they should cut out the line for regular coffee all together and put out coffee dispensers. You could insert some sort of pre-paid card or something and fill your cup. That would save a lot of time. you could even put them outside the store.
cicero | Homepage | 08.03.06 - 1:43 pm | #

I was thinking the opposite. My wife used to work at Starbucks (and to this day won't tell me the secret ingredients in a Frappuccino).

Why not just put the frozen drinks in machines like they use for daiquiris in bars, and pour them to order? Would save having to clean the blender between orders too.
Alan | 08.03.06 - 2:05 pm | #

that would totally save time, but would the effect be on the taste?
cicero | Homepage | 08.03.06 - 2:41 pm | #

I have a solution to this, but I'm trying to get a patent and so won't share it. Suffice to say, it's the best. idea. ever.
Baylen | Homepage | 08.03.06 - 4:13 pm | #

I used to work at Starbux and the secret ingredient for Frappuchino is the same as for everything else. Lots of sugary synthetic shit that comes in vacuum packs and is mixed with water.
Matt | Homepage | 08.03.06 - 4:26 pm | #

It, too, worked for *$.
Baylen | Homepage | 08.03.06 - 5:22 pm | #

My solution to the problem would be to replace every Starbucks with a Dunkin Donuts that only sells medium iced coffees with a little bit of cream.

An alternate solution would be to shoot anyone who orders one of those horrendous fucking banana-coconut-cock-slush-a-mocha-chino "drinks."

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Davey Allday | 08.03.06 - 5:22 pm | #

Cicero, a very busy Starbucks at Park Ave and 45th put your system into play and it works great. There is a separate line for coffee and when you pay they hand you a cup, which you then fill at the dispenser. But I prefer Alan's method as I am a big espresso fan and at Park Ave still get caught up in the Frappuccino line. And there is just something very wrong about an espresso lover being held up by the coffee milkshake crowd.

For one glorious summer there was a coffee-only Starbucks kiosk on Penn and 17th outside their regular operation but that got shut down. Probably the DC licensing police.
Leonardo | Homepage | 08.03.06 - 7:17 pm | #