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- From: strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight)
- Subject: Re: Looking for a *great* coffeemaker
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- Date: Tue, 01 Sep 92 08:12:40 GMT
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- Jeff Carroll may be correct that the cone filters extract a better
- brew than the flat-bottomed ones, but the official Starbucks position
- is contained in their newsletter issued when they started carrying the
- Bunn. It is an extended paean of praise to the Bunn, with invidious
- comparisons with the cones. They claim it comes close to the coffee
- they make in their shops. This is not surprising since they use a
- flat bottomed commercial coffee machine there.
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- If one of Starbucks' baristas says the cone makes better coffee,
- she is likely to be paid a visit from the corporate inquisitor-
- general and heretic sniffer, and exiled to the back room to open
- the aluminum packages the coffee comes in. Yes, boys and girls,
- Starbucks in most cities gets their coffee in packages from the
- main plant--it is not freshly roasted on the day.
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