Posted on 12/06/2016 10:56:33 AM PST by C19fan
Ridiculous as it sounds, I can’t imagine life without my daily $3.75 cappuccino (not from Starbuck’s, a local shop), but even I would balk at $12.00 a cup!!!
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Cue another episode of my Grey Poupon snob guy in the Rolls Royce, only this time buying a twelve dollar cup of coffee:
Grey Poupon guy: What? Only twelve dollars? You’ve got to be kiding! I only drink twenty four dollar cups of coffee. Don’t you have twenty four dollar cups of coffee?
Barrista One: Uh, let me check ... Hey, do we have twenty four dollar cups of coffee?
Barrista Two: Sure. [Barrista Two pushes the automatic espresso maker button twice and gets TWO twelve dollar cups of coffee and then pours both into a larger cup]
Barrista One: Sir, here’s your twenty four dollar cup of coffee.
Grey Poupon Guy [As he rolls away in his Rolls]: Ahhhh, you can taste the difference. This twenty four dollar cup of coffee definitely tastes twice as good as a twelve dollar cup of coffee!
Reminds me of cigar purveyor Lew Rothman when told a competitor was selling $20 cigars, but always seemed to be out of them.
“If I could sell $20 cigars,” he quipped, “I would never run out of them. $10 cigars, I would run out of, but not $20 ones!”
“This isn’t that civet coffee that is made from beans pooped out by some Indonesian cat, is it?”
could be, but even BETTER coffee comes from beans pooped out by Womp Rats.
This is the same concept and target market as $15 cocktails. The point is not that the $8 Hendrix and tonic is any better at $15 it is to show everyone and by everyone I mean eligible females that you have the disposable income to get blasted at $15+ tip per drink. There are plenty of bars here in DFW that cater almost exclusively to the young 200k+ a year no kids crowd that is who this is targeted at. While single I spent quite a bit of time at these bar the women are gorgeous and ready and willing for the right eligible guy. They notice when you take out to pay for your drinks a $300 coach wallet and please don’t skimp on your shoes they notice that too. A $3000 Tag watch helps its all about disposable income they want you to spend some on them offer a weekend in the Bahamas and you are for sure golden.
I’ve never been in a Starbucks, but their coffee I used in my Keurig coffee maker tastes like all the other brands, ie, bitter water.
I’ve banned them for decades so have never bought so much as their $5 coffees much less this new and improved $12 one. For that price, you could buy 2 containers of most any brand off the grocery shelf and have coffee for months. There are countless recipes online for fancied up coffee.
Starbucks should call it iCoffee and make billions!
And Bose! Don't forget about Bose.
Ditto. I got a Starbucks gift card for my bday a few months ago and gave it away.
Will not darken the door.
YOU WANT GOOD COFFE IN THE AM...
BUY BEANS GRIND EM AND SET ON AUTOMATIC...
BESIDES PEETS IS 100X BETTER THAT THE STARBUCK YUPPIE MILLENIAL CRAP AT AFRACTION OF THE PRICE...
WANT FANCY COFFEE... BUY A FRAPPACINO MACHINE...
YOU CAN BUY A CAR FOR THE MONEY YOU WASTE ON SBUX...
So I guess this might work.
Duly noted. Will avoid Starbucks and save myself a lot of money...: )
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