Starbucks

folamh · 02-05-2012 01:28PM

Pushtrak wrote: »

A quick google search shows they are quick to buy out competitors...

http://www.ineedcoffee.com/06/hate/

And for some reason, I can't place it, but I got the sense that a lot of Americans view it as the Walmart of coffee. Honestly can't point to any specifics on why I get that impression but there it is.

Yes, I've seen this. It says that market domination puts companies in the position to buy out competitors, which is obvious, but it doesn't give any evidence of Starbucks doing this or how often it occurs. So the question remains of why I should hate Starbucks more than any other corporation. The comments about psychological tactics in their advertising don't really phase me either; it's a pretty uncontroversial that companies like to spend money on strategic marketing.

I guess this "list" thing my friend was going on about is ****e?

"Their coffee is ****e" posters: I hereby award you the boards badge of originality

Bad Panda · 02-05-2012 01:29PM

I go to Starbucks because it's convenient. It's grand, not nearly as bad as some of the pseudo coffee bean aficionado's on here would make out. :rolleyes:

krudler · 02-05-2012 01:30PM

Snowie wrote: »

Unfortunalty hipsters seem to think they no good food as well as coffee and ar into barristas etc, they generally tweet their pictures of coffee and there really **** food pics as some gargantuan effort to seem like there really good at food photography but heres the problem there not remotely average at what they do... :rolleyes:

there was someone one my facebook friends who constantly takes pictures of food and coffee and use Instamatic for it all. the. fcuking. time. its like the epitome of hipster wankerishness.

imagine seeing pics like this on your facebook every day without fail:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7166/6825267929_9f18211d2d_z.jpg

paddylonglegs · 02-05-2012 01:30PM

flanders1979 wrote: »

Only someone with the brain of Derek Zoolander would pay more than €2 for a cup of coffee.

Orange Mocha Frappacinos!!!!!!

Gummy Panda · 02-05-2012 01:30PM

Their coffee tastes awful. It's really bad.

Also there does seem to be a lot of hipsters drinking coffee milkshakes in there while on a MacBook

folamh · 02-05-2012 01:34PM

flanders1979 wrote: »

Only someone with the brain of Derek Zoolander would pay more than €2 for a cup of coffee.

Everyone has their hobbies, interests and vices that they spend money on - alcohol, music, what have you. I don't spend a lot of money on other things but I happen to really enjoy good coffee, I have a taste for the difference and while I do support independent coffee companies but I also treat myself to Starbucks. Suck it.

ntlbell · 02-05-2012 01:37PM

folamh wrote: »

I do support independent coffee companies but I also treat myself to Starbucks. Suck it.

OooOoooOooOo matron...

rgmmg · 02-05-2012 01:40PM

I worked on a coffee initiative in East Africa in 2007 and the Starbucks were considered a great company to do business with - and we represented the farmers. They took great interest in coffee farmer education and paid a price premium for the product in truth.

flanders1979 · 02-05-2012 01:41PM

ChunkyLover_53 wrote: »

Does that go for people who pay over a fiver for a pint?

At least I'll drink the coffee and leave it at that...maybe have one a few hours later or the next day, but I won't try to drink as many as I can in 3 hours, start a fight, get sick, eat a kebab, get sick in a taxi/bus, fall unconcious & wake up next morning in pain wondering wtf I did last night.

Yes and fair play to you for wearing the pioneer pin

baltimore sun · 02-05-2012 01:41PM

I am pie wrote: »

Didn't the CEO recognise this practise was diluting their brand and was detrimental to the business. They've been closing shops and trying to improve the remaining ones. Something about focusing on what the original shops were supposed to be...

Which one the underselling or the water?
I've no idea what he? said, never heard of whoever he/she is tbh.

I remember reading about the underselling thing years ago, maybe they've changed their attitude to this but I don't know tbh

SuperGrover · 02-05-2012 02:02PM

A couple of years back I was gifted a dozen kilo bags of their coffee beans through a work thing.

I have a grinder and espresso machine etc. at home so I was delighted as beans can be expensive. A major free supply was a big deal for me.

I didn't make it halfway through the first bag. They were awful. Burnt and bitter.

Brought the box into work and offered as freebies to anyone who wanted them. No takers. To be fair, you'd need a grinder so wasn't an option for everyone.

TL;DR horrible coffee, even for free.

smash · 02-05-2012 02:03PM

You can't beat a Starbucks Mocha. Nowhere else does them as good.

davet82 · 02-05-2012 02:06PM

smash wrote: »

You can't beat a Starbucks Mocha. Nowhere else does them as good.

possibly but you have to drink in under a minute before it goes cold

murpho999 · 02-05-2012 02:10PM

davet82 wrote: »

their coffee i can only desribe as being served warm... i've been told this is to stop possible legal action in case anybody is scolded, anybody confirm that rumor? Their coffee may be nice if you could get it served hot

This is the thing that Irish people don't get.

Good espresso coffee that is supposed to be sticking to the proper Italian way should never be boiling, it ruins the taste and flavour.

Insomnia are particularly guilty of this but they are most likely meeting the demands of Irish instant coffee drinkers who think it should burn the bloody mouth off you.

I often go to Starbucks as their coffee is better than a lot of places and anyone who complains about them is just doing so for the sake of it as they are successful.

smash · 02-05-2012 02:11PM

davet82 wrote: »

possibly but you have to drink in under a minute before it goes cold

Better than insomnia. They burn the coffee and you have to leave it to cool for 5 mins before you can drink it.

murpho999 · 02-05-2012 02:12PM

Gummy Panda wrote: »

Their coffee tastes awful. It's really bad.

Also there does seem to be a lot of hipsters drinking coffee milkshakes in there while on a MacBook

So where do you go for a good cup of coffee?

Morlar · 02-05-2012 02:21PM

RichieC wrote: »

Their CEO is a zionist.

Indeed he is :

http://www.inminds.co.uk/boycott-starbucks.html

davet82 · 02-05-2012 02:23PM

murpho999 wrote: »

I often go to Starbucks as their coffee is better than a lot of places and anyone who complains about then is just doing so for the sake of it as they are successful.

how many free cups of coffee did you get for that post? :rolleyes:

davet82 · 02-05-2012 02:25PM

smash wrote: »

Better than insomnia.

i try to avoid most of the dedicated coffee chains myself

Immaculate Pasta · 02-05-2012 02:26PM

I wouldn't go to Starbucks because I dislike coffee shop culture in general. Particularly Starbucks or one of the big chains. An independent one I don't really mind - a proper coffee shop. If it was a nice day and I could sit out like you do on the continent but let's face it these places don't exist in Ireland.

I don't go to Starbucks because it's full of **** wearing scarves indoors drinking a mochalochaccino and surfing the internet on an Apple laptop, or whiny groups of teenage girls, or mothers with young children and prams all over the shop.

And for that reason I'm out. :cool:

Sykk · 02-05-2012 02:29PM

ChunkyLover_53 wrote: »

Does that go for people who pay over a fiver for a pint?

At least I'll drink the coffee and leave it at that...maybe have one a few hours later or the next day, but I won't try to drink as many as I can in 3 hours, start a fight, get sick, eat a kebab, get sick in a taxi/bus, fall unconcious & wake up next morning in pain wondering wtf I did last night.

I wish I could thank this post more than once :pac:

smash · 02-05-2012 02:31PM

Immaculate Pasta wrote: »

I wouldn't go to Starbucks because I dislike coffee shop culture in general. Particularly Starbucks or one of the big chains. An independent one I don't really mind - a proper coffee shop. If it was a nice day and I could sit out like you do on the continent but let's face it these places don't exist in Ireland.

I don't go to Starbucks because it's full of **** wearing scarves indoors drinking a mochalochaccino and surfing the internet on an Apple laptop, or whiny groups of teenage girls, or mothers with young children and prams all over the shop.

And for that reason I'm out. :cool:

You watch way too much TV

Gummy Panda · 02-05-2012 02:32PM

smash wrote: »

You can't beat a Starbucks Mocha. Nowhere else does them as good.

Even Butlers?

folamh · 02-05-2012 02:33PM

Immaculate Pasta wrote: »

I wouldn't go to Starbucks because I dislike coffee shop culture in general. Particularly Starbucks or one of the big chains. An independent one I don't really mind - a proper coffee shop. If it was a nice day and I could sit out like you do on the continent but let's face it these places don't exist in Ireland.

I don't go to Starbucks because it's full of **** wearing scarves indoors drinking a mochalochaccino and surfing the internet on an Apple laptop, or whiny groups of teenage girls, or mothers with young children and prams all over the shop.

And for that reason I'm out. :cool:

I have a few questions for you: What do you mean by "coffee shop culture"? What characterises a "proper" coffee shop? And how do coffee shops on the continent differ from coffee shops in Ireland? I've visited coffee shops in France, Italy and Spain and they seem to be much the same. And you can "sit out" in most coffee shops in Ireland.

Macholochaccinos are nice and scarves look kewl. Quit hating.

Immaculate Pasta · 02-05-2012 02:35PM

smash wrote: »

You watch way too much TV

If I watched too much TV, I'd walk into a coffee shop and expect to see Ross, Monica and Rachel sitting on a couch

That's just been my experiences of them.

Duggy747 · 02-05-2012 02:38PM

I don't mind the Starbucks coffee here, it's not great but certainly a huge step up from the surrounding shops offering their watery arse butter.

smash · 02-05-2012 02:40PM

Immaculate Pasta wrote: »

If I watched too much TV, I'd walk into a coffee shop and expect to see Ross, Monica and Rachel sitting on a couch

Friends stopped production almost a decade ago!

murpho999 · 02-05-2012 02:44PM

davet82 wrote: »

how many free cups of coffee did you get for that post? :rolleyes:

Free for life as Starbucks depend on posts on Boards threads for their business.

St.Spodo · 02-05-2012 02:44PM

As much as I enjoy an aul' cup of coffee, the **** that sit in there all day in the ones in Town(Dublin) would nearly put you off the place. Get off your bloody laptops and go to work or something you jumped-up little scrotes.

Edit: It's 3 o'clock on a Wednesday afternoon and I'm sitting at home on my laptop. Woops.

I am pie · 02-05-2012 02:47PM

Morlar wrote: »

Indeed he is :

http://www.inminds.co.uk/boycott-starbucks.html

What is this nonsense? Seriously ?

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