ChattyCathy wrote on Mon, 14 Jul 2008 01:39:27 +0200:

>> On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:19:37 +0200, ChattyCathy
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>>
>> You forgot, "I don't drive out of my way for coffee"! If
>> it's on the way and I want coffee, I'll stop - and I stop at
>> a local coffee shop that's on the same side of the street I'm
>> headed in. I don't like sweets with my morning coffee, so I
>> stop at the chinese bakery or McDonald's. Starbuck's is in
>> the polar opposite direction anyway. I'm changing work sites
>> next year, so I will be getting my coffee at Noah's Bagels a
>> lot. Starbucks is in the same complex, but when I want
>> something to eat with my morning coffee (and I usually
>> do), starbuck's isn't even on the radar. Come to think of
>> it, Starbuck's isn't a morning idea for me anyway. Probably
>> because they played up their foofoo drinks too much.
>>
> As the question was whether you preferred McD's coffee, or
> Starbucks coffee (there was no mention of other local coffee
> shops, or the time of day you wanted coffee, or how you got
> there to buy it) I would have thought that the "McDonald's"
> choice would apply (according to your comments above).
> However, the fact that I intended to go to bed hours ago (and
> didn't) might have something to do with my 'logic' here. ;-)

There's no mode to the answers as yet. However, I only occasionally buy
coffee when I am in bookstores or have time to kill. I'm not even sure
what make the local Barnes & noble sells. Mostly, I make my own coffee
from beans that I grind for myself. I think even unground beans keep
better if frozen and I wonder how many others agree?
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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not