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  Ok, Starbucks started it, but really folks...

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  As much as I love my CC's coffee, and as much as I really don't like Starbucks coffee. This group is open to all who love good books, so chime in and welcome.

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  Rabbi_Aryel_Nachman 

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  I'm number 3, I'm number 3!!

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    uplandpoet 

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    Yes you are! I hope both of you and Missy will be willing to be promoted.

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  Michael L 

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  So, not really about coffee then? Unless it's in a book maybe?

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    uplandpoet 

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    No, it is and it isn't about the coffee. Iwouldnt have started this group if I hadn't recently gotten kicked out of Brilliant Babes ( and dudes) because I got cross wise with one of the admins there. She loves Starbucks. I don't I said I couldn't drink the crap, but instead of retorting that she loved it, she told me that I was hurting people by insulting their favorite coffee, subsquently I was kicked. I do not want anyone here to be afraid to say they hate a writer, a beverage, a city or anything else. They might get told what an idiot they are, but they will not get booted:) So I dont want it to be aboutt he coffee or about Brilliant Babes. Lets let it be about all the cool stuff all of you, my really cool Shelfari friends, and your really cool Shelfari friends that are not my friends yet, want it to be.
    of course, great coffee, great food, great places, great writing, and the sometimes how frustrating when soemthing isnt one of those....

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    susanbellnc 

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    upland - They kicked you out of the group? For that? Jeez. I think I may just leave that group now.

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    uplandpoet 

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    NO! NO! Please, I do not want to go to war with BBD, at the rate we are growing, we will twice as big as they are by morning anyway! please feel free to be in both. BBD is a cool group. Just, if I cant be in it, and maybe there are others, I thought it would be nice to have a place kinda like it, but different and nobody playing bouncer.

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    iLoveGrilledCheese 

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    Upland is really passionate (and earnest) in what he says. When you agree it's inspiring to see someone bravely stand up for what they feel is right. if you don't agree and you're not used to being questioned, it might be unsettling. i think some people say things lightheartedly and get threatened by a debate. There's also a lot of devil's advocates on here who want to start some big issue just to feel the breeze and then get annoyed when someone like upland stands up and does the heavy-hitting for the community. Personally, it makes me happy when upland lays the smack on the bullies who aren't thinking or caring how what they say probably really hurts other people. I reason with them to death. Both are means to an end... I found the description for BB to be elitist and never joined. This group looked interesting, though.

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    uplandpoet 

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    wow! Ida, thanks! That means a lot coming from you. Seems I am having the great good fortune of attracting many, many of the people I admire most on Shelfari, of which you are pretty high up the list. I expect to hear plenty of reasoned commentary from you here!

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    susanbellnc 

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    Don't worry upland, I won't quit that group. Probably won't have to. I think I've been kicked out once already. Maybe it was I didn't post for a week or so. But, I'm back in, and we'll see how long that lasts.

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    Libragrl (edited)

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    I hear you Susan, I have not posted in that group in quite some time. It is a shame because I really enjoyed the group when I first joined. Now I have found that over some time the atmosphere in the group has taken on a bit of a haughty flare. Kind of similar to another group that has the same chief contributors. I enjoy this group because it is diverse with opinions, beliefs, and tastes. For me, I enjoy a good debate and like that fact that in this group you can voice how you feel without being afraid of getting stoned or bludgered to death. Hats off to uplandpoet for allowing us to share the things we love or do not love in a friendly and welcoming group.

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  Will B 

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  Glad to be invited, and For the record I've always thought Starbucks was much over-rated, though I don't want to get in the pros and cons of specific coffee shops while here.

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    uplandpoet 

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    Will B, welcome, feel free, even if you hate New Orleans and CC's:)
    by the way, you people are blowing my mind, 15 members in 45 minutes!!! wow! I gotta go to bed, but talk amongst yourselves, I am looking forward to opening up Shelfari in the morning! Thanks everyone, for joining, for adding to this new place.

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  LaTonya aka z 

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  Thanks for the invite. I joined in part because I'd like a casual group and I'm hoping to have books in common with members and discovering new ones.
  
  I love coffee. Not loyal to any particular franchise. :-)

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  karen "kareema" l 

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  hi there mr.upland...hahaha..thank you for inviting me...i like any kind of coffee...not loyal to any...maybe , learn a new coffee mix :)

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  Rabbi_Aryel_Nachman 

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  I am in no way a coffee connoisseur; in fact, my only requirements are that it is hot, black and doesn't taste like dreck. But I draw the line at instant. As far as reading; I typically have about five books going at once.

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    susanbellnc 

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    My husband thinks I'm nuts because I read 2, 3 or 4 books at a time. He is a big reader but sticks with one at a time. Somehow he still manages to read more than I do.

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    Wingborn 

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    My idea of "instant" is fine ground coffee in my French press. It brew out in about two minutes, and that's fast enough for me.
    

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    Tamia B 

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    Five books at a time? Reminds me of a friend I once had...she had a different book in each room of her house. She'd read the book that was wherever she was at the time.

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  Michael L (edited)

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  Starbucks started out as a tea shop in Pike Place Market that also sold fresh roasted coffee beans. They did not have an espresso maker in there. At some point they started brewing coffee. But there was a restaraunt that served espresso in the Market, upstairs from Starbucks and a little south, that might have given them the idea. Man that stuff was strong. I was a teen living in Seattle, must have been '73 or '4. I had never had anything approaching the potency of espresso in my natural life, other than once when I took an amphetamine pill, called a "cross top" that kept me up for about three days. This coffee was like that only it wore off after about five hours. Whoo! Never has Starbucks produced anything like that stuff though.
  
  My first really serious girlfriend's family ate macrobiotically and the only thing in their fridge that wasn't rice or miso or something like that was the eternal pint of half-and-half for the coffee. Her parents always ground their own coffee from beans they bought at that little shop in the Pike Place Market and I remember it tasting pretty good, especially with that dollop of half-and-half, which was like the only thread attaching their kitchen to the rest of America and normalcy.
  
  I guess I do associate Starbuck's houseblend with the thrill of young romance and it will always taste good to me. But I don't shop there much and I never got into the latte craze. I am lactose intolerant these days anyway and soy milk, well, it's soy milk.
  
  I like black coffee. I like it freshly roasted and freshly brewed and I used to even roast my own beans. That is a smoky proposition but the coffee doesn't get any fresher than that and buying green beans saves you about 2 dollars off the pound.
  
  What would have been cool of course would have been to buy a few shares in Starbucks back then, but I barely had enough to buy a cup of coffee from the coins people threw in my guitar case.
  

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    bellazeal 

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    Ahh Michael, What a lovely story - It's almost worth being awake in the middle of the night to find a lovley invitation from Upoet and a good tale from you.
    
    I was visiting a friend in Seattle and got the habit - only while there, 'tis like a drug...but it's the last one we have. I make myself organic, decaf, espresso with steamed organic milk - it makes me feel very high maintenance - although it's the only serene pleasure for the day that can take off like a shuttle launch . . .unpredictable.

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    Kate MacDonald 

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    While you were a Seattle teen in the 70's, I was a "yuppie" - in my thirties and living on Capitol Hill. The second (or maybe third) store that Starbucks opened was on Broadway next to the old QFC. My parents always drank Folgers; this was very different. I've always liked my coffee with a kick; but I realize it's not everybody's cup of tea. (Couldn't resist.)

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    dtbrents 

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    I love Cains coffee and Folgers.

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    uplandpoet (edited)

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    Great story Michael! Yeah, from what I have read, the original three owners strongly resisted serving coffee by the cup, I think it was the mid 1980s when Schultz persuaded them to become the Starbucks we know today.
    
    Confession, my parents drank maxwell house instant and my grand parents taught to love coffee with it percolated out of the big blue steel cans. Bellazeal taught me to grind beans (I thought she was silly the first time I saw her do it). Over the past decade or so, I have become to true coffee snob. I still drink any coffee (not instant) in a bind, but sure do prefer GOOD coffee!
    
    A NOTE in defense of Folgers/Maxwell house:
    
    As you all know by now Community Coffee's premium coffees are my favorites, but I have made the mistake of telling folks that I love Community Coffee, adn they bring me a red bag brick of Community Coffee, and while I am deeply touched by the gesture, I have found there doesn't seem to be a really good preground coffee, so if one is to forgo the morning routine of grinding a fresh beans, I doubt you will do significantly better than the massive old line brands.

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  booklady 

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  Hi! Happy to be here. Am I the only Dunkin Donuts coffee enthusiast? It is my favorite, but found while traveling that I can function without it, maybe not as well, but I do function!

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    uplandpoet 

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    Welcome Booklady (and everybody else I havent personally welcomed!) I do enjoy a cup of DD now and then, not my favorite, but very good. Love my KK donuts and can drink their coffee, too. My problem with either is the tendancy to grab a box of doughnuts while I am there:)
    
    One more coffee note: I have found that Mexican restuarants have the consistantly best coffee of any type of restuarants. also my very limited experience with Amtrak is that they serve a delicious cup of coffee. The coffe is only 2 bucks, but of course you have to buy a train ticket:)

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    Jen 

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    I'm a DD fan with you booklady!! Are those boxes of coffee that best thing sinced boxed wine or what? :-) Kidding about the wine, but I do love the boxed coffee!! So easy and convenient.

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    Duncan 

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    I was wondering when somebody was going to mention something about donuts. Hmmmmmm, drooooool.
    

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    Jen 

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    Well Duncan....booklady and I don't eat the donuts. I suppose we can start getting the combos and mailing the donuts off to you. May be a little rock hard by the time you get them, but nothing a little dunking in your favorite coffee/tea/milk won't fix! Now those Krispy Kremes...OHHHHH! We only had a KK here for a short time, thank goodness! but those were quite good.

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    Doris T 

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    I love coffee. I like Starbucks, but I am not a loyal fan. I was a member of Gevalia and tried coffees from around the world. I love coffee with donuts. My favorite donut is from Krispy Creme and when they have their "HOT" sign out front, mit calls to me. Me office is just a block away and now you've got me thinking about donuts. I really don't need one, I've got too much weight to loose already, and you know__ I can't have just one.

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    uplandpoet 

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    if i could eat just one doughnut, it wouldnt be so bad, but i rarely eat less than a 1/2 dozen, so i try to stay away:

    "my name is anthony w, and i am powerless over doughnuts!"

    -founding member of Doughnuts Anonymous:)

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  hi!
  Looks like the place to add this ... I like starbucks ... but I dont like coffee... I only like their tea lol but there are lots of great places to get tea and I havent ever see a CC around the area or would have tried their tea as well lol I still am thankful for uplandpoet for adding me, and I love great books and sharp wit and the people on shelfari really are amazing so I suppose 3 outta 4 isnt bad :P

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    uplandpoet 

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    CCrazy, no you are really at 3 out of 3, CCs isn't really part of the equation, except as the reason I got kicked out of BBD and decided to start this group, so it is a tribute to my devotion to CCs that started the group, but coffee isn't what I had planned to be the main focus, though we could keep a thread going for coffee nuts!
    Sadly, unless you are in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Lafayette or North Shore, you cannot go to CCs, Community Coffee is a local New Orleans coffee company, and in spite of my begging, they are not interested in franchising or expanding their shops beyond Louisiana....

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    bellazeal 

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    Wow What a big boom this group!
    Had to check in this morning with my freshly ground latte in hand. I must say that all are probably curious to see what Upoet group may bring. I have another thing that I love about Starbucks or any coffee shop that finds itself plopped centrally into the biggest boostore in town. I sit in the cafe at B&N every week with an herbal tea and read their mags and visit with my friends. Funny I didn't even think of that last night. Books and Coffee...Good, I shunned the big chain when they first came,crowding out my friendly privately owned stores but relented. Now it's my persoanl Cheers, where everybody knows my name.

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    bellazeal (edited)

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    Mornin' Upoet
    I'm sure we will run this thread to bits and go on to discuss greatness. Sometimes everyone loves to be easy with a mundane topic...a warm-up.
    but never pour me a warm up in my coffee...it wrecks the perfect balance I have going on there in my cup. tee hee.

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    uplandpoet 

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    Bella, you know it is all your fault, i met you as a slob, and we parted with me being a snob:)
    you know, drinking it black does mean yuo can always take a warm up...

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    Wordgirl we can always start a discussion thread on tea if you want to .. as you are not the only avid tea drinker!

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    helterskelter 

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    Oh I felt so left out, for a while wondering what in the world CC stands for. Too bad there aren't any in CA as far as I know. For anyone that lives in Orange County, go to Orange Coast College, if only for the coffee and blended drinks! A million times better than Starbucks... I am very excited to see what will come out of this group and meeting new people. =D

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    uplandpoet 

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    A tea thread would be nice. I am not a tea snob, only thing funny about me and tea is that i am a southerner who doesnt like sweet tea, likes it green and hot as well as black and cold, ok, that is several things, but i am not a tea snob, yet... but am willing to learn:)

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  pampe 

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  YO
  
  The Pampe's here.
  
  You know, we just took a road trip and I swear, Starbuck's has dumbed down their coffee......

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    uplandpoet 

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    Welcome Pampe!!!!! Sorry to hear Starbucks lost its flavor on the bedpost over night, oh wait, thats chewing gum:)
    
    As I tried to explain before, I don't like Starbucks, but "some of my best friends do" :) Starbucks fans are so very welcome here, especially if they like to read good books and can string a sentence or two together...
    You, and about 40 other folks are warming my heart like that first magical cup in the morning!

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    pampe 

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    UP...when we lived in NOLA, I liked CC's best also!!
    
    Don't have it up here in the mountains....don't have Starbucks either.....just little stands on every corner , you can drive through for a fix.

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    uplandpoet 

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    love the city, love the coffee, breaks my heart about Kville and also breaks my heart that I havent been there in 9 yrs. We are going again someday, but now i have a 3 yr old, wonder if it is irresponsibile to bring him.... i have taken kids to the quarter, for mardi gras, new years, world fair, and ordinary days, best when aint nothing going on, i have found, but then that is true with or without kids:)

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  Jen 

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  Wow ..... I was excited to hear about a coffee group and then a bit sad when upland announced that it wasn't about the coffee, but boy after reading all of this ~ are we SURE it's not about the coffee?
  Well Starbucks is okay with me, I tend to get the shakes for the day after drinking it though and don't have it much. I do prefer Dunkin Donuts (must be a CT thing huh booklady?) Panera is good too. I'm home today and actually had some instant folgers....wasn't too bad, added a little hot chocolate mix to it. Can't drink my mom's coffee much....tends to be a bit too strong. I don't get the shakes, but I feel like I need to chew it. The worst coffee though? My friend invited me over last week for coffee and bagels. I love her, but she is a bit of a flake...I knew the bagels would not be there and I was half expecting her to either be in bed still or gone, having forgotten about our little get together. She was home, but no bagels :( and coffee that I needed a fork and knife to get through...

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    booklady 

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    I think it is a CT thing, NETTR! When we were traveling this summer/fall, we had DD all the way to Michigan. Then--no DD. It was awful, but we survived. We got to Medford, OR and found (by calling corporate office of DD) that there was a DD in Salem, OR, 100 miles from Medford. So of course we hopped in the car and drove to Salem. Addicted?, why do you ask? Now we're in Port Charlotte, FL, and there's a DD just a few miles from here. Life is good!

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    Jen 

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    Okay BL....you take the award for the biggest DD fan! I love it, but don't think I'd drive 100 miles for it! You know you can buy DD beans and brew your own right? I'm glad you found one close to you now. You are still on the road? You heading back to CT for the summer?

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    uplandpoet 

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    Well, it certainly isn't NOT about coffee:) We can also get into the sheer beauty of watching the little Krispy Kreme doughnuts gently wash up out of the hot grease ocean onto the conveyor belt and under the sugar waterfall to become the hot guey glazed deadly concoctions I love.
    
    We could also discuss the magic of those soggy square bunned pices of heaven called Krystal Burgers, but, by and large, I hope we work in a few words about great books now and then:)

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    susanbellnc 

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    Jeez upland, now I'm starving. Thanks a lot.

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    booklady 

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    NETTR, yes I know you can buy the beans and make your own. However, it's just not as good--I think they must manufacture some addictive potion into those styrofoam cups! LOL! BTW, I don't generally eat the donuts. That's my DH's job--and the man is stick-thin. There's little justice in the world!

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    booklady 

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    Just realized I didn't answer everything, NETTR. We have bought a house here. Right now we're still living in the RV--furniture is in CT. We're living right next to the house in the RV. Lots of cleaning has to be done. So we'll come back to CT in the summer.

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  susanbellnc 

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  I live in a small town, so no Starbuck's. We have a great little place called DT's Blue Ridge Java. (DT stands for Dave and Tricia.) Never thought I would like coffee shop type stuff, but I'm in big love with the place. (Mocha Iced Latte - YUM.)
  Tried Starbuck's once. Don't see the big deal.
  
  I bought my husband a hot cocoa maker for Christmas a couple years ago. Now I use that to make my own coffee concoctions, usually starting with a base of General Foods International Coffee's Sugar Free Decaf Suisse Mocha.
  
  Anybody ever try the new flavored creamers out there? Southern Butter Pecan...'nuff said.

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    WordGirl78 

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    I got invited to join and after reading the above impassioned notes on coffee I wonder if I will fit in. I am a......a.......a ...... tea drinker. Yep that's me and I can't not lie I like big mugs of tea with sugar and cream and sometimes chai. Can I still be in your group?????? WG

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    uplandpoet 

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    gawd, next to used bookstores, there is not much i love more than a local coffee shop, ok, maybe a warm donut or a soggy burger, but not much else:)

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    uplandpoet 

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    WordGirl, THIS IS NOT A COFFEE site, of course it is not NOT one either:)

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  TheLibrarian 

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  Thanks for the invite - I like coffee (non-demoninational) but prefer a wide variety of teas. Would probably kill for homemade cranberry and orange scones to go with either beverage. Krispy Kreme donuts make my teeth ache just being in the same room with them.

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    susanbellnc 

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    WordGirl and Librarian: I like tea, too. Earl Grey is my favorite. SHHH, don't tell anybody.

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    TheLibrarian 

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    Earl Grey is fine - Egyptian Licorice is grand.

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    uplandpoet 

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    TL, now you are scaring me, and i sometimes put garlic and butter in my coffee!!! "Egyptian Licorice is grand"

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    TheLibrarian 

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    uplandpoet - are you serious? I've never tried garlic butter in coffee.

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  uplandpoet 

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  not garlic btter in the coffee, fresh crushed garlic, black pepper and thena pat of butter served in the cup. funny thing, i was told that in certain parts of africa butter is more common than milk in coffee, something to do with butter surviving the heat better than butter, i think. anyway, i will not be foregoing my black coffee with a couple of pieces of ice in it but on occasion, i find this a delicious treat!

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    aSh! 

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    Are you serious upoet?! :)
    is this common or am I so isolated that I didn't hear about this?
    what does the coffee look like after those special touches of yours?
    
    ps: not kidding!! real questions! :P

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  uplandpoet 

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  bump! for the redrobin and other newbies...

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  Bluetiful Hadeel 

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  I hate coffee and tea :P
  Does Hot Choco qualify to be part of this group?

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    uplandpoet 

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    Hadeel, you pushing it:)
    Certainly, but can you at least be a bit of a snob about your cocoa?
    I dont mean high end, just devoted to a certain type.
    To give you an idea, I just started Atkins Diet a couple of days ago, (yeah i know all that meat and cheese cant be good for you, but it does take the weight off quick and i am tired of this 300 lb body), but some of my favorite treats are Little Debbie snack cakes, especially Swiss Rolls (which I cant help but call Swiss Miss rolls) and Nutty Buddies. I love the taste, AND THE PRICE) so when I was last in Chattnooga, I felt like I was only holy ground when I drove past the corporate HQ for Little Debbie. We stopped and I had my picture taken with the building and its logo behind me!

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    Bluetiful Hadeel 

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    hehe I love to do my own actually... snickers hot choco or aero :P
    Sometimes i do a minty one... yummy!!
    
    Regular one had to be complimented with marshmellows of course (the colorful ones ;)

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  uplandpoet 

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  For all you newbies, especailly for Meemee! Bump!

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    Meemee 

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    THANKS!!! I love the picture of the coffee place!

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    Marconi 

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    Upland, good luck with the Atkins. It works, but you have to adjust the diet slightly...add a lot of salads to the protein.
    
    "Ghawa" is what they call coffee out here, and the Arabs started this coffee-making back in Ethiopia a long time ago. The local brew is green, untoasted unsweetened coffee, and that's an acquired taste, believe me.
    
    The second local brew is known as "Turkish" coffee, but I first drank it in Greece. It is brewed over a flame in a small pan with lots of sugar, no milk of course, served with the grounds and all...let it settle! One particularly weird thing is they add cardomom to the grind, which is about the easiest way to totally ruin an otherwise startlingly strong cup of coffee.
    
    Starbucks is open here, and I like the variety of blends and brews, but I can buy a kilo of Colombian beans from my ethnic coffee shop for 13$ US , and I resent paying the same for 250 gms in Starbucks.
    
    [I also have ten different blends of TEA in my kitchen!]
    

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    aSh! 

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    Wow Mark! I didn’t see this coming :)
    Its “Gahwa”.. and it usually goes with dates or some kind of sweets as its very light and unsweetened.
    still can’t get used to it though!
    As for Turkish, tried it once or twice.. VERY thick & strong! Can’t remember that it was sweetened, but I like the way it’s served :) I guess espresso fans might like it.
    

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  bethmac 

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  hi, i'm new to this, but i love coffee in the morning. it's one of my favorite parts of the day!

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  Quentin Heath, Esq. 

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  I'm probably more of a tea person, so I have no faves in regards to coffee shops, let anyone a big corporate one like Starbucks, I prefer the small business owner. Upland, sorry to hear you got kicked out of a group for, um, having an opinion! Isn't that what makes us all unique individuals? Having and voicing our opinions. That's why I'm enjoying this group. :)

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  nutmegballs 

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  This thread made me curious, so I went and checked out the BB description, and, I gotta be honest here, I was afraid to even apply given my penchant for Stephen King, even though I have a decent number of their "favorites" on my shelf.
  
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    uplandpoet 

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    Let me clarify, Suze, the admin that ended up kicking me, has been very nice to me in the last few weeks. I, for one, do not have a problem with BBD, I thoroughly enjoyed being part of the group and would still be there today if i hadnt been kicked. if you ask, and you are nice, they will probably invite you, in fact, on eof the problems i had was that i had also teased another admin about her love of nora roberts. i think they are great and certainly love fine literature, i am not sure how much they can handle my rough sense of humor, but please dont trash'em. join them if you like, if not, enjoy being here. in fact, feel free to be part of both. i think i do like the non private aspect here better, but to each their own....
    
    and nutmeg, you will get grief from me over stephen king, but then i read stuff i expect to be teased about, too.

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  Raspberrymocha55 

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  Gosh, I haven't been online in a while and so much seems to be happening. Hope everyone is having a great summer. For the record, my favorite coffee house is Java Jive in Hannibal MO. Although for chain coffee houses, Caribou Coffee is pretty darn good. Now, I had better go check out BB and see what all the fuss is about!

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  Golden Apples 

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  Ok, I like coffee, and I love Starbucks. There ya go.

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    uplandpoet 

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    well, starbucks coffee drinkers are welcome here, just dont expect me to say anything nice about the coffee:)

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    Golden Apples 

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    Ok, fine by me!

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    Bella+Edward=True Love 

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    I heart starbucks coffee lol they even have the best hot chocolate

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  uplandpoet 

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  and as i promised Kasper, the original history of the name....

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  I love coffe, but I will shamelessly state that I prefer Serious Coffee to Starbucks... but as long as it is paired with a good book and a fabulous scone one really can not complain...

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    uplandpoet 

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    well, i have to take a little issue with you on this one, as i love to smell the coffee in my B&N, but everytime i give in, i end up throwing away an expensive cup of coffee!

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    uplandpoet 

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    welcome mrs erin!

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  Nathan L 

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  This topic was what originally caught my attention about this group! I'm a total coffee snob and I can't stand Starbucks anymore. They don't use fresh beans and their coffee is weak. I am currently enjoying a hot cup of Klatch Sumatra Goya Mountain -- yum. I'm in the process of trying out different places around the country to see what is really good. So far Stumptown in Portland is really good (try their Holler Mountain), Groundwork in LA (if you like dark roasts, try their Black Gold).

  Oh, and I like to read, which is why I'm on Shelfari in the 1st place :)

  What is CC? Is that an abbreviation?

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    uplandpoet 

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    community coffee out of new orleans, but the funny thing is, the bulk of what they do is preground stuff that tastes about like folgers, but their premium stuff is CC's, and is some of the best coffee sold in America!

    http://www.communitycoffee.com/ccc/Catalog_CS.aspx?gclid=CLe52aKHk6ECFQYfswodL1DTNg

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  Kaschka 

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  Well, just reading through some of the comments above, and I'm liking this group more and more!;)

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    uplandpoet 

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    we are glad you are here!

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  Maria K (edited)

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  Hi,
  I like coffee, tea, red wine, chocolate and reading good books or magazines. I like also Sturbukcs and for me is really doesn't matter where I bought my cup of coffee. Sometimes I bought coffee in Sturbucks in Sydney-Australia when I previously lived for couple years, when I visited Auckland-New Zealand, Paris-France or Vienna-Austria, but we don't have not yet Sturbucks in Bratislava-Slovakia. But I'm glad that I enyojed this group "Better than Starbucks… if you like good coffee, great books, sharp wit, and people who read" on Shelfari.

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  uplandpoet 

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  Maria K, thanks for digging this thread up!

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