Back on the Anti-Starbucks Kick
I’m sipping on one of my last cups of Torrefazione Italia coffee.
Friday is the last day for the downtown branch, and their owner,
Starbucks (who bought the chain 2 years ago), is shutting down the entire chain for failure to meet performance standards.
Torrefazione has such great coffee, and their lattes have perfect, let
me repeat that, perfect, foam. Even when I lived in Cambridge, I
use to lug my books over to Newbury street to study because the
Torrefazione there reminded me of home. I’m sure Starbucks will
end up marketing their beans as some sort of boutique label, but I’m
sad to watch the stores go.
So, another Starbucks boycott begins.
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This outfit is like so me. Yep, eclectic and opinionated.
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The Heyman Fellowship,
food for thought. They just upped the amount to $15,000.
Hm, sometimes I seriously wonder if I will lose friends when I halve my
salary. I don’t know what this means about some of my friends.
badxmaru
August 23, 2005 @ 1:37 pm
hey
are they selling off their baristas?
are they going cheap, e.g. <200?
sorry to seem like a vulture…I’ve been looking for a nice barista.
badxmaru
August 23, 2005 @ 5:51 pm
Marc Jacobs jacket, $2,630
Marni top, $475
Edun jeans, $168
Chlo
echan
August 23, 2005 @ 5:54 pm
No, the Barista was really sullen when I asked him if they were closing all of the Torrefaziones. I would trek to the Marina if they kept that one open. But no, total annihilation.
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Funny, that’s one tenth of a public interest job salary. (I had to black out my name. House rules.)
ToastyKen
August 25, 2005 @ 2:10 am
I don’t get it. Why would you have to pay a slave? It makes no sense.
Saheli
August 25, 2005 @ 5:45 am
I shouldn’t say anything but–it’s a common charity gag to auction someone off as a “slave” for a day. The slave doesn’t get the money their charity does. Also, many ancient people, including the Romans, would sometimes pay slaves, allowing them to eventually buy their freedom. They didn’t have the option not to work–they’d get crucified or somesuch–but they still earned money.
gpapilion
August 25, 2005 @ 3:00 pm
if you’re talking about the espresso machines, they will not be <$200. The behind the counter machines are usally 220 volt or gass and start at 3k+ new. they also require pluming, and a good amount of maitencne. the one we use at work was bought on ebay and required $500 in repairs to get it going.
if you want a good home machine you should check out the ranchillio silvia, which is 500 but produces very good crema. the best option is the giotto ecm, which uses a faema group head, and is as close to a commercial machine as you can easily buy. the down side is that they cost ~1700 dollars.
badxmaru
August 25, 2005 @ 8:11 pm
yeah i was hoping to get the machine (not the person) at a steal
didn’t figure the voltage in
I’ll just have to sit there and wait for a good find or continue to lurk coffeegeek.com forums.