I'll take a triple Venti no-whip Alabama slammer, please.
TrackBackStarbucks Corp. Thursday launched its first alcoholic drink, a coffee liqueur. Starbucks Coffee Liqueur, made in collaboration with Jim Beam Brands Co., will be sold in restaurants, bars, and liquor stores, not in coffeehouses.
Wow. Just...wow.
And I thought the Budweiser Energy Drink was a bad idea...gotta love Sparks though!
Posted by: Karyn at February 24, 2005 02:18 PMI'm lucky enough to live in a town with a couple independent coffee bars which still have an emphasis on quality. My fave coffee bar is really terrific; the owner sacrifices a lot of profit to maintain the quality of the place. Anywho, one of my friends, also a regular there, has a (I believe homemade) bumper sticker, "Friends don't let friends drink Starbucks." Three cheers for coffee snobbery.
Posted by: Michael at February 24, 2005 04:56 PMThat's already been for sale in Louisiana for weeks if not months. Combining the two necessities of a functioning alcoholic - liquor and caffeine. Well, at least a coffee-like taste. A former employer of mine used to get ripped on tallboys of Busch and then brew up about 5 pots of Community Coffee to help, er, speed along the buzz. I think. God, I love Louisiana.
Posted by: KJ at February 24, 2005 07:37 PM