Comments on: Starbucks instant coffee http://foodpluspolitics.com/2009/02/14/starbucks-instant-coffee/ Recipes from scratch and a lot of chatter about food ( plus a little about politics ) Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:15:43 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: A verdict on Starbucks Via | From Scratch http://foodpluspolitics.com/2009/02/14/starbucks-instant-coffee/#comment-4616 A verdict on Starbucks Via | From Scratch Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:43:18 +0000 http://foodpluspolitics.com/?p=1698#comment-4616 [...] wrote last week about Starbucks’s plans to introduce an instant coffee coffee called Via, perhaps as soon as next month. It has turned up in London, where Guardian food writer Zoe Williams [...] [...] wrote last week about Starbucks’s plans to introduce an instant coffee coffee called Via, perhaps as soon as next month. It has turned up in London, where Guardian food writer Zoe Williams [...]

]]> By: ellaella http://foodpluspolitics.com/2009/02/14/starbucks-instant-coffee/#comment-4575 ellaella Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:00:32 +0000 http://foodpluspolitics.com/?p=1698#comment-4575 You're probably right. Their regular brew always tastes scorched to me, so I'm skeptical about this. I'll stick to Frappuccinos in high summer. You’re probably right. Their regular brew always tastes scorched to me, so I’m skeptical about this. I’ll stick to Frappuccinos in high summer.

]]> By: ian in hamburg http://foodpluspolitics.com/2009/02/14/starbucks-instant-coffee/#comment-4571 ian in hamburg Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:06:27 +0000 http://foodpluspolitics.com/?p=1698#comment-4571 Via is also the name of Canada's national passenger railway system. I like to call it Vile Rail, and I bet that's how that coffee will taste. :-) Via is also the name of Canada’s national passenger railway system. I like to call it Vile Rail, and I bet that’s how that coffee will taste. :-)

]]> By: ellaella http://foodpluspolitics.com/2009/02/14/starbucks-instant-coffee/#comment-4567 ellaella Sun, 15 Feb 2009 10:53:32 +0000 http://foodpluspolitics.com/?p=1698#comment-4567 Dove, how good to see you, incognito and all ;) . It might well be the latter, although the company claims this big breakthrough in taste has been in development for 20 years. I wish some company would use even half that time to come up a decaf that tastes like the real thing. I'd be their most devoted customer. We'll forgive all the coffee in Britain cos nobody does tea better. Tea, scones and clotted cream: the perfect pick-me-up! Dove, how good to see you, incognito and all ;) . It might well be the latter, although the company claims this big breakthrough in taste has been in development for 20 years. I wish some company would use even half that time to come up a decaf that tastes like the real thing. I’d be their most devoted customer.

We’ll forgive all the coffee in Britain cos nobody does tea better. Tea, scones and clotted cream: the perfect pick-me-up!

]]> By: The Totton Linnet http://foodpluspolitics.com/2009/02/14/starbucks-instant-coffee/#comment-4562 The Totton Linnet Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:51:13 +0000 http://foodpluspolitics.com/?p=1698#comment-4562 It's either a bold decision or one born of desperation, I think the latter, but I only ever drink instant [by the gallon] and real cheapses too, I just like cheap and nasty coffee :) <abbr><em>The Totton Linnet’s last blog post..<a href="http://gentledove3.wordpress.com/2009/02/13/skateboard-scally/" rel="nofollow">Skateboard scally</a></em></abbr> It’s either a bold decision or one born of desperation, I think the latter, but I only ever drink instant [by the gallon] and real cheapses too, I just like cheap and nasty coffee :)

The Totton Linnet’s last blog post..Skateboard scally

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