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Old 07-23-2008, 01:40 PM   #21 (permalink)
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Starbucks sucks anyway. There coffee tastes burnt. Peets is way better!!!
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Old 07-23-2008, 01:41 PM   #22 (permalink)
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I’ve always been a supporter of the local coffee houses. It’s to bad some of my favorites are no longer around. Plus they were places where I got to see some great ska and punk bands play for free. Who here remembers The Hub Cafe in Fullerton? Or Ground Zero in Whittier? Anyways the less Starbucks the better.
The Hub Cafe with '80s video game arcade The Reagan Years attached. Loved that place. Grab some java, play some Battlezone.
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Old 07-23-2008, 01:43 PM   #23 (permalink)
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Old 07-23-2008, 02:27 PM   #24 (permalink)
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That's right!!! Now you'll have to go to the Looney Bean!

Way better coffee and homemade treats
Agreed. I don't visit Starbucks nor do I care that they are closing a bunch of stores. The term "Barista" always annoyed me.
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Old 07-23-2008, 02:29 PM   #25 (permalink)
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Old 07-23-2008, 02:39 PM   #26 (permalink)
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I'm fortunate in that I work about 5 miles from the last remaining Diedrich storefront (on Barranca in Irvine), where i go about once a month to get my wife her Black Tiger Espresso and the French Roast for myself. And a Peet's just went in not far from my house in Fullerton. (coffee cheers)

ODB: That's my coffee store too. You been spying on me? I havent seen you there! I also go to Peet's on Portola & Culver in Irvine. Great coffee. Also, no internet hook up in Peet's. Classical music and nobody lives there all day. Their pastries are from La Brea bakery. A brand new store opened at the District in Tustin.
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Old 07-23-2008, 02:55 PM   #27 (permalink)
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death to starbucks. the last time i went in one was in madrid. my wife was desperate for caffeine and it was the only place we could find. it cost as much as it would have here, although everything else in the city was cheap. starbucks is to coffee what paris hilton is to acting.

all you fans of real coffee shops should check take a trip to san luis obispo and check out linnea's (and others).
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Old 07-23-2008, 03:35 PM   #28 (permalink)
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Old 07-23-2008, 03:39 PM   #29 (permalink)
 
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Here's some serious coffee! When we ordered this in Italy, they give you a glass of water to sip after you drink the coffee. Powerful stuff!
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Old 07-23-2008, 03:45 PM   #30 (permalink)
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Here's some serious coffee! When we ordered this in Italy, they give you a glass of water to sip after you drink the coffee. Powerful stuff!
Stop kidding thats a shot of Tequilla to add to it to make a Toro Toro
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Old 07-23-2008, 03:51 PM   #31 (permalink)
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this isnt surprising they did it to themselves...in manhattan it's worse almost every city block has a starbucks...and i hate starbucks for buying ou diedrich there's only one left in Irvine and we go there to buy their blended mochas)
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Old 07-23-2008, 04:02 PM   #32 (permalink)
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Soon we'll be seeing a Pinkberry on every block...........
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Old 07-23-2008, 04:08 PM   #33 (permalink)
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Starbucks sucks anyway. There coffee tastes burnt. Peets is way better!!!
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Old 07-23-2008, 04:58 PM   #34 (permalink)
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The Hub Cafe with '80s video game arcade The Reagan Years attached. Loved that place. Grab some java, play some Battlezone.
They also had "Beer Tapper" there! That game ruled! I miss that place. Now look what it's become... another trendy downtown Fullerton bar. Bummer.
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Old 07-23-2008, 07:28 PM   #35 (permalink)
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all you fans of real coffee shops should check take a trip to san luis obispo and check out linnea's (and others).
w3rd Cotton. One of the many things I miss about SLO is the plethora of good coffee widely available in town. A latte at Linnea's is a staple of each trip back to SLO. One of my favorites back in the day was the dive coffee shop across from SLO Brew (now Downtown Brew): it always had the best atmosphere.

OT: Does anyone here make their own cold-brewed coffee? If so, please shoot me a PM, as I can't seem to get the quanitity of beans to water right. Thanks!
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Old 07-23-2008, 07:41 PM   #36 (permalink)
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Hey Dirtmistress. When I lived in Seattle I worked off of Broadway in Capitol hill ( Pike st and Pine to be exact), there was a coffee Kart every block with really good coffee.Coffee is a big thing in the PAC NW.I no longer drink coffee so Starbucks means nothing to me.
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Old 07-23-2008, 07:41 PM   #37 (permalink)
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My wife sometimes makes me watch that "ruggedly handsome, clever, perfect intonation" SOB Mike Rowe on tv. The upside was when they did an episode on the Mountain Thunder coffee plantation. I googled them had them send me a pound of the good stuff, and now that's all I drink. Go to www.mountainthunder.com. You won't be sorry. Oh yeah, if you wanna take it to the Nth degree, only make the coffee in a French press. All the coffee flavor, no acidity, no bitterness.
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Old 07-23-2008, 07:46 PM   #38 (permalink)
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I'm fortunate in that I work about 5 miles from the last remaining Diedrich storefront (on Barranca in Irvine), where i go about once a month to get my wife her Black Tiger Espresso and the French Roast for myself. And a Peet's just went in not far from my house in Fullerton. (coffee cheers)
I loved the "Eye Opener" on ice...they also had great bran muffins...too bad they closed.
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Old 07-23-2008, 09:23 PM   #39 (permalink)
 
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Hey Dirtmistress. When I lived in Seattle I worked off of Broadway in Capitol hill ( Pike st and Pine to be exact), there was a coffee Kart every block with really good coffee.Coffee is a big thing in the PAC NW.I no longer drink coffee so Starbucks means nothing to me.
When we were in Oregon last week we drank some fiiiine coffee from the drive thru coffee huts they have.
The "accelerator'" (double shot espresso in coffee) got me through a long drive.
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