November 25, 2003
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http://www.nakedwhiz.com/stbxmas.htm
more life altering tales of
COFFEE…
my favorite blend is starbucks verona, I use decaff. yes, yes, I know all about the evil empire, and yes, it’s horrible. I think it’s aweful how proprietary and litigeous they are…but until I find a free trade touchy-feely blend of decaff that is sweet and flavorful, well, that’s where I am.
this week, the starbucks guy talked me out of my regular, and into their christmas blend. the bag is metallic blue with white snowflakes. well, sir, I don’t like this coffee. I should’ve known better. it’s knacky, bitter and makes me snick my tongue and teeth. oh well, got a pound to use up.
the kids look at the package and ask me what it is (two mornings in a row now…they get their memory cells from me)… I say xmas blend. they say what does it taste like? I say Santa’s socks! they all laugh. then THIS morning, babyjane says so why do you drink it mama? and I say it’s an acquired taste.
boy oh BOY have I got some ingrained habits. maybe it’s time to stop putting up with things I don’t like, instead of trying to like things I don’t.
Comments (21)
‘Knacky’….what a great word! I’m not sure what it means, but I like it. I say toss the crap. Don’t settle.
Uh YEAH! Give it up.. toss it out.. Get something you enjoy.
maybe if you mix it with something else it won’t be so bad?
like santa’s actual socks?
mix it with amy’s undies, then you wont taste the nasty coffee anymore.
that last line gave me shivers. YES. damn it. yes. No, I’m not pleasuring myself, but if I was you’d want to watch, wouldn’t you?
Yeah, give it the heave. Coffee is meant to be one of life’s pleasures, not one of its trials.
Another vote for tossing the knacky coffee. What is there to look forward to every morning, if the coffee tastes like shit? Take it back. Demand your regular blend in exchange for what’s left of the Christmas one.
Yeah, I was beginning to think you were a bit too long suffering, you know?
bvlafch coffee
I don’t drink coffee but I like to smell it. Stratch and sniff
I think most Starbucks coffee smells like tuna when you open the bag. I’ll drink a Gingerbread Latte though. J.E.W.-Jimmy Eat World (I didn’t feel like typing it out)
-M
THAT was profound.
… Maybe it’s time to stop putting up with things I don’t like, instead of trying to like things I don’t.
in coffee, veritas. isn’t that what they say?
i like my coffee like i like my men: out of my face somewhere, while i eat my damn candybar.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
haha, their christmas blend gets progressively worse each year. not that I buy non free trade coffee…
somehow, their overdose of peppermint never seems to end. you’re right, it does taste rather awful.
lol@your comment on Red_dirt_girl
I like strong dark Columbian coffee, mellow, yeah like Rache says, like men.
They should take that back for you, if you make enough of a stink. Sorry your coffee is suck-y though, that’s no fun. That last line really is the truth, isn’t it?
Wait wait wait. They put PEPPERMINT in the coffee??? Ew, that’s just nasty.
I can’t imagine peppermint in coffee. That’s just wrong. I always imagined Santa’s socks to taste like elf butt, cause you know he has to be kicking a few of them during the crunch hours. Maybe elf butts taste like peppermint because….uh, nevermind, I don’t wanna continue with that train of thought.
Go get better coffee, be frivoulous and pour that stuff in a flower pot or something. Least when santa visits he’ll feel like he’s at home from the tale-tell smell.
I like Starbucks Verona too – and I won’t be purchasing any Christmas blend! Thanx for the tip
I gotta agree with you on the starbucks (staryucks) coffee. ewwww!
I drink Cafe Altura breakfast blend….yummy!
It is indeed time to stop putting up and time for me to start pushing back! Yeah!