I have started collecting the Starbucks Architecture city mugs. I live in the so cal area so can get Los Angeles, Orange County and possibly San Diego. If you are interested in trading please email me!
FYI, Starbucks isn't very popular with most coffeegeek members. You may get a few bites, but don't expect much. Maybe go find some Intelligentsia mugs.
That's funny, cause actually doing a search for people wanting to trade Starbucks mugs is what led me to this website in the first place! Starbucks may not be considered gourmet coffee, but this line of mugs is really beautiful in my humble opinion, and there is nothing i like better than enjoying a delicious cup of coffee in a big beautiful mug!!!
Now, the 'Understatement of the Year' award! And the nominees are...
Their coffee sucks, the mug is the only thing I own (a gift) that can put two cappus into when I have an early call and be sure that it won't slosh all over me, or tip, on the road to the show. Hasn't spilled yet.
I could probably fetch a Tucson cup for you, if you're willing to pay for the cup and some shipping. OTOH, there sure are a lot of them on e-bay...
I own a couple of 4oz. cups/saucers that I use quite often when I want less milk than a cappuccino, but more than a macchiato that I bought from Starbucks.
I also just bought this 12oz. cup the other day that I've been enjoying the heck out of for FP.
Diane, I am not sure what prompts posts like the one you received,["Starbucks isn't very popular with most coffeegeek members"] but on behalf of the rest of the coffeegeek community, I'll apologize. There are ocaisional lovers of boutique/super-specialty/gourmet/etc. coffees who make a habit of going out of their way to condescend to anything Starbucks related. Don't sweat it. It generally stems from an underdeveloped awareness of Starbucks role in the rise of specialty coffee in the states. While Starbucks doesn't serve the best coffee available in most towns/cities they are largely responsible (though certainly not entirely) for the introduction/existence of the specialty coffee market in America. If not for their pioneering work in market education, many of the boutique micro-roasters would never have gotten off the ground.
The mugs to which you refer are super cool, and I hope you find what you're looking for here!
The Starbucks mugs are pretty cool. I like the weight of them; however, they are all made in China! But wait!!! The other day I saw that they had some new mugs and the mugs were actually made in Italy!!
Diane, I am not sure what prompts posts like the one you received,["Starbucks isn't very popular with most coffeegeek members"] but on behalf of the rest of the coffeegeek community, I'll apologize.
Most of it is based on the fact that they had the coffee world by storm, and they let it slide. Much in the way that you used to be able to get a great doppio at any Starbucks, and now it's underextracted superauto (usually woefully out of adjustment) and now , you can't. Add to that that the folk that they fired are the ones carrying on the work, and the PBTC nowadays haven't a clue. Their Black Aprons have no idea why I'd want to know the roast date, and the bar staff couldn't get microfoam without step-by-step instructions. Suggesting that they started the whole things is the same argument my union gives me for tithi9ng them on gigs I get in the industry and not through them. "We're responsible for the high wages that you earn on your free-lance stuff!" If that's so, then why is my union work the lowest paying stuff that I do? We respect the quality of the espresso, and react accordingly. When I can walk into a corner Starbucks and get something that can even come close to what I can get at home, then they'll receive nothing but high praise from me. I'm pretty sure that even if the staff could figure out what it takes to get decent espresso, neither the beans nor the equipment that they're saddled with would be up to the task. So, in short, Starbucks no longer cares about a highly trained, coffee-savvy staff behind the bar, Starbucks buys an internationally less that responsible bean at the cheapest price that they can get away with (or muscle their way into) and roasts it to within an inch of it's life to cover any imperfections or flaws, and then attempts to use machinery to replace the hand of the barista (one of the four M's, remember?) in a manner that makes each of their pulls one step closer to 'terrible', from it's initial best starting position, 'mediocre'. 'Zat clear things up for you just a bit? I used to be a fan, really, I did! My allegiance waned with the quality of the product. I don't want to know about what they used to did, but what they can put across the counter today.
I just did and internet search to see what these mugs look like and alot of people collect these mugs. I fell in love with lattes because of starbucks, however now that I have tried better I avoid them. kat
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