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Halloween Horror Story: The Case of the Missing Pumpkin Lattes
Wall Street Journal ^ | October 6, 2012 | By LISA FLEISHER

Posted on 10/08/2012 9:03:54 AM PDT by Altariel

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1 posted on 10/08/2012 9:03:59 AM PDT by Altariel
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wah! wah! wah! it’s just a coffee for crying out loud!


2 posted on 10/08/2012 9:07:05 AM PDT by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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"wah! wah! wah! it’s just a coffee for crying out loud!"

Actually it's a cup of flavored sugar and bears little, if any, resemblance to coffee.

3 posted on 10/08/2012 9:15:42 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: Altariel

I have never been in a Starbucks. It was just that I never happened to be around one but now it is a matter of principles.


4 posted on 10/08/2012 9:17:08 AM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (Ignorance is bliss- I'm stoked)
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5 posted on 10/08/2012 9:17:17 AM PDT by GraceG
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To: camle

“wah! wah! wah! it’s just a coffee for crying out loud!”

Life is bad, and then you die...


6 posted on 10/08/2012 9:27:04 AM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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To: camle

Depressed over a cup of coffee, WTF is wrong with this stupid SOB.


7 posted on 10/08/2012 9:28:31 AM PDT by Venturer
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To: circlecity

somebody ought to tell these self indulgent, overaged adolescents to grow up.


8 posted on 10/08/2012 9:38:06 AM PDT by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin
I lived in Seattle and still won't drink Starbucks!

Actually they were giving away liitle samples of this pumpkin latte years ago, and I took a sip and LITERALLY wanted a cigarette!! I hadn't smoked in years but something triggered and I immediately threw the latte away. Never had that feeling since.

9 posted on 10/08/2012 9:39:32 AM PDT by Ann Archy ( ABORTION...the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Altariel

Cry me a river!


10 posted on 10/08/2012 9:40:22 AM PDT by rawhide
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To: All
Why can't they use a littler imagination? Here's an easy
recipe and they wont go broke buying these at Starbucks.

STARBUCKS PUMPKIN SPICED LATTE / allrecipes.com / makes three servings

Blender 3 cups hot whole milk, 4 tsp sugar, 1/2 tsp vanilla extract, 1/2 tea supermarket pumpkin pie spice.

Pour the mixture into 3 coffee mugs to about 2/3 full. Pour 2 ounces dble-strength coffee into each mug. Garnish each mug with whipped topping and pumpkin pie spice.

Add some cinnamon graham crackers on the side.

11 posted on 10/08/2012 9:40:43 AM PDT by Liz ("Come quickly, I'm tasting the stars." Dom Perignon)
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin

You didn’t miss anything you can get better coffee at McDonalds.


12 posted on 10/08/2012 9:40:50 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: Altariel; mikrofon; martin_fierro
Starbucks Fans Bemoan Shortage of Seasonal Favorite; Expressions in Haiku

Promise of autumn,
O dearest pumpkin latte!
"Out"?? I kill myself.

13 posted on 10/08/2012 9:43:40 AM PDT by Charles Henrickson (Venti my frustration.)
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To: Altariel

I don’t like pumpkin anything - except my own homemade pumpkin pie, of course. This morning, I heard two people at the gym talking about pumpkin beer...urp! They said it tasted just like pumpkin pie, which they seemed to think was a good thing.


14 posted on 10/08/2012 9:45:12 AM PDT by livius
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Pumpkin kimchi is wonderful...kind of hard to find in the US, though


15 posted on 10/08/2012 9:48:00 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Altariel; mikrofon; martin_fierro
You taste just like fall--
Sweet, spicy, pumpkiny--
When will you return?

Cruel fate of fall,
Not a lotta latte left--
Frothing at the mouth.

16 posted on 10/08/2012 10:02:24 AM PDT by Charles Henrickson (Venti my frustration.)
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To: Joe 6-pack

Yes, I imagine pumpkin kimchi would be hard to find here. I used to live near a Korean grocery in New York where they received a kimchi delivery once a week - and when the truck pulled up and they opened its gate, people a block away knew it!

But it’s probably good. Pumpkin is pretty bland otherwise. That’s why pumpkin pie is so heavily spiced.


17 posted on 10/08/2012 10:16:23 AM PDT by livius
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To: Altariel; mikrofon; martin_fierro
October surprise:
Out of pumpkin spice latte!
Anger, nothingness. . . .
18 posted on 10/08/2012 10:16:56 AM PDT by Charles Henrickson (Venti my frustration.)
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To: Charles Henrickson

Maybe Starbuck’s could put this great haiku on their seasonal cups? I think you missed a calling...


19 posted on 10/08/2012 10:18:43 AM PDT by livius
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To: Charles Henrickson

Obama’s fault


20 posted on 10/08/2012 10:20:40 AM PDT by CJ Wolf
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