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(Daily Mail) Spiffy McDonald's in California to offer free coffee for first two weeks of 2012. Starbucks restaurants annoyed, now doing a slow burn   (dailymail.co.uk) divider line 40
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coco ebert [TotalFark]
2011-12-31 08:35:40 AM
I prefer McDonald's coffee to Starbucks coffee. Crazy how I prefer non-burnt tasting coffee, huh?
 
Mugato [TotalFark]
2011-12-31 09:57:49 AM
Every time Starbucks is mentioned on Fark everyone says how they burn their coffee but I've never heard that ILR. It could be that I don't know anyone IRL who drinks Starbuck's coffee. What do you think, Starbuck?

"I don't burn coffee.

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"Me neither."

pppsr.files.wordpress.com

"Me neither."

rhapsodyinbooks.files.wordpress.com

They're calling you all liars.
 
notmtwain [TotalFark]
2011-12-31 10:10:46 AM
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My Fox Boston - 11 hours ago
Service plazas along major roadways will also feature an extra perk as they'll be offering free coffee. The Department of Transportation says the goal is to
 
Toshiro Mifune's Letter Opener [TotalFark]
2011-12-31 10:49:14 AM
coco ebert: I prefer McDonald's coffee to Starbucks coffee. Crazy how I prefer non-burnt tasting coffee, huh?

I tried Starbucks once when I received a gift card for Christmas.

I think I was being punished for something.
 
Adolf Oliver Nipples [TotalFark]
2011-12-31 10:56:05 AM
STELLLLLAAAAAAAA!!!
 
Bob16
2011-12-31 10:59:52 AM
The rest stops in this area of NY give out free coffee all the time.
 
Satanic_Hamster
2011-12-31 11:06:43 AM
Mugato: Every time Starbucks is mentioned on Fark everyone says how they burn their coffee but I've never heard that ILR. It could be that I don't know anyone IRL who drinks Starbuck's coffee. What do you think, Starbuck?

"I don't burn coffee.

[t1.gstatic.com image 193x261]

"Me neither."

[pppsr.files.wordpress.com image 360x474]

"Me neither."

[rhapsodyinbooks.files.wordpress.com image 420x404]

They're calling you all liars.
 
Bob16
2011-12-31 11:12:56 AM
Free socialist coffee is only going to start a cycle of dependency libtards.
 
Grand_Moff_Joseph [TotalFark]
2011-12-31 11:21:02 AM
wait, MCD serves coffee? I thought they served hot water with a vague coffee like taste in it.
 
StopLurkListen
2011-12-31 11:33:53 AM
Who goes to Starbucks for regular ol' coffee?

"um, yeah, i'll have the, um, triple shot venti mocha half-caf nonfat latte."
 
aearra
2011-12-31 12:08:41 PM
Was very pleasantly surprised by the quality of McDonald's coffee. This is no longer your parents McDonalds.
 
Nightjars
2011-12-31 12:15:06 PM
Last time I got coffee at McDonalds, they had Seattle's Best Coffee. It was pretty good. I don't know if they still have it though, its been a long time.
 
Bathia_Mapes [TotalFark]
2011-12-31 12:18:13 PM
They've been doing the free coffee offer at all the McDonald's restaurants in my area since at least this past September.
 
Bathia_Mapes [TotalFark]
2011-12-31 12:19:10 PM
Nightjars: Last time I got coffee at McDonalds, they had Seattle's Best Coffee. It was pretty good. I don't know if they still have it though, its been a long time.

They're still serving Seattle's Best Coffee at the locations in my area.
 
SharkTrager
2011-12-31 01:08:31 PM
Mugato: Every time Starbucks is mentioned on Fark everyone says how they burn their coffee but I've never heard that ILR.

They don't burn the coffee, they burn the beans.

To get a consistent flavor despite having to buy a wide variety of beans from a quality standpoint they "dark roast" their coffee. That's a nice way of saying burn.

I actually like a bold flavor, and some of their grocery coffees are pretty good. But the normal Starbucks roast just doesn't taste right.
 
Sarah Palin's Conscience
2011-12-31 01:28:58 PM
coco ebert: I prefer McDonald's coffee to Starbucks coffee. Crazy how I prefer non-burnt tasting coffee, huh?

This.

Even my local coffeehouse burns their coffee.

I think coffee houses in general burn their coffee.

And the fools with money to burn drink it anyway because god forbid they get caught drinking fast food coffee.
 
CravenMorehead
2011-12-31 02:13:18 PM
Sarah Palin's Conscience: And the fools with money to burn drink it anyway because god forbid they get caught drinking fast food coffee.

Why just drink a cup of coffee when you can make a statement about who you are?
 
Pants full of macaroni!! [TotalFark]
2011-12-31 02:22:20 PM
Starbucks operates restaurants now?
 
89 Stick-Up Kid
2011-12-31 02:29:04 PM
Fark Starbucks. I want my Supersonics back.
 
Lyonstaff
2011-12-31 02:38:48 PM
Bathia_Mapes: Nightjars: Last time I got coffee at McDonalds, they had Seattle's Best Coffee. It was pretty good. I don't know if they still have it though, its been a long time.

They're still serving Seattle's Best Coffee at the locations in my area.

Which is Starbucks Coffee :)
 
Turbo Cojones
2011-12-31 05:35:09 PM
McDonald's iced coffee is more addictive than crack.

Just don't let them add any extra "flavorings", sugar and cream only.
 
swaxhog
2011-12-31 05:38:01 PM
Around here McD's has been coffee focused for some time. They regularly have free small coffee weeks. All the drive through menus are decorated with their coffee/late/cappuccinos and they even welcome you with 'welcome to McCafe'.

There be profit in that black gold.
 
Born to Die
2011-12-31 05:50:03 PM
coco ebert: I prefer McDonald's coffee to Starbucks coffee. Crazy how I prefer non-burnt tasting hot water to coffee, huh?

I'm not saying Starbucks is the greatest brew out there, but at least it tastes like coffee, as opposed to the steeped brown crayon truckstop "coffee" they have at McD's.

/Peets Major Dickason FTW.
 
Born to Die
2011-12-31 05:55:01 PM
I realize I've set myself up, so here's a preemptive strike:

Born to Die:
I'm not saying Starbucks is the greatest brew out there, but at least it tastes like coffee, as opposed to the steeped brown crayon truckstop "coffee" they have at McD's.

/Peets a Major Dickason FTW.

Ha!
 
hbomb1129 [TotalFark]
2011-12-31 06:09:27 PM
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Everything else is irrelevant.
 
God-is-a-Taco [TotalFark]
2011-12-31 07:28:02 PM
What a great way to sucker people into abandoning their New Year's weight loss resolution so rapidly.
 
Mugato [TotalFark]
2011-12-31 08:16:42 PM
hbomb1129: [i32.photobucket.com image 640x426]

Everything else is irrelevant.

Wow. That is some divide by zero shiat.
 
StoneColdAtheist
2011-12-31 08:50:44 PM
coco ebert: I prefer McDonald's coffee to Starbucks coffee. Crazy how I prefer non-burnt tasting coffee, huh?

Word. I drove past a Starbucks just this afternoon to buy coffee at Micky D's. Best coffee on the road, period.
 
MrEricSir
2011-12-31 11:57:39 PM
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Try real coffee sometime. You won't regret it.
 
ODDwhun
2012-01-01 12:00:45 AM
StopLurkListen: Who goes to Starbucks for regular ol' coffee?

"um, yeah, i'll have the, um, triple shot venti mocha half-caf nonfat latte."

Starbucks is not in the business of selling coffee, they are in the business of selling milk. Overpriced chocolate milk for adults.
 
Interrupted Infinitum
2012-01-01 07:30:43 AM
MrEricSir: Try real coffee sometime. You won't regret it.


Does it taste like ascending Maj 3rds?
 
lennavan
2012-01-01 11:06:04 AM
Subby, I also cannot think of an alternative explanation as to why McDonalds might want to drive traffic to its stores immediately following the new year.
 
Goodfella
2012-01-01 02:06:15 PM
89 Stick-Up Kid: Fark Starbucks. I want my Supersonics back.


Yep. I stopped going to Starbucks a while ago ever since that human piece of excrement Howard Schultz shipped the beloved Supersonics out of town. He betrayed the city that made him rich and famous.

I still think it would be brilliant if some local coffee shops did some sort of "bring back the Sonics" campaign, where they contribute x% of their profits to a fund that will go towards getting us a new team. Seattle is #1 on the list for who will get a new NBA team, we just need to put together the money. And this would be a great way to start.

It would be brilliant. In one act, not only are you taking business away from Starbucks, but you are helping bring the Supes back. Killing two birds with one stone. Every other coffee shop in the NW ought to jump on this idea.

Fark Charbucks.
 
tomcatadam
2012-01-01 04:28:17 PM
Coffee is divided into three categories: shiat that works, Not-quite-shiat that works, and shiat that doesn't work (decaf).

Where it comes from and how it tastes is really not much of a concern as long as it fits into the two former categories somewhere.
 
MrEricSir
2012-01-01 09:23:52 PM
GimpyNip: Starbucks coffee is great.

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insertsnarkyusername
2012-01-02 01:39:49 AM
Goodfella: 89 Stick-Up Kid: Fark Starbucks. I want my Supersonics back.


Yep. I stopped going to Starbucks a while ago ever since that human piece of excrement Howard Schultz shipped the beloved Supersonics out of town. He betrayed the city that made him rich and famous.

I still think it would be brilliant if some local coffee shops did some sort of "bring back the Sonics" campaign, where they contribute x% of their profits to a fund that will go towards getting us a new team. Seattle is #1 on the list for who will get a new NBA team, we just need to put together the money. And this would be a great way to start.

It would be brilliant. In one act, not only are you taking business away from Starbucks, but you are helping bring the Supes back. Killing two birds with one stone. Every other coffee shop in the NW ought to jump on this idea.

Fark Charbucks.

I was under the impression that most of the city simply didn't care at all that the sonics were leaving. Why should we be wasting money on a basketball team that never wins and demands new stadiums on the tax payer dime?
 
Goodfella
2012-01-02 02:26:27 AM
insertsnarkyusername: Why should we be wasting money on a basketball team that never wins


You know how I can tell that you don't know anything about basketball?
 
insertsnarkyusername
2012-01-02 03:44:20 AM
Goodfella: insertsnarkyusername: Why should we be wasting money on a basketball team that never wins


You know how I can tell that you don't know anything about basketball?

Maybe you can explain to me how a new stadium would be a good use if public funds?
 
Alkoholiker
2012-01-02 08:45:20 AM
coco ebert: I prefer McDonald's coffee to Starbucks coffee. Crazy how I prefer non-burnt tasting coffee, huh?

Yeah, but whar do I plug my Ipads in?
 
89 Stick-Up Kid
2012-01-02 03:44:01 PM
insertsnarkyusername: Goodfella: insertsnarkyusername: Why should we be wasting money on a basketball team that never wins


You know how I can tell that you don't know anything about basketball?

Maybe you can explain to me how a new stadium would be a good use if public funds?

Did you see what happened to Lower Queen Anne when the Sup's left? Shops, vendors, basically the whole Seattle Center took a hit. The shemales on the Storm and a bunch of lame concerts can't keep the Key alive.

I don't think the city should have bent over for Shultz's group...but we still should not have let a few city council members decide their future. The real crime was letting an out of town buyer take the team away.

Fark Bennett/Stern/Schultz
 
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