What's So Special About Starbucks?

[a_ngel]

Here's another negative side to starbucks..

 

Did you know that a medium sized White Chocolate Mocha is loaded with 580 calories. And you only burn an average of 250 to 300 calories while running on a threadmill and sweating like a pig for 30 minutes.

 

Thus, I gave up the threadmill.

Edited May 21, 2004 by b_r_o_k_e

[hiyashi]

kaya special ung SB kasi di naman sikat ung kape nila ginagawang lang tambayan ng mga addict sa kape, tambayan ng mga pickupgirl, tambyan ng mga sosi gurls, tambyan ng mga walang magawa sa buhay at tambayan ng mga nag rerelax after work or gmik :call:

[Anaheim]

it's expensive that's what so special about it, buti na lang hindi ako coffee drinker.

[Falkenberg]

You're right about the over-priced coffee in Starbucks. Did you know that the overall supply of coffee in the world market far exceeds demand? This SHOULD result in cheaper coffee to consumers like you and me but it does not due to vested interests of certain market players.

 

Did you also know that the biggest coffee producer in the world is Vietnam? This came about when Vietnam opened up and decided to upgrade its agricultural sector by migrating from relatively low-value crops like rice to higher-value cash crops like coffee. But the funny thing is that Vietnam-made coffee has not penetrated much into the overall market due to concerns over quality voiced by other major coffee producing countries in South America and Africa, which also happen to be Vietnam's main competitors....

 

Another little-known fact: Out of every dollar that is spent in coffee as the finished product, less than 10 cents goes to the coffee farmers, which mostly reside in third world countries. The rest of the money goes to middle-men, importers, and retailers like Starbucks.

 

So you can imagine the profit margins of coffee shops like Starbucks.....

[mikecruz7777]

Yung atmosphere at yung mga magaganda doon.

[boy_kokok]

Starbucks® Kona

 

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[pinoyonline]

what's so special about starbucks?

pretty chicks having coffee! :-)

[Guest simply_tinA]

special ung lalagyan nila ng kofi & nonfat milk nila

[wolfpak]

libre yun milk, kaya nagdadala ako ng thermos. at sympre yun sugar, mahal na kasi kilo ng asukal ngyon, kaya naguuwi ako ng marami. libre naman eh!!!!!!!

[mercurywing]

i go for the atmosphere........

and the cute waitress.....

[Google]

nice thread. actually, i, too, can't see what seems special dyan sa starbucks. its just coffee na nilagyan ng mga pautot...

[agxo3]

Starbucks is the McDonald's of coffee. Nothing special, in fact, you can get better at the same or lower prices elsewhere. BUT - with Starbucks/McDonald's, you always know what you're going to get when you order your favorite drink. It's always the same - looks the same, tastes the same, smells the same.

 

There (Manila) more than here (Silicon Valley), it could be also the place to see and be seen. Here, I think it's more convenience and ubiquity that drives their popularity.

 

Me, I like my local neighborhood coffeehouse - better coffee at lower prices and a place "where everybody knows your name".

[czaralva]

How many starbucks aoutlet na ba jan sa pinas?

[Randerthall]

i have been a coffee drinker since i was a wee toddler tried every coffee joint that has good coffee, in and around manila and i can safely say that i like starbucks the most. why? well, they have the best cold coffee drinks around ( mocha frap- love ko 'to :heart: ) and you can't beat the view of the cute chicks that just hang out there

[machete]

i think its the ambiance