coffee troubles
i have a love-hate realtionship with coffee. for example: love it hot, hate it cold; love it with cream and sugar, hate it balck; love it from dunkin donuts, hate instant (i have never really had instant, but given that coffee doesn't take that long to make anyway, instant cant be good).
since i have a sort of symbiotic relationship with coffee 6 days a week, any changes in any of the routine have the potential for disaster. we may be inthe cusp of one here.
duke's dining services are pretty inconsistent at best. sometimes a cup is $1.10, other days, same cup: $1.39. but last year i finally got it all figured out. refills were free, so buy a cup and hang on to it all day and you can refill after class if you like.
a time or two i would buy coffee at one place and refill at another, but: same cup, same burnt coffee, and i never kept a cup more than a day.
but tuesday, things changed.
it all started last week. the reading room cafe, 'the perk,' had a handwritten sign, "$.25 for a refill." now, i have had my share of refills, so i dont really mind a quarter. but on tuesday i bought my first coffee since the sign, which was gone. knowing that a refill was a quarter, i bought a large instead of the medium i usually buy. i figure, more coffee is better than less. 2 hours of reading and napping later, i went for my refill, quarter in hand. i ask for a refill of the lighter brew and she, the barista, rings it up for something like $1.09 ( i cant remember the price becuase of the shock of it not being a quarter). well, shocked, i pay my dollar and change and move on. i still cant believe that refills have jumped to a dollar something. if i am gonna pay a dollar a cup, that cool, but it better be good and i want a new cup too. really, how much does coffee cost anyway? not much. even the really fancy starbucks stuff can make like 100 cups or more for $7.99. at $.08 a cup plus the $.10 cup i fugure they are making $1 a cup. thats cool, except its duke, they are already really rich.
well, i will stop rambling and ranting and will keep you all up to date on my next experience here on campus. i am gonna get some today, but not sure about the refill.
and for the record, dunkin donuts coffee is still the best and helio's is the best place in town to drink coffee.
peace
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since i have a sort of symbiotic relationship with coffee 6 days a week, any changes in any of the routine have the potential for disaster. we may be inthe cusp of one here.
duke's dining services are pretty inconsistent at best. sometimes a cup is $1.10, other days, same cup: $1.39. but last year i finally got it all figured out. refills were free, so buy a cup and hang on to it all day and you can refill after class if you like.
a time or two i would buy coffee at one place and refill at another, but: same cup, same burnt coffee, and i never kept a cup more than a day.
but tuesday, things changed.
it all started last week. the reading room cafe, 'the perk,' had a handwritten sign, "$.25 for a refill." now, i have had my share of refills, so i dont really mind a quarter. but on tuesday i bought my first coffee since the sign, which was gone. knowing that a refill was a quarter, i bought a large instead of the medium i usually buy. i figure, more coffee is better than less. 2 hours of reading and napping later, i went for my refill, quarter in hand. i ask for a refill of the lighter brew and she, the barista, rings it up for something like $1.09 ( i cant remember the price becuase of the shock of it not being a quarter). well, shocked, i pay my dollar and change and move on. i still cant believe that refills have jumped to a dollar something. if i am gonna pay a dollar a cup, that cool, but it better be good and i want a new cup too. really, how much does coffee cost anyway? not much. even the really fancy starbucks stuff can make like 100 cups or more for $7.99. at $.08 a cup plus the $.10 cup i fugure they are making $1 a cup. thats cool, except its duke, they are already really rich.
well, i will stop rambling and ranting and will keep you all up to date on my next experience here on campus. i am gonna get some today, but not sure about the refill.
and for the record, dunkin donuts coffee is still the best and helio's is the best place in town to drink coffee.
peace
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