Coffee Update
April 07, 2005 @ 01:41 AMThere are really three reasons why I desire to drink coffee…
First, the cravings. That’s the most immediate reason when you’ve been drinking coffee for a while.
Second, the taste. They’re just SOOOO good. Nothing beats a perfectly made espresso drink in the morning, or afternoon… or evening… But even this I’m able to get over. There are a lot of things that are really good that I successfully avoid for health reasons. I can eat a whole can of almond rocha if I ever let myself buy them. But I don’t. Because it’s not good for me. But both those reasons have begun to pale in comparison to reason #3…
The espresso scene is COOL.
I’m not talking Starbucks or Tullys. They stopped being cool a while ago. But the whole independent coffee shop scene, using my sexy PowerBook while drinking a mocha in a ‘for-here’ mug… grinning at all the other laptop toting, ceramic-mug drinking, independent coffee shop lovers that walk in the door. It’s all so… elitist. And fun. And I love it.
Off-Topic
That’s one thing I like about Portland. See, Seattle hasn’t yet figured out that Starbucks isn’t cool anymore. Everyone here still thinks it is. Portland’s figured it out. In my 6-7 trips down there in the last several months, I can think of exactly 2 Starbucks that I’ve seen. One very apologetically stuffed into a spot the size of my bedroom on the corner of a building; the other one being the only real prominent Starbucks in Portland that I know about, occupying a free-standing structure on the Pioneer Courthouse Square.
On the other hand, every block you have two or three independent or minor chain coffee shops. The Coffee People, Pete’s Coffee, Portland Coffee House… a bunch of others that I can’t even remember the name to. Most have good coffee, some don’t. But there are as many of these little shops in Portland as there are Starbucks in Seattle.
Correction: Misspelling: The correct spelling is Peet’s Coffee.