The Safeway over in Eastside Marketplace is feverishly remodeling. There was even a crew of workers on scissor lifts at 10:30 PM when I was there last Sunday evening. I overheard that a new in-store Starbucks is going in where the deli is now. Now at least there will be a source of coffee within […]
Filed under: Business, Starbucks on June 23rd, 2008 | No Comments »
Starbuck’s latest gimmick is their Pike’s Place Roast. It’s a lighter, smoother drip coffee that is guaranteed to be brewed fresh every 30 minutes. They also put up the date and location where the current batch was roasted at. It’s never supposed to be more than a few weeks old. The batch I had a […]
Filed under: Roasting, Starbucks, Uncategorized on April 16th, 2008 | No Comments »
As of last week, Starbucks is now offering $1 drip coffee (8 oz.) with free refills at selected locations. We’re in the mid-west, but apparently too far from home base to be part of the experiment. Only some Seattle locations are participating. My experience with Starbucks drip has been mixed. They vary the blend used […]
Filed under: Starbucks on January 27th, 2008 | No Comments »
The Argonaut today has a smattering of quotes about coffee around town. I’ve added my own comments. My guilty pleasure is a hazelnut latte from One World Café. The foam is amazing, and if you’re lucky, you get a good barista who creates some art on the top. The coffee flavor is incomparable to any […]
Filed under: Bucer's Coffeehouse Pub, Links, One World Cafe, Sister's Brew, Starbucks, UI Campus Shops on November 9th, 2007 | No Comments »
My former classmate from music school, Davis Wilson, has some insight into the music sold near the counter at Starbucks across America. The selected artists actually WERE cool…until they were sold at Starbucks. The entire post is here. The instant an artist’s album hits the CD rack at Starbucks is the death knell for that […]
Filed under: Links, Music, Starbucks on October 4th, 2007 | No Comments »