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more about #starbucks more comments → ericajane: Former New York Giant Tiki Barber with a taller than he is and quite pretty blond in Starbucks at Astor Place/Cooper Square at 12:45pm. Tiki was looki... more » SeaBassTian: I think I am having a flashback when I first discovered flavored coffee via General Foods International coffee. Who amongst us didn't have a serious h... more » contradicto: I just tried this. It tasted like motor oil. And not good motor oil. more » misslinda: I quit coffee a year and a half ago. I encourage everyone to do the same. No more mood swings and a fatter wallet. more » dado: I'm going to put this instant coffee in the microwave and go back in time to a place before Starbucks. more » scroll_lock: Because when you want to define yourself by the overpriced burnt coffee you buy, you want it instantly. more » DennyCrane: If I want cheap coffee, I'll get it at the 7-Eleven, thankyouverymuch. more » Spirit Fingers: I submit that this is a way to finally do away with all that Tall and Grande business, because really, who didn't feel like an asshole whenever they w... more » CaptainFantastic: "I can see you really enjoyed your speedball, sir. Your dealer secretly replaced your cocaine with bleached and crushed Starbucks Via crystals." more » NightElfMohawk: I don't know if it's the exact same as the office Starbucks instant machine they have here at my workplace, but if it is, then yup, it takes just like... more » BullfightsOnAcid: Two can play that game. I've secretly replaced my US government issued money with Monopoly money and metal slugs. Let's see if Starbucks notices. more » PamBeesley: I had a roommate who mixed instant coffee with milk and raw sugar. No water. Sounds grosss, but it was delish. more » Unsolicited Advice: Yeah, it's impertinent to disagree with all the well-paid guys who made this call, but I'm with HamNo. How the hell do you slap a Starbucks logo on t... more » FitzgeraldAtreus: Maybe you should TASTE Starbucks Via before bagging on it? And, while it's less than a regular cup of coffee, it's hardly dirt cheap. Depending on whe... more » Matt Cherette: It's not instant, it's instanté. more » -
#corporateamerica
Starbucks Bets It All on Hobo Coffee
We know you luv Starbucks. But Starbucks has problems. McDonald's is stealing its customers. Iconic stores are shutting down. Teenagers are planting bombs, workers are slowing down, and management's flirting with Communism. Today, Starbuck's salvation arrives: instant coffee. Uh, lowbrow. More » -
#littlevictories
How Miranda Priestly Saved Anna Wintour
We thought the Late Show portion of Anna Wintour's Make-People-Like-Me-Before-My-Contract-Is-Up Tour 2009 would be a disaster. Until Letterman asked about The Devil Wears Prada. Then we knew she was safe, because she could never come off worse than Miranda Priestly.
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#stalker
Anna Wintour: 13-25 Astor Place
Aug. 25 @ 7:45am [Submit your own Gawker Stalker sightings to stalker@gawker.com] I stood in line at Starbucks Astor Place behind Anna Wintour and her husband J. Shelby Bryant. They both ordered cappuccinos. More » -
#marxists
Starbucks Goes Communist
Did Starbucks just raise prices or lower prices? Both. From each according to his ability, and to each according to his need. Starbucks is fomenting socialism through macchiato pricing. More » -
#corporateamerica
Faster, Starbucks Robots!
You, Starbucks worker: Your inefficiencies are showing! You lean to scoop coffee at a sub-optimal angle! You waste precious seconds with your sloppy human movements! Improve efficiency, serve coffee two seconds faster on average! Move swiftly for mother company's glory! More » -
#recessionomics
America's Back on the Starbucks Diet
The Way We Live Now: Believing against all odds! We're abandoning recession-tastic McDonald's for Starbucks once again. The ad industry bottom is here! We hope. Now if we could just get our unemployment checks, we could go celebrate. More » -
#jailhousecoldclocked
Fight Club-Inspired 17 Year-Old Starbucks Bomber Suckerpunched In Jail
Cops busted the teenage punk behind a Fight Club-aping Upper East Side Starbucks bombing that was like a bad issue of Adbusters come to life. Well, happy endings: he got what he wanted in prison: punched. Also, Starbucks and booze? More » -
#revolution
Starbucks Bomber Apprehended; 'Project Mayhem' Thwarted
Authorities say they have caught the mad bomber whose small homemade pill-jar bomb harmlessly rocked an Upper East Side Starbucks—and the world—in May. New York has been spared untold Fight Club-inspired terror! More » -
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#finally
Nate Silver Moves On to the Real Issues
Politiconumerical nerd-guru Nate Silver is totally in the tank for Peet's Coffee, and uses his statistical wizardry to imply it's better than Starbucks. But is it better than McCafé? This marketing crap is your future, Nate Silver. Drink up. -
#yuppiewars
McDonald's Sucks Starbucks' Lifeblood
McDonald's is trying to take advantage of the recession to crush Starbucks by flooding America with cheap, faux-fancy McCafé coffeé. Despité the nation's most annoyingé ad campaigné, McD's is winning the battle for the (formerly) yuppié soul: More » -
#corporateamerica
Starbucks Robot Martian Commenter Approves
Why did Starbucks decide to sponsor MSNBC's Morning Joe? To "promote its ethical commitments." Whatever that bullshit means. One human-like online Starbucks advocate supports them strongly!: More » -
#mediacrack
If Newspapers Die, It Won't Be Because of Donald Trump's Lackeys
In your merry Monday media column: Hearst Magazines is not dying quite so quickly as others (news!), the New York Times wants more of your money, a thing happens at 'Morning Joe,' Sun-Times people invite Bill Rancic to suck it, and more: More » -
#advertising
McD's, Starbucks, and the Battle for the Yuppie Soul
Are you overwhelmed today by the sheer force of the $100 million "marketing blitz" for McDonald's McCafé, the "mother of all campaigns" that's "impossible to escape"? Dié Starbucks! Drink McDonald's Coffeé Or Elsé! More » -
#sadnyc
Starbucks Releases Its Death Grip
For as long as mankind has occupied New York, there have been two Starbucks locations on Astor Place, a block away from each other, which occasioned many predictable remarks. No more! This means everything.
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#mediacrack
Getty Wants its Money Back, Freelancers
In your crazyland Tuesday media column: PR wizardry at the bankrupt Philly papers, Starbucks sliding down the publishing D-list, the perils of journalism in Utah, and Getty says you owe it money: More » -
#marketing
Anna Wintour Types Sought By McDonald's Coffee Division
McDonald's is providing the "official coffee" of New York Fashion Week in a bid to boost its image among fashionistas. Fat chance. But it will probably do something to Fashion Week's image. More » -
#liberals
The Smuggest Thing That Has Ever Happened
Barack Obama's inauguration will be a blessed, historic event. Also, a catalyst for liberal self-caricature, starting with $4 latte-sippers watching the ceremonies in coastal Starbucks cafes. On which network? More »
