The Replacements

Claire, maybe Dora will put a black border around your photo in the CofD newsletter. Everybody will know what that means.

ValdVin

The traditional independent Japanese style coffee shop is called Kissaten, and while there are a lot fewer than there were 30 years ago, there are still plenty around. You just have to look for them because they are very low-key and are usually tucked away in alleys or on the second or higher floors of buildings.

Romaine Spence

Turnaround is either five minutes or never, I think :)

Stephen Wells

Certainly can't blame Dora, she made the smart move. She knew there would soon be a hole in her staff, and tried to get ahead of it. And she definitely didn't expect a couple of potential hires to walk in within minutes of posting the help wanted sign, I imagine the expected turn around of that type of advertising in a small town would be a couple weeks at least.

Jared Kolbly

There's a Starbucks in Bexley OH that's in an old bank building, and there's seating inside the bank vault. I was also once in a McDonald's in Nogales AZ when a live mariachi band (that I hadn't noticed when I walked in) started playing. No shrines, however.

Phantom of the Open Mic Night

Forgettable

Just so people will know, there is way less caffeine in espresso than just plain drip even made from the same beans. Someone knows why for sure but my hypothesis is the extra heat in the espresso brewing process does something to the precious Vitamin C2 (as we called it in the Army) that destroys it or makes it not as bio-available. So 14 shots is like the same as 3 cups of drip, maybe 4. Way less than what you need to climb chandeliers.

Opus the Poet

"Your coffee shop had a chandelier? Fancy!" "Well, granted, he built and installed it before climbing onto it."

Czarzhan

I'm almost impressed that you found a Starbucks - there are so few compared to the number of Tully's coffee shops! Which... was like the weirdest thing ever to me, because in my area (in California) Tully's was a chain that died out several years ago... and yet they thrive on the other side of the world! Craziness.

sportyarts