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bohemiangel
True Blue Farmgirl
2087 Posts
Bridget
Ligonier
pa
USA
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
4813 Posts
Julie
Russell
AR
USA
4813 Posts |
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Firemama
True Blue Farmgirl
1731 Posts
Amanda
Medical Lake
WA
USA
1731 Posts |
 Posted - Mar 21 2008 : 4:21:01 PM
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Oh thats so sad. I love Starbucks.
Mama to 2
FarmGirl# 20
Rich or Poor, It Dont matter We're all the same everybodys hungry in a different way....
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catscharm74
True Blue Farmgirl
4687 Posts
Heather
Texas
USA
4687 Posts |
Posted - Mar 21 2008 : 5:04:57 PM
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I like Starbucks but there are not alot of choices out here in California. I know a little place in Texas that I love!!!
Cheers,
Heather
FARMGIRL #90 |
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DaisyFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
1646 Posts
Diane
Victoria
BC
Canada
1646 Posts |
Posted - Mar 21 2008 : 5:06:39 PM
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| Love to hear you say that Julie, that's exactly what I think...tastes like they burned the beans. |
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katie-ell
True Blue Farmgirl
1818 Posts
Katie
Illinois
1818 Posts |
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts |
Posted - Mar 21 2008 : 5:38:26 PM
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The line at the drive-up at our Starbucks here is a mile long no matter the time of day.....They sure have a lot of people who love them. Me, I am not a coffee drinker, but I do buy the mocha milk drinks they sell in bottles. Yum....
Farmgirl Sister # 31
www.blueskyjeannie.blogspot.com
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3659 Posts
Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
3659 Posts |
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katie-ell
True Blue Farmgirl
1818 Posts
Katie
Illinois
1818 Posts |
Posted - Mar 21 2008 : 5:44:31 PM
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If you do have a bad cup, let Starbucks know and they will comp you -- i.e., give you a coupon for a free cup. I received two coupons when I emailed SB re: a cold, somewhat stale piece of coffeecake.
And Starbucks is trying to bring better consistency to their coffee drinks -- they even closed all stores for an hour or two last week for retraining.
That said, I do also frequent independent coffee shops in our area. I like to shop the small independent stores whenever possible. (This goes for fabric shops, too.)
www.youaretoocreative.blogspot.com |
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catscharm74
True Blue Farmgirl
4687 Posts
Heather
Texas
USA
4687 Posts |
Posted - Mar 21 2008 : 6:11:21 PM
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I also found it really depends on the store. Like it was meantioned, I avoid "Busy" times because I felt the coffee to be hurriedly made. I often frequent the ones in Barnes and Noble.
Cheers,
Heather
FARMGIRL #90 |
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3659 Posts
Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
3659 Posts |
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Shirley
True Blue Farmgirl
734 Posts
Shirley
Olympia
Wa
USA
734 Posts |
Posted - Mar 21 2008 : 7:54:04 PM
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| I hate starbucks to. Its always tasted burned to me anda bitter taste. |
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catscharm74
True Blue Farmgirl
4687 Posts
Heather
Texas
USA
4687 Posts |
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abbasgurl
True Blue Farmgirl
1262 Posts
Rhonda
USA
1262 Posts |
Posted - Mar 21 2008 : 8:25:08 PM
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I love Duncan Donuts coffee...especially if you have to drink decaf. Theirs is wonderful!
I will sing at the top of my lungs, and I will dance even if I'm the only one...
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3659 Posts
Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
3659 Posts |
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one_dog_per_acre
True Blue Farmgirl
1572 Posts
Trish
Sandpoint
ID
USA
1572 Posts |
Posted - Mar 22 2008 : 06:37:17 AM
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I'm a french roast girl, I love starbucks, but haven't been there in years because I want to support mom and pop establishments. I would go to Starbucks @Pike's Place, the Starbucks of my childhood, for sentimental reasons, and because it is the only one with the old mermaid. We would come up from Southern Oregon and mom would stock up on beans there in the 80's and 90's. It was a big deal, there was no espresso in Grants Pass, OR until about 1993ish.
Trish
Farmgirl Sister #91
Make cupcakes not war!
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mellaisbella
True Blue Farmgirl
1862 Posts
melanie
living on Anne of Green
Gables land
Canada
1862 Posts |
Posted - Mar 22 2008 : 06:42:52 AM
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Hey there gals
I love coffee and we don't have a starbucks here in my province, although I have had it before. It's good, but I, too, like to support the little guys. Heather, I liked your link to www.cows.ca I live in PEI and that is where Cows started. They make THE BEST ice cream ever!!!
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
4439 Posts |
Posted - Mar 22 2008 : 9:21:27 PM
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I like Starbucks and it's a fun place to meet friends for coffee because you can go inside and sit down. But when I buy my Friday latte I go to the local coffee place so support a local business.
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kissmekate
True Blue Farmgirl
890 Posts
Kate
Delano
Minnesota
890 Posts |
Posted - Mar 23 2008 : 08:53:17 AM
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I hate coffee, and I don't think I have ever been in a starbucks. We don't have a lot of them here anyways. We have a local chain, Caribou Coffee, that seems to be a favorite.
Don't miss out on a blessing, just because it isn't packaged the way you expected. ~MaryJo Copeland |
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CountryBorn
True Blue Farmgirl
1545 Posts
Mary Jane
New York
USA
1545 Posts |
Posted - Mar 23 2008 : 1:25:28 PM
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I have never had a Starbucks coffee. I know my daughter likes the Tim Horton's coffees and I love their hot chocolate!
MJ
There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do. Freya Stark |
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mellaisbella
True Blue Farmgirl
1862 Posts
melanie
living on Anne of Green
Gables land
Canada
1862 Posts |
Posted - Mar 24 2008 : 06:15:45 AM
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ahhhh yes, Tim Horton's...or Timmy's as we call it in Canada. Right now they have "roll up the rim to win" you can roll up your coffee rim and possibly win a car, $$, T.V, donuts, coffee. Hey, I'm happy if I win a free coffee!!
"learn to watch snails" SARK |
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mima
True Blue Farmgirl
1573 Posts
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Posted - Mar 24 2008 : 07:38:37 AM
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We have a Starbucks in the grocery store that I work in! When I do the 4 in the a.m. shift I live for 6 a.m. when they open and I can get my fix!!!LOL!
Luckily I usually do the evening shift so I'm NOT spending my hard earned cash on java!!!!
"No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars,or sailed to an uncharted land or opened a new heaven to the human spirit." Helen Keller |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - Mar 24 2008 : 12:01:36 PM
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honey hunk loves starbucks coffee .. yep .. i'm a McDonald's kinda' coffee girl myself.
hank misses the 'yuppie' coffee shoppes .. with the new york times newspaper .. and coffee shoppes connected to good bookstore. (we do have a barnes and nobles in e-town that we hit whenever we go to town!)
i do wish we had a great little coffee shoppe/bookstore in greensburg! xo
True Friends * Frannie
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chessie
True Blue Farmgirl
403 Posts
Karen
Vista
CA
USA
403 Posts |
Posted - Mar 24 2008 : 12:16:06 PM
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i don't drink coffee but i love starbucks. I get hot tea there almost daily. Did you know that hot tea, unlike coffee, in a styrofoam cup causes a chemical reaction? It is really bad, carcinagenic (sorry about spelling...), for a person and in the mom and pop's i am often served tea in styrofoam. Not so at starbucks, they use Paper cups. Cheers, karen
www.edgehillherbfarm.com "where the name is bigger than the farm, but no one seems to mind"
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Mar 24 2008 : 12:24:36 PM
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Sorry, girls, if I buy coffee out, it's not Starbucks--only White Castle! I've given Starbucks a fair shake and it's just not my style--taste, atmosphere, or the coffee "lingo" even :)
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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Aunt B
True Blue Farmgirl
108 Posts
Terri
Chillicothe
OH
USA
108 Posts |
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