Is Your Starbucks Closing?

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Here's Fanny! · #26 Post by **Here's Fanny!** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 5:21 pm

kayrharris wrote:How long can it take to boil 2 cups of water? I have the small French press and I will put the water on as soon as I get up. Five minutes later it's boiling, I pour it over the coffee and in 2 minutes, it's good to go.

I am the only coffee drinker in the house, so it works great for me. Two cups is my limit. I only use my coffee maker when I have overnight guests or dinner guests. Even then, I can't resist that extra scoup of coffee because I do like it "full bodied".

So does the sugar free syrup have an artificial sweetener in it? I hate them....any of them. I have seen them at World Market, but I'm not so much on flavored coffee, especially in the morning. I use one squirt of Redi Whip in my coffee. Only 5 calories and adds a tiny bit of sweetness, but not much.

I think it takes about three minutes to get a jumbo sized cup in the Melitta (one espresso sized setting, one regular sized setting). I don't know if I trust myself around boiling water before I've had coffee. Ha!

I used the Torrani for other things (flavoured ices, in hot cereal, etc.) before I started putting it in coffee. I'm pretty sure that the sugar free is flavoured with Splenda. I'll check when I go downstairs and update you if it is not.

Just a shot into anything and it perks it on up, which is why I like to use a bar spout, then you're not just pouring something in and getting way too much. If you don't like artificial (does Splenda count, since it's made from sugar? Never mind, let's not start the chemically altered debate, ha!) and just use a quick shot, the regular probably wouldn't be too sweet.

mellytu74 · #27 Post by **mellytu74** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 6:13 pm

The one at the mall down the street (where we take our walks) is closing.

I've been there once.

The one nearest work is closing.

I've never been there.

There are other options - if we're out, there are Wawas en route to the shore and at the shore and one down the street from us at home. Plus, there's a terrific coffee shop near us.

We have a most excellent Bunn at home (and one at the shore). At work, the ARAMARK cafeteria serves a fine 16 oz. cup for $1.00.

So, that pretty much covers it.

HOWEVER, as far as bottled water goes....neither Boonie nor I can drink the tap water at the shore. Neither can my friend, Theresa. We all have a terrible reaction to it.

So, we do have bottled water at the shore, to make coffee and just drink.

We get a couple gallon bottle of spring water for coffee. Lately, we've been bringing a two-gallon jug of water from home so we wouldn't have to buy more spring water for coffee.

#28 Post by **littlebeast13** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 7:18 pm

Ours is on the list. Alas, poor Starbucks, we hardly knew ye! It only opened up a couple of years ago....

I certainly won't miss it. It's drive thru runs right out blindly into the roadway behind the building, which I use to get back on the street after eating at Church's, and I've almost been hit by idiots coming out of it several times.....

lb13

minimetoo26 · #29 Post by **minimetoo26** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:07 am

Here's Fanny! wrote: I drink more coffee than just about anybody I know and have never set foot inside of a Starbucks (or anyplace similar).

That's because you don't know me! I used to drink what was left in the coffeepot when I got up in the morning. My dad would have to get up at 5 sometimes when he was in the Navy, and I would roll out of bed around 9 in the summer. And I was about 9 myself at the time (my mom was German and didn't have these hangups about kids and coffee.) So all Starbucks is to me is overpriced coffee-flavored beverages. I like my coffee to be knife-and-fork.

I've had Starbucks when I stayed at the Rio, because the kiosk was at the base of the elevators and I would wake up before the buffet was open (time zone thing. I'm not an early riser, obviously...) but when I stayed at MGM Grand, I'd bypass the Starbucks to go to McDonald's, where the coffee was half the price and they called it by its proper name (small, medium, and large.) But I think they've gotten into the Foofty Coffee Business recently.

MarleysGh0st · #30 Post by **MarleysGh0st** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:13 am

minimetoo26 wrote: I've had Starbucks when I stayed at the Rio, because the kiosk was at the base of the elevators and I would wake up before the buffet was open (time zone thing. I'm not an early riser, obviously...) but when I stayed at MGM Grand, I'd bypass the Starbucks to go to McDonald's, where the coffee was half the price and they called it by its proper name (small, medium, and large.) But I think they've gotten into the Foofty Coffee Business recently.

Yep. There's big money in getting you to buy overpriced coffee while your kids are eating their Happy Meals!

minimetoo26 · #31 Post by **minimetoo26** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:16 am

MarleysGh0st wrote:
minimetoo26 wrote: I've had Starbucks when I stayed at the Rio, because the kiosk was at the base of the elevators and I would wake up before the buffet was open (time zone thing. I'm not an early riser, obviously...) but when I stayed at MGM Grand, I'd bypass the Starbucks to go to McDonald's, where the coffee was half the price and they called it by its proper name (small, medium, and large.) But I think they've gotten into the Foofty Coffee Business recently.
Yep. There's big money in getting you to buy overpriced coffee while your kids are eating their Happy Meals!

My kids hate McDonald's, too! It's like the last option for them.

But I looooove me some Egg McMuffins...

#32 Post by **littlebeast13** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:21 am

minimetoo26 wrote:
MarleysGh0st wrote:
minimetoo26 wrote: I've had Starbucks when I stayed at the Rio, because the kiosk was at the base of the elevators and I would wake up before the buffet was open (time zone thing. I'm not an early riser, obviously...) but when I stayed at MGM Grand, I'd bypass the Starbucks to go to McDonald's, where the coffee was half the price and they called it by its proper name (small, medium, and large.) But I think they've gotten into the Foofty Coffee Business recently.
Yep. There's big money in getting you to buy overpriced coffee while your kids are eating their Happy Meals!
My kids hate McDonald's, too! It's like the last option for them.

What are you raising, a bunch of Communists!?!?!? I'm alerting the UnAmerican Activities Committee.....

lb13

starfish1113 · #33 Post by **starfish1113** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:31 am

No wonder all of these Starbucks are closing. Nobody on this bored makes it a destination of choice. How did any open up in the first place? Could it be the rest of the unwashed masses??

I have never had a cup of coffee in my life, but I go to the local Starbucks at least twice a week, sometimes more. Their Venti Black Iced Tea Lemonade with 3 Splenda is quite addictive!

And, none of the Starbucks in our area are closing. At least not yet.

ulysses5019 · #34 Post by **ulysses5019** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:36 am

starfish1113 wrote:No wonder all of these Starbucks are closing. Nobody on this bored makes it a destination of choice. How did any open up in the first place? Could it be the rest of the unwashed masses??

I have never had a cup of coffee in my life, but I go to the local Starbucks at least twice a week, sometimes more. Their Venti Black Iced Tea Lemonade with 3 Splenda is quite addictive!

And, none of the Starbucks in our area are closing. At least not yet.

I was wondering this myself (I am not a coffee drinker......it's chai tea for me). I guess we are not part of the entitled masses.

mellytu74 · #35 Post by **mellytu74** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:42 am

Boonie reminded me that I've gone to the Starbucks in the Showboat Casino in AC more than a few times.

He also reminded me I've gotten a cup of coffee or two from the Starbucks in the Barnes and Noble down the street.

I'd completely forgotten about both of them.

Not going to the one near work is a matter of practicality.

The Starbucks is across a side street from a Dunkin' Donuts. Both are located on Route 611 and both have drive-throughs.

Unless you are going south on Route 611, toward the PA Turnpike, the Starbucks drive-through is impractical (although plenty of people use it).

If I use the Turnpike, I drive north on 611 toward work. I can make my left and go to the Starbucks but the drive-though exit dumps me south on 611.

The Dunkin Donuts drive through allows you to go north (via a side street and right turn) or south.

If I take the back roads, I don't pass a Starbucks, but I do pass two 7-11s and two Wawas and two DDs.

Fishie's iced tea does sound pretty interesting, though.

Maybe on the next B&N trip.

silverscreenselect · #36 Post by **silverscreenselect** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:43 am

I live a block away from a main north-south road in suburban Atlanta. There has been a Starbucks about a mile and a half north of us that has been quite popular for many years, and another one about a mile and a half south of us.

Two years ago, they opened one that is less than a half mile north of us in a stretch of highway that has had a number of restaurant/bars fail over the years. That's one of the ten that they are closing in metro Atlanta.

Since I've been living in this location for over twenty years, I've been to the original location 1.5 miles north a total of one time and that was for a business meeting. I never went to the one closer to us; I guess we're not the target audience.

But I question the wisdom of their cannibalizing their own business to put a new Starbucks in a spot that's been a graveyard for failed restaurants and bars over the years.

sunflower · #37 Post by **sunflower** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:00 pm

I don't like coffee at all, so when I need to drink it, I need Starbuck's. I don't go there often, but I go there whenever I drink coffee.

I drink all the fancy stuff but for the 20 times a year I go, it's not a big deal...and not worth the investment to buy the supplies to make it at home. It's hard enough saying "grade nonfat no whip sugar free cinnamon dolce latte"...I certainly can't go about trying to figure out how to make it!

sunflower · #38 Post by **sunflower** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:01 pm

Apparently it's hard to spell it too, because that should be "grande"...

Here's Fanny! · #39 Post by **Here's Fanny!** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:31 pm

sunflower wrote:Apparently it's hard to spell it too, because that should be "grande"...

It should be spelled "large".

If you don't like coffee (does....not....compute...) why do you need to drink it? I need a good reason to rationalize that third pot of an evening. Ha!

Here's Fanny! · #40 Post by **Here's Fanny!** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:34 pm

minimetoo26 wrote:
Here's Fanny! wrote: I drink more coffee than just about anybody I know and have never set foot inside of a Starbucks (or anyplace similar).
That's because you don't know me! I used to drink what was left in the coffeepot when I got up in the morning. My dad would have to get up at 5 sometimes when he was in the Navy, and I would roll out of bed around 9 in the summer. And I was about 9 myself at the time (my mom was German and didn't have these hangups about kids and coffee.) So all Starbucks is to me is overpriced coffee-flavored beverages. I like my coffee to be knife-and-fork.

From the time I was in kindergarten, my grandma sent us off to school after a breakfast of hot cereal, coffee and a tablespoon of cod liver oil. Not sure which one was responsible, but we were never out sick from school, aside from the big chicken pox epidemic of '73.

The first trip I remember going on was to Kansas over Christmas break when I was about 7 or 8. We stopped at a restaurant (I think that might have been the first sit down restaurant I'd ever been in as well) and my grandma ordered coffee for me and my younger sister. The waitress looked at us askance.

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #41 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:47 pm

sunflower wrote:I don't like coffee at all, so when I need to drink it, I need Starbuck's. I don't go there often, but I go there whenever I drink coffee.

I drink all the fancy stuff but for the 20 times a year I go, it's not a big deal...and not worth the investment to buy the supplies to make it at home. It's hard enough saying "grade nonfat no whip sugar free cinnamon dolce latte"...I certainly can't go about trying to figure out how to make it!

I don't really drink coffee, but I love Starbucks' Green Tea Latte.

otherindigo · #42 Post by **otherindigo** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:18 pm

Our one Starbucks will remain. I kind of like going to Joe Muggs instead, though Starbucks is the bomb-diggity during the holidays.

dodgersteve182 · #43 Post by **dodgersteve182** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:27 pm

I don't know because once gas went over $4 per gallon, I started bringing my own coffee to the office or I would buy it at the market for $1 per cup vs. 1.85 at SB. Also I wash my own car every week and it looks better than the drive thru car washes at the am/pm's and shell stations!

otherindigo · #44 Post by **otherindigo** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:33 pm

I have seriously thought about taking some courses and investing in a Vespa, esp. to drive to and from work. I told a friend today, and she thought out of anyone, I would be the one to drive something like that to work. heh heh