the only place I know where I'm always
>> guaranteed to get coffee of the strength I like  :)
>
> I'd normally interpret this that your prefered strength is quite strong,
I do, I do! Strong and black and bitter.

> but
> now one of my chief prejudices re: Americans and coffee is that they make
> it
> terribly, transparently weak.
That's not been my experience in New England, the only part of the US I've
had any familiarity with. It might well be the New Englanders are not
typical Murkans - I don't know.

But I have heard odd Merkans complain that Starbucks coffee is too strong
- but I've never found that. All the Stabucks I've visited have served me
very strong coffee - maybe I've just been lucky.

> So what's your prefered strength?
>
> (To stave of counter-questions, I like my coffee quite strong,
Very strong.

> sometimes with
> a little milk. Sugar only if the stimulant effect is more desired than the
> taste.)
...and not not spoilt with any milk and certainly NO sugar!
And as for that abomination called 'instant coffee' - ach y fi!!

Ray
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