Erica's Wild Coffee Tangent

[€uroMeinke]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

There's a coffee machine at my workplace's break room. You put a unopened package of coffee/tea/cocoa in the hopper and in a couple of seconds you have a cup of coffee. The bag goes away and everything. It's the coolest thing.

They have those in our Chicago Office - with a good selection of beans and flavors.

[Stan4dSteph]

Part of going to Starbucks is the experience though, not just the coffee. They actively market themselves as the "third place," after home and work. I like to go there and get a coffee, maybe a pastry, and hang out with my book. In the winter there might be a fire in the fireplace. The Peet's I've been to have very limited lounging spaces (Town & Country in Palo Alto is one). That's just not their thing. That's cool, but if I want to hang out at the coffee place, Peet's isn't my first choice.

Of course, I don't have the choice of Peet's. Here it's Dunkin' Donuts vs. Starbucks. I don't like DD and I'm always tempted to get one of their muffins until I remember that they have about 30g of fat in them.

[blueerica]

Originally Posted by Stan4dSteph

The Peet's I've been to have very limited lounging spaces (Town & Country in Palo Alto is one). That's just not their thing. That's cool, but if I want to hang out at the coffee place, Peet's isn't my first choice.

Observant. Nice.

Yes, it's actually the intent in the Peet's store design. They get their coffee, they get their information, they go. It's even directly stated in one of the training sessions.