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?
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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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.
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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!