Comments on: Seattle: The First Starbucks Store

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:42:08 +0000

Hi Imey: Chosen? Sorry, I am not following your question. Ben

By: imey

imey — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 08:54:30 +0000

do you know why Seattle is the chosen place of starbucks coffee??

By: robinchambers

robinchambers — Thu, 29 May 2008 08:47:26 +0000

I worked for Starbucks for six years. The “Mermaid” is a “Siren” taken from the book Moby Dick, as well as the name, after “Captain Starbuck” Seattle’s Best is now owned by Starbucks. Starbucks has a stronger flavor because it is roasted longer,if it taste burnt it is probably because the espresso machine in not calibrated correctly.

By: monkey

monkey — Tue, 13 May 2008 02:14:19 +0000

I am enjoying your documentation of the family’s Seattle adventures. Thanks for this, as I know your experiences will come in handy when I organize a trip there.

I prefer Timmy’s coffee over Starbucks. Starbuck’s coffee tastes burnt to me and needs to be more mellow in flavour.

By: seaghost

seaghost — Mon, 12 May 2008 21:24:22 +0000

Ever since you started the Seattle blogs, I have been hoping you would do something on Starbucks as I am a barista there. :D

RobynT is correct. It’s named after the character in Moby Dick, Starbuck.

By: RobynT

RobynT — Mon, 12 May 2008 16:14:25 +0000

Starbuck is a character in Moby Dick. I heard that’s where the name came from and that’s why their logo is a mermaid. I also heard that the guy who came up with this either left or was squeezed out of the company before it got big. I think I read it in the latest Mental Floss (trivia magazine).

I prefer Seattle’s Best to Starbucks, but I admit I often go to Starbucks since they are everywhere! I’ve been meaning to try Tim Horton’s but haven’t got around to it yet.

By: StyleDish

StyleDish — Mon, 12 May 2008 12:38:45 +0000

I use to be a frappucino addict and then when I read a grande frapp with whipped cream has the same amount of calories as a big mac…I stopped. I also started to go to the local coffee shops and found good ones like JJ Beans and love Cafe Artigiano.

Also Starbucks isn’t doing so well. Maybe it’s the effect of the US economy downturn but in its history, the last 2-3 quarters they’ve started to see a drop in their sales.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Mon, 12 May 2008 06:03:55 +0000

The sizes at Starbucks are Short (child size), Tall, Grande and Venti.

I have boycotted Tim Horton’s over the timbit issue http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2008/05/08/timbit-lilliman.html?ref=rss
the fact that the woman had children shouldn’t matter though.

I find plain Starbucks coffee tastes burnt so I have to get a vanilla latte to cut the burnt taste.

By: carla

carla — Mon, 12 May 2008 05:05:06 +0000

The name “Starbucks” was developed by an ad agency which the company hired. They asked for a “catchy” name that would be easy to remember.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 12 May 2008 04:09:55 +0000

I vote for Timmy’s anytime though had a bit of concern when they fired that poor single mom for giving away a 16c timbit! Glad to see she got rehired but hope the overzealous manager got reprimanded as well for, er, having his knickers in a knot!