We live in a capitalist dystopia
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Starbucks has exactly two things going for it. They invested very heavily in having all the most convenient locations and I mean all the most convenient locations, and the quality of the coffee is fine. I haven't tried any of their 'coffee themed milkshake' options but the coffee is fine.
If you're on the road and your breakfast coffee has worn off, just go with Dunkin. I'm sure they're just as bad at the corporate level but at least they don't pretend to be something they're not. They're not your friends. They're not saving the planet. The food is not healthy. They're a drive-through fast food joint that sells nothing but junk food and surprisingly high quality coffee.
If you're on the road and your breakfast coffee has worn off, just go with Dunkin. I'm sure they're just as bad at the corporate level but at least they don't pretend to be something they're not. They're not your friends. They're not saving the planet. The food is not healthy. They're a drive-through fast food joint that sells nothing but junk food and surprisingly high quality coffee.
And that is someone who knows a thing or two about coffee!
And now you know. And knowing is half the battle!
I remember trying Starbucks when in the US back in 2000. I’d heard of it from American films. We didn’t have that chain or anything like that back then (at least not in Not-London). There was the novelty appeal. I wasn’t prepared for how highly caffeinated the coffee was. Made me twitchy and unable to sleep, exacerbating the jet lag from the flight over. Never again. Wouldn’t try it for ethical reasons now, where Starbuckses branches are on most British high streets.
Starbucks seems to be receding in canada, at least local to me: a bunch of their franchises closed during the pandemic and since... no consolation to anyone, but still.
Something to keep an eye on: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy...icing-algorithm-used-by-landlords-is-illegal/
And doesn't Starbucks in Canada have to contend with Tim Hortons anyways? First comes the coffee wars, then the Fast Food wars.
And doesn't Starbucks in Canada have to contend with Tim Hortons anyways? First comes the coffee wars, then the Fast Food wars.
I'd happy with taco bell. Tims keeps using enriched breads in their jive and I am allergic.
You're adorable.
See, X here didn't reconcile the fact that america is the land of unrivaled productivity and that caffeine is a legal across the board stimulant. Starbucks would be doping their jive with Adderall if it didn't require a prescription.
I haven't.
I heard there was something up with panera bread lemonade: but was never drunk enough to be willing to look it up.
Panera to stop serving 'Charged Sips' drinks after wrongful death lawsuits over caffeine content
Panera Bread said it’s discontinuing its Charged Sips drinks that were tied to at least two wrongful death lawsuits due to their high caffeine content.
apnews.com
TL;DR: It caffeinated a few people to death.
When I get Cuban coffee they give me a large.
Remember the time Ozzy went in for testing to figure out how he survived so many drugs for so long and nobody could figure it out? That's gonna be Fnu, but with caffeine.
So... why did the US make amphetamines illegal?
Same reason we outlawed weed. It interfered with business interests who had purchased enough politicians.
HIV drug could be made for just $40 a year for every patient
Generic version of a drug already on the market, which can suppress and prevent HIV, would still yield 30% profit if the current price was slashed, researchers say
www.theguardian.com
They're charging a thousand times what they need to and won't allow a generic.