Rants and Raves - Ep. 2 - On Espress0

Say what you will about Starbucks,
they make coffee right.

Serving Lousy Coffee is Sacrilegious! 

My desire for a proper Espresso may come off as whiny, self-indulgent, or spoiled, but I'm paying, and thus I expect to get what I pay for. If I order an Espresso, that's what I want. When I order an Espresso, especially early in the morning, and I get something else, it's like expecting a beautiful woman to walk thru the door and instead you catch a bomb thrown by Mike Tyson. Perhaps a slight exaggeration, but hopefully you get the point! Say what you will about Starbucks (expensive), they know how 

to make coffee properly. After bitching and moaning about the crappy Espresso I've received the past few days, I decided to go someplace I knew I would get my Espresso done right. I needed to go to the post office, so on my way home, I stopped by Starbucks at Vejthani Hospital, right next to our old home, and had an Espresso. Was it as good as the coffee I had in Colombia? Hell no. But it was good enough to appease me, and most importantly, they didn't serve my Espresso in a huge coffee mug! 

As a frequent customer at this particular Starbucks, I asked the manager of the store why she thought so many small coffee shops just couldn't get their coffee right. Her answer, "Lack of training and standards." Starbucks doesn't serve the best coffee but they make a decent cup and their coffee is always the same. If for some reason they get it wrong, they'll make you a new cup.  That's all anyone can really ask.  

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