Comments on: But we don’t go there for the coffee… http://www.servingbread.net/2007/02/04/but-we-dont-go-there-for-the-coffee Thoughts, Musings, Reflections, and Ramblings of a campus minister, father, husband, and a Jesus-follower Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:56:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Jodi Kohlmeyer http://www.servingbread.net/2007/02/04/but-we-dont-go-there-for-the-coffee#comment-1568 Jodi Kohlmeyer Wed, 07 Feb 2007 04:46:48 +0000 http://servingbread.net/2007/02/04/but-we-dont-go-there-for-the-coffee/#comment-1568 Shock! (don't tell Seattle! We've built a complete living infrastructure around Starbucks!) Jodi - caffinated in Seattle Shock! (don’t tell Seattle! We’ve built a complete living infrastructure around Starbucks!)
Jodi - caffinated in Seattle

]]> By: Eddy E http://www.servingbread.net/2007/02/04/but-we-dont-go-there-for-the-coffee#comment-1567 Eddy E Tue, 06 Feb 2007 21:28:48 +0000 http://servingbread.net/2007/02/04/but-we-dont-go-there-for-the-coffee/#comment-1567 <i>For such a subjective thing as taste it is pretty hard to lay down a precise conclusion.</i> Samer you are such the product of post-modernism... For such a subjective thing as taste it is pretty hard to lay down a precise conclusion.
Samer you are such the product of post-modernism…

]]> By: Samer Farhat http://www.servingbread.net/2007/02/04/but-we-dont-go-there-for-the-coffee#comment-1566 Samer Farhat Tue, 06 Feb 2007 18:44:20 +0000 http://servingbread.net/2007/02/04/but-we-dont-go-there-for-the-coffee/#comment-1566 Your conclusion seems a bit slanted, Eddy. For such a subjective thing as taste it is pretty hard to lay down a precise conclusion. It's not that Starbucks coffee is "not good" (i.e. bad) but that McDonald's coffee is better to those expert tasters. ;) I saw an interview with a Starbucks executive recently and he confirms that their goal is to create an environment, not just a beverage. By all accounts, they have succeeded. Starbucks tea...ouch, that's stuff I really can't stomach. Their Tazo tea tastes different than other Tazo teas carried by Seattle's best and the like. What's sad is that Starbucks used to have awesome tea about 5 or 8 years ago. I think it was Republic of Tea, but I am not certain about that. Your conclusion seems a bit slanted, Eddy. For such a subjective thing as taste it is pretty hard to lay down a precise conclusion. It’s not that Starbucks coffee is “not good” (i.e. bad) but that McDonald’s coffee is better to those expert tasters. ;)
I saw an interview with a Starbucks executive recently and he confirms that their goal is to create an environment, not just a beverage. By all accounts, they have succeeded.

Starbucks tea…ouch, that’s stuff I really can’t stomach. Their Tazo tea tastes different than other Tazo teas carried by Seattle’s best and the like. What’s sad is that Starbucks used to have awesome tea about 5 or 8 years ago. I think it was Republic of Tea, but I am not certain about that.

]]> By: Tyler Watson http://www.servingbread.net/2007/02/04/but-we-dont-go-there-for-the-coffee#comment-1565 Tyler Watson Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:59:48 +0000 http://servingbread.net/2007/02/04/but-we-dont-go-there-for-the-coffee/#comment-1565 Starbucks has proven that their goal is not to sell coffee, but to offer an atmosphere, a lifestyle. I think that is in large part the secret of their success. Kind of like how Nike in the 80's and 90's didn't necessarily sell the best shoes, but they sold this idea that wearing their shoes added instant credibility that you're athletic and beyond convention because folks like Michael Jordan wore the same shoes. Starbucks has proven that their goal is not to sell coffee, but to offer an atmosphere, a lifestyle. I think that is in large part the secret of their success. Kind of like how Nike in the 80’s and 90’s didn’t necessarily sell the best shoes, but they sold this idea that wearing their shoes added instant credibility that you’re athletic and beyond convention because folks like Michael Jordan wore the same shoes.

]]> By: fernando http://www.servingbread.net/2007/02/04/but-we-dont-go-there-for-the-coffee#comment-1564 fernando Mon, 05 Feb 2007 07:48:11 +0000 http://servingbread.net/2007/02/04/but-we-dont-go-there-for-the-coffee/#comment-1564 Despite how fashionable it is to bash Starbucks, I feel much the same way. For the first few weeks after moving to Hong Kong I found a temporary home in one of the local Starbucks, at least until I had my bearings to navigate the other local cafes. McDs coffee might be better, but I'm not likley to sit in that sort of place with a chapter to read or a stack of editing to do. Despite how fashionable it is to bash Starbucks, I feel much the same way. For the first few weeks after moving to Hong Kong I found a temporary home in one of the local Starbucks, at least until I had my bearings to navigate the other local cafes.

McDs coffee might be better, but I’m not likley to sit in that sort of place with a chapter to read or a stack of editing to do.

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