Starbucks is raising their prices at the end of this month so to get a jump on all you fanatical Bush haters I figured I get you started.

Fucking Bush, I can't believe he would let this happen, he needs to be impeached and thrown in jail. What a crock of shit, he is the C&C for Christ sakes, can't he force them to keep their prices down!!!!

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Starbuck's coffee tastes like shit anyway...and there are far too many people who don't have any taste and think their coffee is good.

Plus, I always love to give people shit who bugged me about spending $5.00 on a pack of smokes a day (before I quit) by saying "Exactly how much does your coffee cost you AND how many do you drink a day?".

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I don't drink it either. My neighbor owns a coffee shop and imports and roasts his own beans on site. Not to mention I get it for free...

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That's rather surprising since I had read that Starbucks was getting it's ass handed to them by Dunkin Donuts and McDonalds.

StarBucks coffee is lousy. Seattles Best AND Caribou (not found in the Southeast) are both better.

I've always preferred local coffee shops anyway. The only time I get Starbucks anymore is when I'm on the road and the company pays for it.

Anyone who isn't a bush hater at this point is a fucking moron, seriously.

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Joxur,

What kind of crack are you on? Caribou's are all over Atlanta

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World of Warcraft: Kallaystra, Gweila, Steakumn, Tarathia [ Feathermoon/Horde ]

I'll agree with this (corrected) statement.

Photoshopped Tarot! But still a telling picture.

On a side note I'd agree that coffee is one of the more disgusting substances in the world. The only thing that tastes worse is DIET Coke.

omg I love Diet Coke! That's all I drink for carbonated beverages; and recently I just switched to Diet Caffine Free Coke.

Christ buy a coffee pot and make your own.

You do know Seattles Best is owned by Starbucks?

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I never knew that, but I thought they were terrible anyway. I forget who they replaced in my town, but it's the worst mistake they ever made. Luckily in WA there's an espresso shack on every block.

We got a 20$ starbucks card for xmas last year - I had some sorta frapalattechino thing with java chips or something (coffee grounds?) - Anyhoo that was good - not $6.00 good or whatever they are.. but still good.

One of my biggest problems with start bucks is making caffeine so accessible and trendy to kids. For example, in Colorado Springs there is a high school downtown - its about 2 blocks from starbucks. At lunch the kids just pour in there.

Caffeine is a pretty heafty stimulant - it can't be good for a developing nervous systems.

won't somebody think of the children?

Beans are roasted at the same place too. A friend of mine who worked for Starbucks for years clued me in to that.

If I ever feel "in the mood" for to-go coffee (as I call it), which isn't often, there is a place called Bigfoot Espresso down the street...and even then I normally get some kind of blended mocha. Other then that I will buy my own beans or grounds and make coffee at home.

And I drink at least a pot of coffee a day by myself....mmmhmmmmmmm

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You said it homie.

My retardedly expensive coffee enterprise is better than your retardedly expensive coffee enterprise.

Peet's Coffee rocks.

I hate you, Van.

wish they'd put one in hartsfield

Get out of Augusta and move to a real town.

Hell, next time your in atlanta for any amount of time, look me up and we'll have a beer.

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World of Warcraft: Kallaystra, Gweila, Steakumn, Tarathia [ Feathermoon/Horde ]

We could go to Gladys Knight Chicken and Waffles.

Good shit

Yes, because it was so hard to get a Coke or Pepsi before.

mmm chicken and waffles.

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I was watching Alton Brown on his Fried Chicken episode with the missus, and she was genuinely freaked out by the idea of fried chicken on a waffle with dark amber syrup.

I'll have to take her on a trip to Atlanta. =)

man, anyone who's freaked out by chicken and waffles hasn't had the sublime awesomeness.

it's even better with hot sauce under the syrup.

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World of Warcraft: Kallaystra, Gweila, Steakumn, Tarathia [ Feathermoon/Horde ]

1 12oz Starbucks Tall Coffee = 279mg (YMMV)
1 12oz Pepsi Cola = 38mg

Yeah, that's the same.

I'm pretty sure the sugar (HFCS) in the pepsi is more harmful than the caffeine.

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World of Warcraft: Kallaystra, Gweila, Steakumn, Tarathia [ Feathermoon/Horde ]

Yeah, most kids like their coffee black.

The calorie content of some of those starbucks drinks is nearly 5x that of a 12oz pepsi. I know that drink I had was more like a milkshake than a coffee.

You can't compare a pepsi to a starbucks drink... Now you can compare a 6 pack of pepsi to one starbucks drink - thats fair.

Or even starbucks and one of those "energy drinks" - those are comparable as well. Pepsi though? Not even close.

At any rate kids should be drinking things like water, milk and real fruit juice. Not mochafrapalattechinos with a ROCKSTAR chaser.

HFCS is arguably worse for you than straight up sugar, even processed cane sugar.

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How so?

promotes triglyceride development according to some studies (read the wiki article on high fructose corn syrup... nothing is conclusive as of yet, but I still like to avoid the stuff... leads to much "importing" of soda from canada)

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For the record... fucking bush is my preferred way to go.

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Coffee sucks. Soda sucks. Drink beer.

I like the way this guy thinks.

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Fuck beer give me a long talk with Jack Daniels anyday!

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Bah, get some real Bourbon and you have something good. Maker's Mark anyone?

It all does the same shit to you anyway why waste the money! Old Crow baby haha

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maker's mark isn't real bourbon either. woodford reserve > maker's.

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Bigfoot Espresso had great mochas. I miss them

There isn't a decent coffee place in the tri cities so I've had to settle for starbucks, but mostly I just make my own now because starbucks sucks so tremendously.

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Go to a real coffee shop.

Starbucks is so . . . bourgoise. . . .

--J.D.

There's a new "Hookah and Coffee Bar" down the road from us. Wonder which one gives the most buzz.

Agree - up here, Starsucks charges $.75 to $1.00 more for a piece-of-crap 20 oz Americano than any of the coffee shacks that use one of the higher-quality local roasters.

Silverhook Kodiak Coffee...ummmmmmm...