Looking at recent Slashfood posts about BLaK and Shot Bloks, I'm beginning to see a trend.And no, it's not the overuse of the letter "k".
It's the presence of caffeine in both these products. Back in the day, I remember how my parents would drink ONE cup of half-regular, half-decaf with breakfast (under the assumption, no doubt, that a full cup of regular coffee would undo 40 years' worth of dutiful church attendance, little league coaching and school board membership).
I'm afraid this is a sign I'm getting old, but is anyone else taken aback by this? I mean, there's caffeinated mints, caffeinated gum, and even caffeinated water.
That said, I suppose among all the other benefits (increased productivity, say, and heightened reaction times), the hyper-caffeination of our world helps the economy.
I mean, think of all the jobs created when some young entrepeneur, after a night of drinking caffeinated vodka, says, "Hey! what if we caffeinated cake icing?!"
Me, I'm going to stick to more traditional get-rich-quick schemes. Like decaffeinated water, for instance.
5-25-2006 @6:58PM kim said... Don't forget caffeinated soap.... http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/accessories/5a65/
I had a friend who made her coffee with caffeinated water on occasion. Those occasions were terrifying.
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5-25-2006 @7:14PM wicks said... caffienated bacon. baconated orange juice.
also have you seen the ads for caffienated vodka?
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5-25-2006 @8:50PM Nicole Weston said... Kim - That sounds like something I wouldn't have minded having in college!
Wicks - There's a link in the post about caffeinated vodka: http://www.slashfood.com/2006/05/22/the-perfect-party-spirit/
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5-25-2006 @9:15PM wicks said... oh, yeah i was asking if you had seen the ADVERTISMENTS for it.
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5-25-2006 @11:02PM Gungnir said... well, the army gets caffeinated gum for staying up without much rest for extended periods of time, but that's excusable.
don't forget caffeinated SHOWER GEL!
http://www.jinx.com/scripts/products.asp?catID=8&affID=-1
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5-25-2006 @11:02PM Gungnir said... well, the army gets caffeinated gum for staying up without much rest for extended periods of time, but that's excusable.
don't forget caffeinated SHOWER GEL!
http://www.jinx.com/scripts/products.asp?catID=8&affID=-1
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5-25-2006 @11:06PM panasianbiz said... Oh, yeah -- I've definitely noticed an increase in the amount of caffeinated products. And like someone upthread said, I just wish I had all these things at my disposal when I was in college!
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5-25-2006 @11:08PM Gungnir said... well, the army gets caffeinated gum for staying up without much rest for extended periods of time, but that's excusable.
don't forget caffeinated SHOWER GEL!
http://www.jinx.com/scripts/products.asp?catID=8&affID=-1
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5-29-2006 @9:31PM Steve Vieira said... Personally, I prefer (1) Borders Cafe, and (2) Caribou Coffee. Better taste and aroma, and both know how to keep the coffee at a drinkable temperature. Starbucks is invariably too hot when served, whether au nature, or in capaccino/latte forms
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5-29-2006 @9:36PM Steve Vieira said... Personally, I prefer the coffee made at Borders and Caribou Coffee, both of which have a smoother texture and better aroma, particularly in the cappachinos and lattes. Starbucks coffees are invariably too cold or intolerably too hot when delivered to the drinker.
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5-30-2006 @9:59AM gitan said... i am appalled that racist starbucks has an equity stake in the movie Akeelah and the Bee in exchange for promoting it. starbucks has for years taken an industry position of not marketing to african americans because they didn't want our business or for us to hold management positions within their corporation, yet they dare to want a piece of the pie from our movies???? of all the the unmitigated gall! i have never bought so much as a bottle of water from starbucks and i never will. i will buy my iced mochas from independent coffeehouses before i spend one penny in starbucks.
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5-30-2006 @10:38PM pls said... The last comment or thought abt Racist Starbuck is so ridiculous: maybe this person has never entered a starbuck coffee house.Most managers are blacks and so are most the Baristas who do a great jobs.They also employ a lot of Asians.
Where do you live, man?
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5-31-2006 @1:22PM Gord Tryon said... Let me remind Schultz that humility begins at home: Starbucks has yet to come up with Class A treats. Their stuff is ordinary and usually day-old or older. When I go there I always get the pastry somewhere else. Also this: despite their efforts at "barrista training" the quality of coffee varies from store to store: yesterday my cup had an inch of grounds at the bottom! This is because of the high turnover-low wage syndrome that will always plague this aggressive and greedy company.
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7-16-2006 @12:10AM sandy said... Hey Borders is Starbucks ...........................
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