Do You Go to Starbucks?

Major is good people, I actually had a chance to do a project for my Advertising Campaigns (ADV major capstone class) that involved creating a comprehensive marketing and advertising campaign for Dominican Joe. This was in Fall 2006, a semester before I graduated from UT. Good to see that Dominican Joe is still doing well, like others have said its a great place and serves and even greater cause.

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I'll go to Charbucks a handful of times a year for their frou-frou drinks. I get their ice coffee pretty often. Its not the best but, Dunkin' Donuts doesn't have a location near me. I've found that most of the coffee shops around me struggle with ice coffee. More Houstonians need to learn about ice coffee. Its great for our weather.

 

Starbucks launching "everyday" coffee in U.S By Lisa Baertlein
Mon Apr 7, 7:23 PM ET

In a bid to reinvigorate lackluster U.S. traffic, Starbucks Corp will introduce a new, everyday brew called Pike Place Roast on Tuesday and for 30 minutes will hand out free 8-ounce (240 ml) samples.

Free cups of the new coffee, which the company said has a smoother flavor and finish, will be available starting at 9 a.m. on the West Coast and noon on the East Coast at all its roughly 7,100 company-operated U.S. stores.

"It is the best coffee that we have created, maybe, in our history," Chief Executive Howard Schultz said on a call with reporters on Monday.

Andrew Linnemann, Starbucks master coffee blender, said in a separate call that Pike Place and Pike Place decaffeinated would be offered daily, along with a third bold-style brew from a rotating list.

 

Has your heart even started beating yet? Have you even drawn your first breath?

















j/k... you'll live.

 

Once in a blue moon. I prefer Dietrichs.

 

I think the minds behind Starbucks are evil geniuses...inventing and marketing 1001 ways to flavor coffee and give it long fancy names and charge a ton of money for it.

The US would have been better off to keep it simple and copy the Italian coffee culture, but that's hard to expand into a consumerist empire. Truly good coffee is all about the beans, and is best enjoyed standing up. It doesn't need to be drowned in dairy products, flavors or sweeteners of any kind, artificial or otherwise.

Good coffee tastes like coffee.

 

Coffee is for cowards........

 

I just don't like how they fill the entire cup with ice for my iced lattes. =(. There's like 8oz of liquid in a venti.

 

SF nonfat caramel latte, that's my drink.