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You want conflict, my family has been in the Dunkin Donuts chain since "71". I grew up with nothing but coffee. I now run distribution for a gourmet tea company. I walk in every morning with a large coffee and sit and sell tea all day long. I actually ship to a couple of customers over in the UK. -
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Interesting tea experience I had recently: there's a new store in our high-end mall - Teavana. It sells nothing but tea and tea accessories. I stopped in because I like to try different blends, and they have a nice variety. Unfortunately, unlike Starbucks which tries to help novices to understand coffee lingo/culture, Teavana tries to make customers feel stupid and/or poor.
I wanted to sample a blend, and saw one in the catalogue that was $6 for whatever size. When I asked for it, the clerk weighed out a portion, "$18. Is that enough?"
"Uh, I only want the $6 size, please."
"Ooohh. That's the minimum." (shades of Office Space)
He then rings me up, "That will be $16 with our storage tin."
"Yeah, um - I think I'll pass on the tin."
"What do you plan to store your tea in?"
"My desk at work?"
"No, no, no. You'll need a special container for tea storage."
"Oh. OK - I have plenty of tins at home." (prick)
So, I won't be going back. Too bad, because the tea was really good. However, I found an independent store run by some pretty cool people, and it also sells good tea. Russian Earl Grey hits the spot.Leave a comment:
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What a very smart way to grab the attention of Brits
and even their descendants apparently...
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I'd rather have a Beer thread where we talk about Cars,Big Boobies and more Beer and peeing in the wind....lol.....
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