extremely corporate coffee franchise that is literally on every corner of every block of every major U.S. city. Hipsters and indie types flock there to discuss their meaningless lives and recite poetry.
Hipster 1: Let's go to a coffee shop and read some poetry, but not Starbucks. It's sooo corporate...
Hipster 2: yea. Where should we go?
Hipster 1: Ummm...How about Starbucks?
Hipster 2: Sounds good!
1. The place that made buying $4 coffee more important than paying your rent.
2. A coffee shop that is located in every mall, street corner, and bathroom (and some houses) in America and other countries. Soon to take over the world.
3. A place where no one understands you when you say "Can I just have a medium coffee?"
4. The language of Corporate America.
Random dude: Hey, I'd like to buy this shirt.
Employee: Well, hurry up. This place is going to be a Starbucks in 5 seconds.
Corporate American: I would like a venti half-caf mint-mocha Frap with a double-shot of Fall Blend, no foam.
Barista: That will be $5.38
Corporate American: Eh, less expensive than gas!
Some celeb: Yo, yo , yo homiez. Welcome to my crib. I'd like to show you where the magic happens! THIS is my Starbucks room.
The McDonalds of coffee houses. Popular with the masses because of it's convenience of having a location on every corner and sometimes even located inside of other stores. Tries to pass off as a hangout for free-thinking artsy types when it is really an evil corporation that treats it's suppliers in developing nations like trash.
A large coffee franchise that only sells fair trade coffee when requested, has sucky atmosphere, and has ruined the art of true espresso with it's fast-food style espresso machines. I put them in the same league as McDonald's McCrapfe. Not only do they use similarly crappy machines, McDonald's sells Seattle's Best drip coffee, which is now owned by Starbucks as well. Seeing a connection here? Also, they monopolize on the masses of people (who I don't blame) who think sugary, watered down coffee is what good espresso should taste like. I daresay if they had a decent espresso drink, it would rock their world.