Starbucks Virgin
Some years ago I visited my cousin Matthew, who lives in
I asked to go to Starbucks.
I am not a coffee drinker. I drink tea. (see my entry ‘Cup of Tea’ from 25 May). But when in
-By the way, people who order Starbucks coffee sure know their stuff, and have very specific needs/wants. As I stood in line, looking at the many options (for which I grasped little), I realized I did not know what I was doing.
“What would you like?”
”Oh, a cup of coffee please”
(pause, they are not used to such a vague order) “Pardon?”
“I guess I want a basic cup of coffee.”
(meanwhile, the Yuppies behind me send out beams of impatience and ‘hurry up!”)
I leaned forward and said in a low voice;
I was seen as a sort of celebrity, just beamed down from outer space. I forget the details in the fuss, but somehow a reporter was summoned, my picture taken. There was to be an article along the line “Man discovered who has never been to Starbucks!”. (alas, my cousin was not to find it, so I don’t think it was written.)
They gave me a free cup of coffee, and hovered over me for my impressions (I was too Midwestern to say that it tasted like ‘coffee’; damned if I can tell good from bad!). Feeling dazed (and wired) we left the place, with the embarrassed cousin behind.
“If I had known that I wouldn’t have brought you here!” He added a comment about ‘the spreading cancer’ of Starbucks.
I still drink tea, with maybe 2-3 cups of coffee in a year’s time. What rare times I have gone back to Starbucks is to find iced tea.
This request always gets a reaction; it is amusing to watch.
(P.S. Starbucks makes a good iced tea, to their credit).
posted by Ur-spo at 6:13 AM
6 Comments:
I use to like coffee, but rarely drink it now. I don't like the stain it leaves on my teeth. I don't like soda or red wine for that matter either.
While I have to been to Starbuck's a few times, I've never ordered coffee, I think it's disgusting, so like you I go for the tea, decent, but I prefer the smaller coffee shops, they tend to have really great teas!
I worked at a radio station in the Tampa area that was RIGHT NEXT DOOR to a Starbucks. Needless to say, we were their best customers. I thought I was the only person who goes in there and orders a 'grande mild'. That's it. Regular coffee... no crap to go with it. And yeah, their tea is pretty good, too.
I'm not a huge coffee drinker either, and I still get confused when ordering at Starbucks. Maybe I should try the "Never been to Starbucks" angle next time ;)
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