Starbucks enters Dutch market

HighJackerrr · Post by **HighJackerrr** » Wed 9th Sep 2009 02:31 pm

Enough said.

Jas

Megarusso · Post by **Megarusso** » Thu 10th Sep 2009 10:27 am

I also much prefer costa, there coffee just tastes better. When i am traipsing around london and i need a caffeine kick I head to a place in soho called the algerian coffee stores. No seats, no WIFI but there coffee is amazing and for espresso - 40p and cappuccino - 75p you cannot beat them on price.

And this very post is being typed on a Macbook, i drive a Golf though and my phone is like 3 years old. Does that re-deem me?

baked · Post by **baked** » Thu 10th Sep 2009 11:12 am

not yet as long you dont change it for a mini and an iphone

cantona7 · Post by **cantona7** » Thu 10th Sep 2009 07:07 pm

iphone is my all time fave phone that iv owned.and iv owned the big brands..samsung,motorola and nokia. yea i said it.

Ingwey Gooblebogger · Thu 10th Sep 2009 09:49 pm

Starbucks enters Dutch market

Now the all those Dutch folks who crave a "burnt coffee bean" flavour can have their fill.

I will, occasionally, go to Starbucks, but not too often, as I can make my own coffee for much less money. BUT, I don't go in for their fascist ordering scheme. As in "Venti, Grande.....fuck off, I want a medium-sized cup of regular coffee!" ..This really seems to confuse the new clerks, as in:

Starbuck Clerk: "Is that a Grande, a Venti, A Tall?"
Me: "Whichever one is medium sized!"
Starbuck Clerk: "But, is that a Grande, a Venti, A Tall?"...
Me: "What's the biggest cup you have...okay...what's the smallest cup you have...okay...., NOW is there any size in between those two?
Starbuck Clerk:"Yes"
Me: "Then i'll have that one!!!

A friend of mine is hilarious when she orders. Starbucks has brain-washed her into their ordering scheme. (eg. She goes, "I'll have a half-caff, skinny, tall, mochachino, with a shot of hazelnut, and a twist of lime" or some other such nonsense.

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Marco · Post by **Marco** » Mon 14th Sep 2009 10:43 am

Say what you want about SB but it changed the way Americans drink coffee. Prior to SB you had to drink weak-ass drip coffee. Now on every corner is a different shop (Starbuck and their competitors) with a real espresso machine.

There is a huge coffee culture that exists in the US that just was not there before.

evergrey1968 · Post by **evergrey1968** » Tue 15th Sep 2009 08:07 pm

We have a Starbucks @ work, was working at the weekend, so had a mocha, which was quite nice. Anyway, also had one of their stroopwaffels which proudly proclaimed "made in Amsterdam" on the back of the packet....

....it was fucking awful, dry and tasteless - made in Amsterdam my arse

StonerKlaus · Post by **StonerKlaus** » Sat 31st Jul 2010 12:06 am

Starbucks really is the bottom of the barrel as far as coffee is concerned. I'm sure the Nederlanders can get better coffee without even trying very hard, hell, Gevalia is a damn fine coffee broker, and they're right next door in Deutschland. They do all of your classic European style roasts (Vienna, French, Italian), and if you want espresso, Italy's not that far away.

IIRC, all the Indonesian coffee varieties were intensively cultivated by the Dutch when they ran the Dutch East Indies. Dutch estate java is, to this day, still one of the better coffees you can find.

Starbucks...you're out of your depth on this one...just give up.

sorry about the necro...didn't see the date

Marco · Post by **Marco** » Sat 31st Jul 2010 08:51 am

StonerKlaus wrote:Starbucks really is the bottom of the barrel as far as coffee is concerned. I'm sure the Nederlanders can get better coffee without even trying very hard, hell, Gevalia is a damn fine coffee broker, and they're right next door in Deutschland. They do all of your classic European style roasts (Vienna, French, Italian), and if you want espresso, Italy's not that far away.

IIRC, all the Indonesian coffee varieties were intensively cultivated by the Dutch when they ran the Dutch East Indies. Dutch estate java is, to this day, still one of the better coffees you can find.

Starbucks...you're out of your depth on this one...just give up.

sorry about the necro...didn't see the date

No surprise here, but SB is doing great. All three stores seem to be constantly full. They have SB in Vienna of all places (very successful) and it will succeed here.

USbongLord · Post by **USbongLord** » Sat 31st Jul 2010 10:12 am

burnt shit in a cup.....keurig rules https://www.keurig.com

StonerKlaus · Post by **StonerKlaus** » Sat 31st Jul 2010 03:34 pm

Is that "concentrate" stuff actually any good?

Marco, yeah, I know the business will do well there, but it's a damn shame. They make sales by selling a mostly non-existent lifestyle. It certainly isn't the quality of their product that keeps people coming back.

Sir Niall of Essex-sire · Sat 31st Jul 2010 03:43 pm

Strangely, i don't mind starbucks anymore. They do me a cup of tea when it's needed and have a comfy chair.

I do go to my local smoothie bar more that Starbucks, but i don't actively avoid the place.

Dimon · Post by **Dimon** » Sat 31st Jul 2010 05:41 pm

I prefer Dunkin Donuts

Uncle Ron · Post by **Uncle Ron** » Sun 1st Aug 2010 05:43 pm

Dimon wrote:I prefer Dunkin Donuts

I never thought I would in my lifetime see a cup of coffee selling for $8.50/6.50e. Whatever happened to the twenty-five cent cuppa?

bluelaru · Post by **bluelaru** » Sun 1st Aug 2010 06:04 pm

Marco wrote:Say what you want about SB but it changed the way Americans drink coffee. Prior to SB you had to drink weak-ass drip coffee. Now on every corner is a different shop (Starbuck and their competitors) with a real espresso machine.

There is a huge coffee culture that exists in the US that just was not there before.

Sorry Marco....I have to disagree

Different areas of each state drink more coffee then, other areas and or states....

Where I live....S. Florida....south....drinks more coffee then Tallahaassee.
in N. Florida.

we have....Mister Donut...Dunkin Donut...Tim horton ...Offerdahals
starbucks... and severl hundred latin coffee windows.
Mister....started in the 60....and is gone now
Tim Horton (CHL/NHL) started in 80 last one closed 2003

Also My Italian family heavy coffee drinkers.