I’m a coffee addict! I’ve also had a wretched time for a week with BOTH of my internet services doing a “Now you see me! Now you don’t!” game, making getting anything accomplished doubly difficult! (Also explains my blog absence too!)
So, I thought, why not check out the new Starbucks that opened down the street?
Bandra Reclamation Starbucks
In Asia, typically there are three things you can count on from Starbucks (or its equivalents):
- Reasonably reliable Wi-Fi
- Blissful cool from powerful air-conditioning
- Drinkable coffee
All desirable things… right? So out I strolled in the sunny 36’c warmth (that 96’F for my American friends).
What did I find?
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Who’s hacking me??
Well… the internet wasn’t exactly helpful as every site gave a warning about being unsecure and masquerading as something different. I kid you not!
- The a/c was broken (or so we were told) and all the hardy (foolish!) fellow foreigners were sweaty puddles of discomfort. It was at least an extra 5 (or more) degrees inside than out!
- The coffee… well.. nearly one out of three isn’t bad!? Is it??
So I came home, wrestled with my internet, enjoyed the cool of the overhead fans and made myself a lovely cup of coffee with some fabulous single origin Toraja coffee I brought back from Indonesia. Much more civilized!
Ratings: Home 3/3. Starbucks 0.5 / 3.
Starbuck’s sweat box!
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I am also coffee addict 🙂
It is my one major addiction!! Cannot function without at least two strong cappuccinos in the morning! Maybe we should start a coffee addict club?? 🙂
Yeah sure i will join you!!! 😉 Cool I like cafe coffee day Cappuccinos and Starbucks too 🙂
LOL, what an unsatisfactory Starbucks experience! Talk about expectations dashed 😦
It was indeed a massive let-down. However, wait-o-wait my friend… there is a Part 2…
Oh, oh, oh, I can hardly contain myself 😉
Oh, sad. I would find it very hard to function if I found that Starbucks didn’t provide its usual Starbucks-y experience!
The was opposite end of the spectrum of the usual Starbucks-y experience!! So not up to the standards of the Tata group either – their Indian partner.
Starbucks really? I would expect that from a CCD or Barista or something but not Starbucks, for they are not even a year old.
Yeah well… there is more to the story… but the Bandra Reclamation Starbucks really does kinda suck.
I drink very little coffee – but the green tea lattes – too bad my new office only has a Costa Coffee 😦
Yeah gotta admit Costa Coffee isn’t exactly my top pick. How is your new office? Catch up overdue on all the new developments!!
I go for Costa Coffee – don’t have SB in Latvia. But I’m a tea girl so I’m just there for the wraps and the wifi! 🙂
Wraps n Wi-Fi, eh? Tea for me is a late afternoon / evening thing – generally herbal / decaf. We do get Costa Coffee but not walking distance so wasn’t my first pick!