Starbucks across the country will be giving away a free 12 oz or “tall” cup of coffee next Thursday, March 15th, from 10am to noon.
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McDonald's To Sell Smoothies and Iced Coffee?
By 3.2.07
On the heels of the success of their special new “not horrific tasting” coffee, Ralph Alvarez, president and chief operating officer of McDonald’s Corp, has announced that McDonald’s is exploring “destination beverages,” as part of a new strategy to provide drinks that don’t suck. “Destination beverages” include iced coffee, smoothies, and other “specialty coffee” items. Providing coffee that doesn’t taste like burnt cat hair has sent sales soaring 15%.—MEGHANN MARCO
DeLonghi Takes Six Months To Replace Five-Cent Piece Of Plastic
By 2.12.07
Marc’s top-of-the-line DeLonghi Combination Coffee/Espresso Machine was felled by a five-cent piece of plastic. Marc called DeLonghi for a replacement part, but was directed to their accessories website.
A Starbucks Inside Every Starbucks
By 10.25.06
Tucked into this article about the math and money behind placing Starbucks across the street from one another is this nifty quote.
Life of Brian
By 10.6.06
In all of the vast Krups coffee empire, there is only one man who can help you: his name is Brian Bachman.
Starbucks Okays The Ghetto Latte
By 10.2.06
Is that doofus hipster turd playing the barista giving you the evil eye over the Starbucks counter as you make your ghetto latte? Has he actually had the nerve to wander over to you and icily inform you that the milk at the condiment bar is not meant to help offset an extra dollar surcharge levied by his corporate masters on your coffee flavored drink?
Drunk Naked Guy Storms Starbucks!
By 9.28.06
A shattered window, a naked man, a Whitley Heights Starbucks in LA:
Starbucks’ Subversive Employees Please Customers
By 8.28.06
We find this tale of Starbucks satisfaction, courtesy of Evan D, just so very cute. Notice anything interesting about it?
The Mail Bag is Laced with Anthrax
By 6.26.06
Sometimes really smart and witty people email us. Sometimes people who would be better off organizing their sticker collection do. This is one of the latter. Reading it reminds us of the season finale of Twin Peaks where they go behind the red curtain and they’re in the black and white checkered room and that guy is holding an oozing cappuccino cup and going coffeeee, coffeeeeeeeeeee…
Folger’s Ghouls Tell You To Sleep When You’re Dead
By 6.14.06
Hallucinogenic Aryan hippies nightmarishly prance about the bleary-eyed and fatigued, screaming “YOU CAN SLEEP WHEN YOU ARE DEAD!” Which will be just as soon as one of these electric kool-aid acid ghouls manages to touch you.
