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 | By Bobby Tanzilo   Managing Editor Photography by Jeff Sherman E-mail author | Author bio More articles by Bobby Tanzilo |
| Published Feb. 21, 2008 at 3:43 p.m. |
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Yesterday, Jeff Sherman and I visited Starbucks in Red Arrow Park to get the "Starbucks Experience" from coffee master and district manager Julie LaFore.
The friendly, knowledgeable LaFore is passionate about coffee, but also about explaning how coffee gets from plant to cup. She walked us through tastings of three different coffees from around the globe and we talked about their various characteristics.
As kids skated on the rink outside, we discussed espresso, the perfect shot, the perfect steamed milk and the differences between caffe macchiato and caffe latte and cappuccino.
To become a coffee master, LaFore had to ace a test that involved identifying 50 or so coffees by smell and taste.
We also got confirmation (conflicting with a report from earlier this week) that a new Starbucks will make its home on the corner of Prospect and North in autumn, sharing a building with Bruegger's Bagels. Additionally, that new Starbucks on Mayfair Road, just north of Center Street -- which will boast a drive-through window -- will open next week. There will be a grand opening celebration on the evening of March 7.
The week of March 10, customers can also get the Starbucks Experience with a series of "Art of Espresso" events. Check the OnMilwaukee.com event calendar closer to the date for complete details.
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Posted by cowboyhat06 on Feb. 24, 2008 at 12:40 p.m. (report)
Starbucks: Oh they're so great. *scarcasm* Overcharging American's for coffee and redistributing that wealth out of our great country. Awesome, just awesome. Nation, it's our time to shine. I understand that starbucks may tempt you with excellent customer service, an enjoyable atmosphere, well versed employees, and product that could make a tear come to your eye, but please, paying five bucks for a cup of coffee is not only abserd, it's dangerous. I dare you to think for one minute where that money is going. Is it the teenage worker being paid slightly above minimum wage? No. Is it the new paint on the wall or the wooden shelf that holds their precious cd collection? No. That money is going to places outside our country, where they are paying 2 to 3x what they should be for beans. Why you ask? Because according to starbucks, those little beans are made with love, caring, and upmost respect for the land they came from. Beans of love? Come on America are you going to let them convince us that these beans contain some sort of extra quality that has derrived from this love? I'll tell you what that sounds like, that sounds like hippy-speak. I say we turn this ship around and start doing things the American way. Pay less for those beans and move that money back into the pockets of our great American workforce. Who's with me?
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Posted by wjp on Feb. 23, 2008 at 1:08 p.m. (report)
It's great to support local businesses, and I do so frequently. However, I also respect Starbucks' committment to providing health care for its part-time employees. A lot of local graduate students, families, and individuals are able to get health insurance they might not otherwise receive. It's shortsighted and simplistic to villify a chain simply because it's a chain.
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Posted by viewfromnyave on Feb. 22, 2008 at 11:14 a.m. (report)
I went to a Starbucks once about eight years ago and have never gone back. There's several other local options I would enthusiastically endorse. My neighbor goes to Starbucks every day, I often wonder why she doesn't go two blocks further to Anodyne? Why do people like Starbucks that much?
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Posted by curlyboy1978 on Feb. 22, 2008 at 8:40 a.m. (report)
I recently visited Southern Cali - and believe me Milwaukee is in good shape. There was a Starbucks every mile and I am not kidding. I saw zero local coffee places. Also, I think Stone Creek still has locations w/ Bruggers in Oconomowoc, Wauwatosa, and Whitefish Bay.
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Posted by lax100 on Feb. 22, 2008 at 12:34 a.m. (report)
Starbucks?!? Lol, I thought onMilwaukee was more classy than that! C'est La Vie.
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