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getagrip_already

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8. as I sit here drinking hot black coffee....

Reply to packman (Original post)

Fri May 7, 2021, 11:36 AM

May 2021

I see the absurdity of the whole buckian coffee shop culture.

Starbucks isn't even good coffee. It is bitter and burnt in most cases. That's because nobody drinks it straight. Add enough crap to it and it could be battery acid.

But the saddest part is that drink above is probably pushing north of $20.......

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Remember when it was just - "Black coffee to go" [View all] packman May 2021 OP

I remember a cup of Joe costing 35 cents in 1976. no_hypocrisy May 2021 #1

Could still get it for a dime some places a few years earlier. malthaussen May 2021 #3

Makes me crazy. ZenDem May 2021 #2

Yeah, really, like, where's the coffee? malthaussen May 2021 #4

I didn't even know you could get that stuff at Bucky's. Wingus Dingus May 2021 #5

How many calories are in that? Ferryboat May 2021 #6

Not that many... skypilot May 2021 #10

it's not so much a coffee shop as a hot ice cream shop eShirl May 2021 #7

as I sit here drinking hot black coffee.... getagrip_already May 2021 #8

Even the late, still-missed Michelle's Ice Cream Parlour only had that much stuff in their "serves niyad May 2021 #9

I prefer coffee flavored coffee Major Nikon May 2021 #11

I've only been to Starbucks twice csziggy May 2021 #12