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Every time they show that Starbuck's employee yoyoing the jug of milk up and down when trying to steam the milk I cringe. That's one of the top three milk steaming no-nos. Pfft Starbucks don't even train their staff correctly.

Hopefully all the people employed there get jobs elsewhere. (somewhere where they train them to make coffee that doesn't taste like ass preferably)

monotonehell wrote: (somewhere where they train them to make coffee that doesn't taste like ass preferably)

So for all those that like coffee that tastes like ass, were will they go?

jk1237 wrote:now I did see a rumour on SSC that Hudson's maybe taking over most of the closed Starbucks stores

Yeah It happened in Ballina apareantly lol

Cruise wrote:

monotonehell wrote: (somewhere where they train them to make coffee that doesn't taste like ass preferably)

So for all those that like coffee that tastes like ass, were will they go?

McDonalds.

I just realised that QueenAnne is sitting at the Starbuck's source, Seattle. *waves*

monotonehell wrote:Every time they show that Starbuck's employee yoyoing the jug of milk up and down when trying to steam the milk I cringe. That's one of the top three milk steaming no-nos. Pfft Starbucks don't even train their staff correctly.

Hopefully all the people employed there get jobs elsewhere. (somewhere where they train them to make coffee that doesn't taste like ass preferably)

The On the Run Coffee highups were handing out business cards this morning there,

Hoops wrote:

monotonehell wrote:Every time they show that Starbuck's employee yoyoing the jug of milk up and down when trying to steam the milk I cringe. That's one of the top three milk steaming no-nos. Pfft Starbucks don't even train their staff correctly.

Hopefully all the people employed there get jobs elsewhere. (somewhere where they train them to make coffee that doesn't taste like ass preferably)

The On the Run Coffee highups were handing out business cards this morning there,

Erk, from one cup of burnt slop to another.

Pffpft. T Bar, anyone?

None of this affects me even the slightest, wanna know why (Norman already knows!)

I heard a rumour that hear in SA, Bean Bar will take over the Starbucks stores. This is good news as it is a local brand so the dollars stay here rather then go interstate or even overseas.

Ben wrote:I heard a rumour that hear in SA, Bean Bar will take over the Starbucks stores. This is good news as it is a local brand so the dollars stay here rather then go interstate or even overseas.

They may have negotiated first rights to the sites, but i doubt that they will be able to take up every store due to the fact that they may already be located there... for instance bean bar is located in City Cross just off James Place and the Starbucks is just down James Place... hardly seems worth moving...

monotonehell wrote:

Cruise wrote:

monotonehell wrote: (somewhere where they train them to make coffee that doesn't taste like ass preferably)

So for all those that like coffee that tastes like ass, were will they go?

McDonalds.

I just realised that QueenAnne is sitting at the Starbuck's source, Seattle. *waves*

Hello *waving back*

Yes, it's pretty interesting to watch this unfold here in Seattle. Starbucks is getting a lot of attention in the news here, understandably. Quite a lot of people here in Seattle are angry with Howard Schulz (sp?), the Starbucks guy, because he owned the, 40 year old, Seattle Sonics basketball team and sold it to an Oklahoma City business man who, of course, took the team to Oklahoma. So feelings are mixed here, on the one hand Seattle is not keen to see its coffee empire suffer, on the other hand, they don't seem to like the guy who fronts it very much.

The news here has also been focussing on the fact that this company had stores literally across the street from each other. How could that possibly be a recipe for success? They also owned places here called Seattle's Best Coffee, it seems like ridiculous saturation.

Anyway, that's just a bit of trivia, from the source I guess I should let this discussion get back to what it means for Adelaide, though I am tempted to write an essay on all the shocking hot beverages we have found here (said through love and concern, America). Okay, I do admit I have found a couple of quite decent coffee places, but I mean literally, two

Queen Anne wrote:Yes, it's pretty interesting to watch this unfold here in Seattle. Starbucks is getting a lot of attention in the news here, understandably. Quite a lot of people here in Seattle are angry with Howard Schulz (sp?), the Starbucks guy, because he owned the, 40 year old, Seattle Sonics basketball team and sold it to an Oklahoma City business man who, of course, took the team to Oklahoma. So feelings are mixed here, on the one hand Seattle is not keen to see its coffee empire suffer, on the other hand, they don't seem to like the guy who fronts it very much.

Reminds me of a Simpsons episode for some reason...

In other coffee news, Illy on North Terrace (across from University of Adelaide) has re branded. Strange.

cruel_world00 wrote:In other coffee news, Illy on North Terrace (across from University of Adelaide) has re branded. Strange.

What is it now?

Queen Anne wrote:The news here has also been focussing on the fact that this company had stores literally across the street from each other. How could that possibly be a recipe for success?

It's amazing how common that is, especially for businesses that mostly get impulse-buys from passing motor traffic. I can only think of one example in SA, being two Woolworths at Sefton Park staring at each other over Main North Road, just to keep south-bound traffic from going to Coles. It's very common in the eastern states around roads where it's hard to turn right or for pedestrians to cross.