big tea drinkers, but what about coffee? Do you like it or not? Do you have a Starbuck's on practically every other block like we do?
2006-09-10 16:55:16 · 12 answers · asked by .......... 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Non-Alcoholic Drinks
No, I don't work for Starbuck's. I like their caramel frapuccino very much, though. You should try it. BTW, I like tea better. I used to like coffee more, and became addicted, so now I'll only have it about every two weeks. Tea is actually better for you, don't you know that?
2006-09-10 20:01:06 · update #1
I have a very good friend form Nottingham who drinks way more coffee than tea. It's funny the misconceptions some Americans have about England. It looks to me like coffee if popular there, but Starbuck's is not. Starbuck's has its good and bad points. Yes, it can be expensive if you go for concoctions with big names. If you go for a simple regular coffee, it's less than a dollar American. I think the tea tradition is a great one, and I hope it's not lost. There's a reason they call it "liquid gold." It's got so many health benefits, because of its antioxidants. English style tea hasn't really caught on here. Americans have recently discovered the benefits of green tea, and we've been going through more of an Asian tea craze right now. I think Americans are fascinated by the Asian ritual of drinking tea, and how much it is respected there.
2006-09-11 04:20:23 · update #2
You tend to see alot of them around London, but it isn't quite as bad as in the US. I personally find the coffee over-rated, and I'm a huge coffee lover. Much prefer to brew my own in a french press.
The UK has more of them than you see in Europe, mostly because of the point you made. Unlike places like France, Italy, Germany, there's not much of a coffee house tradition here.
2006-09-10 22:57:27 · answer #1 · answered by mjmelich 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They started this craze a few years ago but it never really took off in the UK. I think you can still get Starbucks in the larger cities wherever there are "office workers". But in common with anything which is percieved as too "American", the coffee craze never really caught on...
The price may have been a disincentive, too. Also- amusingly- UK people do not like to be confronted with too many confusing "choices" when buying tea or coffee.
2006-09-11 01:57:41 · answer #2 · answered by Not Ecky Boy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not all english drink tea! We prob have just as many coffee drinkers as tea. I live in cyprus and we have loads over here which is great as i love their coffee.
2006-09-11 00:00:54 · answer #3 · answered by gaulde 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In London there are loads of them, and usually in the cities there are at least 1 starbucks, I love their coffee, much better that Cafe Nero (Way too strong in there) and Costa Coffee, also too strong
2006-09-11 05:32:28 · answer #4 · answered by sparkleythings_4you 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably not, I've seen a few, mostly in the cities I've visited but, been to one recently in one of our larger towns, so perhaps they are just testing the market at the moment and expanding as they do.
BTW I much prefer coffee, tea is for wimps :)
Hey... is this question part of their marketing stratagy, do you work for Starbucks? :p
2006-09-10 23:58:24 · answer #5 · answered by Rysiek 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
According to the Starbucks website, a search of stores in the United Kingdom brings up 462.
Quite a few, but it seems like there are that many in Las Vegas alone! :-)
2006-09-11 00:01:39 · answer #6 · answered by Voodoo Doll 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In London there's one on every other corner. Same here in Bangkok. I love the-very fattening- Frappuccinos.... and the Caramel Macchiato.
2006-09-11 00:39:10 · answer #7 · answered by tanja_christina 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
starbucks are everywhere, and I still think they serve lousy coffee, I know I'm probably the only one that thinks this way, but I still stick to my guns
2006-09-11 00:09:06 · answer #8 · answered by acid tongue 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We have one in our town, there maybe two, but I'm not sure!!! Love the coffee shops!
2006-09-11 00:05:20 · answer #9 · answered by Emma 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
strarbucks are in major cities and most towns but they havent reached smaller town yet -macdonalds and kfc have got to smaller town as well though
2006-09-11 00:41:33 · answer #10 · answered by mini the prophet of fubar 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋