Dear Starbucks or should that be Dear John,
Yes I am breaking up with you. It has been a tumultuous caffeine ridden realtionship. It has had its jittery ups and exhausted downs. I have gone from simple lattes to cappucinos to eggnog lattes to non fat skinny mochas no whip to skinny non fat soy peppermint mochas. I have been fickle among your offerings at best but we have stuck together.
I did stray a couple of times over to Caribou Coffee but you always drew me back in you devil you. Your green and white signs beckoned and I was weak.
Even though paying $5-$6 seemed outrageous I had my whole list of justifications about why I needed you:
- I deserve a treat
- I’m tired, overworked etc.
- I just need your warmth
- I just can’t resist
- It’s just this once..right? ( NOT!)
I even ignored the fact that honestly most of the time the coffee wasn’t that great, it just tasted off. I thought it was me or that particular Starbucks but it happened over and over and I still came back for more thinking things would change.
And then I had this:
It came in a real coffee cup, it made me smile, it was simple..just a cappuccino..no non fat, no whip, extra hot, blah blah blah.
Most of all it tasted divine and made me smile. And my new love is cheap inexpensive. Truly there is nothing cheap about it ..rich in flavor, rich in experience and most of all real coffee.
And you my friend, for as long as you have been at it, you are still clumsy and inexperienced and nobody wants that in a lover.
So be well my friend in your paper cups and fake pumpkin spiced lattes.
I’ll be with the my new love..maybe not tall but dark,rich in flavor and with a heart just for me!
Ciao
Great title, Jenn. Thanks for making me smile.