Walk of Shame

September 17th, 2007

Yesterday morning I walked down to 39th Street to buy the Sunday newspaper and get some morning caffeine.  As usually, I headed straight for the Crave Cafe
only find that it didn’t open for another 30 minutes.  Since I was disparate for coffee the morning after a long day and night, I switched to Plan B and instead went to the Starbucks nearby.  That was quickly followed by a brisk, 4-block walk of shame whereby I tried to hide my Starbucks cup behind the newspaper and hoped no one saw me before I got home.

I’m not a militant anti-Starbucks person. While I do go out of my way to support local businesses, I just plain don’t like the taste of Starbucks’ coffee.  It tastes burned to me.  I read once that this was on purpose.  Since their need for coffee beans is so huge, they have to get them from multiple sources.  The only way to ensure a consistent taste around the world is to over-roast and then scorch the coffee so that the regional differences disappear under mediocrity.

Pete, if you find this post, I’m sorry.  But an 9:30 a.m. opening time on Sunday morning fails :)


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3 Responses to “Walk of Shame”

  1. jdoublep says:
    9/18/2007 at 8:14 am

    you’re right! i’m drinking sb right now (work has it on tap) and both the breakfast blend and the french roase taste burned…gnarly.

    you up for a mtb ride at smp this sat morn?

  2. Jeff says:
    9/19/2007 at 8:33 am

    our coffee maker broke today…won’t boot up (it’s one of those fancy ones). i used the last of my grounds yesterday. nearest coffee shop is two miles away, but i don’t want to ride there.

    where’s a starbucks when you need one?

  3. Nightmare says:
    9/20/2007 at 5:23 pm

    I agree if you serve coffee you need to open at 6am!