http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17356957
When the barista in Starbucks asks you your name so they can write it on your free latte, I dare you to say 'Costa' - @martinsaunders
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WTF is a Barista? sounds like a poisonous carbuncle.
Originally Posted by kattymieoww:
WTF is a Barista? sounds like a poisonous carbuncle.
He/She prepares and serves coffee.
You can take a course in it .http://www.cityplym.ac.uk/courses/barista-skills
I will first consult with my solisita! 
Originally Posted by Blizz'ard:
I will first consult with my solisita!
The customer service in my local Starbucks is absolutely shocking. Giving new meaning to the word 'slow'. Expecting their trained mocha monkeys to remember my name as well as my order is just asking for trouble.
Originally Posted by erinp:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17356957
When the barista in Starbucks asks you your name so they can write it on your free latte, I dare you to say 'Costa' - @martinsaunders
OMG that is genius "Costa" LOL
Hhhwhat is Starbucks?
Originally Posted by Garage Joe:
Hhhwhat is Starbucks?
A coffeehouse.
Originally Posted by Yogi19:
Originally Posted by Garage Joe:
Hhhwhat is Starbucks?
A coffeehouse.
... that sells coffee-flavoured foam and charges a fortune for it
I have never tasted Starbucks' coffee. I don't go in for the fancy stuff. Gold Blend is about the most luxurious I get 
I wouldn't pay the price they ask in these joints.I prefer my own coffee made in the cafetiere,with brown sugar and single cream.
I HATE places like Starbucks, Costa Coffee etc. Now ... give me somewhere like Huffkins and I am one happy little soul 
As much as I hate McDonalds food, I cannot knock their latte, for me it whips the butts of starbucks and costa. The nice man who works in the drive thru on a morning at our local Maccies knows exactly what I like and even asks whether I will be napkinning or not.
Agree about Maccy D's, then M&S then costa then starbucks. But the best is my local deli and it's cheaper then the rest well bar Maccy D's.
Starbucks...?
The place where it takes the minimum of 5 people to make you a cappuccino that tastes like dishwater?
The place where the same minimum of 5 people can't even make you a cup of the aforementioned gnats pee without it taking forever and a day?
The only thing I'll be telling Starbucks is to go poke it.
Thankfully I don't drink coffee - I'm gobsmacked 
at what people pay for a cup of coffee.
Originally Posted by Soozy Woo:
Thankfully I don't drink coffee - I'm gobsmacked at what people pay for a cup of coffee.
I don't either, but Starbucks do make an excellent hot chocolate 
I'm with Cinds and the McD'S latte.
Money to burn buying elsewhere.
my daughter went & got her free latte (as did the rest of the Sixth Form college apparently)...
She told them her name was Chastity
I passed a coffee stall today near Regents park called Star Box. Bet the evil corporation lawyers will try to pressure them to change the name
Anyone seen the South Park episode about Tweaks parents coffee shop and Starbucks?
I love South Park - so funny