http://baristamagazine.com/blog/2008/01/24/id-buy-that-for-a-dollar/ barista magazine's blog Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:34:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://baristamagazine.com/blog/2008/01/24/id-buy-that-for-a-dollar/#comment-2218 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 03:54:58 +0000 http://baristamagazine.com/blog/2008/01/24/id-buy-that-for-a-dollar/#comment-2218 What "pressure" does Starbucks exert on coffee consumers? The last time I checked, everyone enters the front door of their own accord. What real estate does Starbucks "gobble up"? Their retail space is leased by willing landlords, just like everyone else's shops. If you want to give a landlord more $ than Starbucks for their space, what kind of idiot would lease to them instead of you? What's this "cult like bs"? I don't see that on the menu. Why shouldn't Starbucks work for the bottom line? If you're not working for the bottom line, I would wager that you won't be in business for long. Better yet, if you're so set against the "bottom line", send your profits to CoffeeKids (or me). My point above is that it's not fair to denigrate folks that work at a different shop just because they use different equipment. Vac pots and the like are technology from the 1920's- do we speak ill of the people that use it because it's old or different? Obviously from the above, we're not. Talk bad all you want about the flavor of the coffee, but don't go picking on the friendly barista at my local Starbucks. That's not fair, honestly, it's a cheap shot that no-one deserves. What “pressure” does Starbucks exert on coffee consumers? The last time I checked, everyone enters the front door of their own accord.
What real estate does Starbucks “gobble up”? Their retail space is leased by willing landlords, just like everyone else’s shops. If you want to give a landlord more $ than Starbucks for their space, what kind of idiot would lease to them instead of you?
What’s this “cult like bs”? I don’t see that on the menu.
Why shouldn’t Starbucks work for the bottom line? If you’re not working for the bottom line, I would wager that you won’t be in business for long. Better yet, if you’re so set against the “bottom line”, send your profits to CoffeeKids (or me).
My point above is that it’s not fair to denigrate folks that work at a different shop just because they use different equipment. Vac pots and the like are technology from the 1920’s- do we speak ill of the people that use it because it’s old or different? Obviously from the above, we’re not.
Talk bad all you want about the flavor of the coffee, but don’t go picking on the friendly barista at my local Starbucks. That’s not fair, honestly, it’s a cheap shot that no-one deserves.

]]> http://baristamagazine.com/blog/2008/01/24/id-buy-that-for-a-dollar/#comment-2158 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 03:22:23 +0000 http://baristamagazine.com/blog/2008/01/24/id-buy-that-for-a-dollar/#comment-2158 I dunno, smooveb. Starbucks is more than the sum of it's parts. The pressure that they exert on coffee consumers, the real estate that they gobble up, and the well, cult-like motivational BS that they espouse is creepy. When a corporation of a certain size goes public, they are not reacting to consumers' best experience. They're working for the bottom line. That's why they don't pull shots, and that's why they're coffee sucks. IMO. I dunno, smooveb. Starbucks is more than the sum of it’s parts. The pressure that they exert on coffee consumers, the real estate that they gobble up, and the well, cult-like motivational BS that they espouse is creepy. When a corporation of a certain size goes public, they are not reacting to consumers’ best experience. They’re working for the bottom line. That’s why they don’t pull shots, and that’s why they’re coffee sucks. IMO.

]]> http://baristamagazine.com/blog/2008/01/24/id-buy-that-for-a-dollar/#comment-2119 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 07:30:03 +0000 http://baristamagazine.com/blog/2008/01/24/id-buy-that-for-a-dollar/#comment-2119 Ouch. That's a pretty harsh way to talk about 150,000 folks that are just trying to make good coffee and please their customers each day. Do you disparage other writers that use less sophisticated equipment than you do to publish their words? Ouch. That’s a pretty harsh way to talk about 150,000 folks that are just trying to make good coffee and please their customers each day. Do you disparage other writers that use less sophisticated equipment than you do to publish their words?

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