 | A tall bland caramel thing, please | Janice Turner - Times Online
Victoria, Sydney, FYI, not even all of us from Seattle drink Starbucks-- there are plenty of independent cafes to choose from. And what is it with this oh-so-common refrain I hear from the British Isles. You don't like AmericanArlington, Virginia Coffee is really horrible stuff so who cares where you drink it? So called continental cafes serve this foul tasting brew, acid as a battery, often small as a thimble, guaranteed to destroy your stomachis not your cup of tea. So be it. Yet, if you really want good coffee at a very fair price, try importing the cafes of Sao Paolo or Rio. I reckon you can't do that either, can you. After all, Brazil is an American countrybreakfast food? Steve Coughlin, La Quinta, USA/California Why did " we" model our coffee bars like the Americans and not like european ones. Because "we " have no choice, and anyway, the British are moreMcDonalds, is colonising the earth at an alarming rate. Here in Kuwait, as across the Middle East there are old shisha cafes with real local character selling gorgeous thick Turkish coffees, Arabian coffees and various teas, but the under-3flocking instead to the homogenous vanilla so-whatness of Starbucks and various copycat venues, so many of the old cafes are closing down unable to compete. How anyone can pass Starbucks or its clones' bland sickly sweet froth offblowing on one's face from wainscotted windows.One can also order fish fillets or bar-be-cued kebabs to add a hearty snack to evening tea soiree.It is a whole new world of experience.Beware of swindlers sandy, New Delhi, India
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