Any Starbuck's(coffee) Addicts?

[SheFly]

My name is SheFly, and I am addicted to coffee. Specifically Starbucks - I even grind and brew my own at home...

Most New Englanders think Dunkin Donuts is a gourmet coffee place. Yuch... I avoid it.

YUCK! Only drink DD in an ABSOLUTE pinch... Although I did start out drinking coffee at DD. I compare their coffee to the Tim Horton's phenomenon in Canada - terrible coffee, but people will line up for miles to get a cup.

I've gotten so bad, that I will drink about 60 oz of coffee in a day...

MMM - COFFEE!

SheFly

[bmccasland]

My favorite is a local, independant - Cafe Luna, where the owner has water dishes out for your dog. Starbucks has made a point of opening shops across the street from local shops when they first came to town, but New Orleanians are very loyal to local and this out-compete-the-local idea bounced. Several Starbucks have not reopened post-Katrina. There's a BIG stink right now about them trying to open a shop on Jackson Square in the French Quarter in an empty restaurant space. We'd rather have another restaurant. If you want coffee, go down the square to Cafe' du Monde for a cafe au lait and beignets.

So at Cafe Luna, I'll have a non-fat latte, BIG, please.

[Pax]

...I've gotten so bad, that I will drink about 60 oz of coffee in a day...

When I was a firefighter I drank 3-4 pots a day of coffee, it was sooooooo good! Then my doc told me the reason I was having heart palpitations was too much caffeine, now I only drink 2-3 cups a day.

[pooks]

As I type --

I am sitting outside Starbucks at a table, watching the rain drizzle down.

This was my first ride in the semi-rain (it's not raining hard) and I loved it.

I have a for-here tall organic latte beside me, and life is good.

(To me there is nothing better than a for-here latte -- in a cup with foam atop. I think the tall lattes have the best flavor, but find I'm too cheap to buy two talls when a venti is cheaper and theoretically should be the same thing. But it isn't. Don't ask me why.)

[Brandi]

We have a little cafe called "cuppa de oro". And they have great coffee, but my favorite is a Ice tea drink called "Green Dragon". It is Green tea with a touch of Soy milk , honey, and mint. Over ice of coarse. It is so yummy. I like to get one on monday during our farmers market that happens right in front of the coffee shop. They also have really yummy bagel sandwiches. I think I need to go!

[Brandi]

When I was a firefighter I drank 3-4 pots a day of coffee, it was sooooooo good! Then my doc told me the reason I was having heart palpitations was too much caffeine, now I only drink 2-3 cups a day.

Yea that was my problem too! Had to cut waaaaaaay back. Now I only have a mug in the mornng and sometimes one in the afternoon.

[Trek420]

My name is SheFly, and I am addicted to coffee. Specifically Starbucks - I even grind and brew my own at home... SheFly

Hi SheFly

[KnottedYet]

Pssst.... Costco coffee is Starbucks, and a big huge bag is pretty cheap!

Knot-fellow-caf-fiend

[spokewench]

Peets coffee from the Bay Area, California. That's the best! Starbucks is everywhere and very dependable, but I still love Peets

YUMMY - Got to have it. especially when I'm camping

[SheFly]

Pssst.... Costco coffee is Starbucks, and a big huge bag is pretty cheap!

Knot-fellow-caf-fiend

Just finished a bag this morning, and have to dump the next bag into the coffee canister.... AHHH - [cheap] Starbucks coffee!

SheFly

[madscot13]

I love coffee. For everydays I brew my own from Starbuck's beans that a friend/ Starbuck's employee brings me. Hey its free and coffee is coffee to me as long as i get to add the whipping cream- so rich and velvety! Coffee is sort of expensive and I will get what I can.

But on special ocassions or exam days I like to treat myself with a white chocolate mocha from Coffee News our local establishment. Their food is great and I am hooked onto their mochas. although others may not like them as much.

maybe I will brew a pot.

[Crankin]

Hey SheFly,

We are both coffee addicts! I grind my own coffee and we have an expresso machine (her name is Sylvia, no joke, she came with a name) that is so complicated to use that I can't even begin to approach it. My husband is an amateur barista and my older son actually was a barista at Continental Cafe for 3 years.
I often say that coffee is my only vice. The worst thing about commuting to work is that I have to drink the school coffee unless the day before I ride in, I remember to tell my colleague to bring me some when he stops. Seriously, we should ride to a coffee place one day. (It can be a recovery day for you).

Robyn

[madscot13]

Hey SheFly,


I often say that coffee is my only vice. The worst thing about commuting to work is that I have to drink the school coffee unless the day before I ride in, I remember to tell my colleague to bring me some when he stops. Seriously, we should ride to a coffee place one day. (It can be a recovery day for you).

Robyn

I say that coffee is my only vice and my roommates scoff and chuckle. Could i possibly have more than one? I think not!

Oh and I bring coffee with me in a cute little thermos that let's me brew it the way I want to and have oh so delicious coffee when i arrive at school. You should too!

[Trek420]

We should do the "Three Peets" ride. I don't have it mapped out but you start from Castro Valley Peets up Castro Valley Blvd to Dublin Grade to Peets Dublin, get on Iron Horse Trail which I think takes you right by San Ramon Peets....then turn and re'Peet

[fultzie]

OMG, i love this thread! possibly even more so than the "hot male riders" thread!

when i travel, i make a point of scoping out the cafes in the area... i worked on vashon island, WA last summer, and by far the BEST coffee i have ever had came from Vashon Coffee Roasters, across the street from the pool where i swam in the morning. they had a front porch where you could sit and sip your coffee and smell the beans roasting and watch the mist disappear as the sun rose. HEAVEN!

that was probably one of my favorite things about the PNW... all the little drive-thru espresso stands, even in seemingly the middle of nowhere!

my mom and i got made fun of relentlessly by the rest of our group when we rode down highway 1 three summers ago... we'd set little goals for ourselves like "20 more miles and then we can stop for (another) coffee!" we discovered that the best bearclaws ever can be had outside of pigeon point, CA.

locally, i go to Espresso Royale for black coffee if i don't brew it at home. see, i always bring my own travel mug (IMBA's "Ride to Live" one ), and it's only $1 for a refil. and they have organic/fair trade coffee every day

my roommate has recently started purchasing Trader Joe's Half-Caf in an effort to get me to cut back a bit (and himself, i guess! but i drink more of it). usually i buy their Bolivian Blend, and grind it at home.

mmm, drinking some of it right now, poured over leftover hot cocoa (almost like a mocha )