August 3, 2008: Instant Record
 

Make that instant coffee record.
I don't know how they got 952 gallons of coffee from 1,057 gallons of water... unless 105 gallons is the Central Committee's cut. :confused:

http://cellar.org/2008/instantcoffee.jpg

Why go to all that trouble and expense just to end up with a cup of instant? :confused:
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So they're the ones putting Starbucks out of business?

Only in Giantland.

I wish they would have put something in the picture for a point of reference on the size. Other than wilting flowers.

61 stores across Australia closed up last week.. I was wondering why that happened..

Just a small amount of spillage from the enormous kettle they poured it out of, I'll bet.

Starbucks is going out of business because the kerosene they use to make their coffee is too expensive.

Do they offer free refills?

Vinacafe Bien Hoa.....
 

The Vietnamese actually grow and make a good cup of coffee.......One that will keep you up all night cleaning....Kind of like mild speed coffee....

Just say no to instant.....

Cool. I love good coffee and refuse to drink cheap ass-taste coffee anymore. I would love to get some of that.

Actually I would guess it would be a combination of some spillage but mostly just loss of water due to it boiling off. It must take a while to boil 1,057 gallons and I would guess a lot of that was lost to water vapor.

I want to know how long it took them to drink it.

I got an iced coffee at McDonalds. It was really good.

hehe I thought it was only me! Like there was something wrong with my taste buds.

There is this tiny mall and next to the Starbucks is Great Harvest Bread company. They give out fresh baked bread slices and for a buck fifty you get the best cup of coffee. It's Peet's and it is way more superior to Starbucks. I feel so pleased with my self as I pass those $5 Starbuck drinkers.

I tried to get into the habit of drinking coffee. I mean I really tried to become a 'coffee drinker'. Store-bought, restaurants, home brewed, instant, the whole schmeer. It still tastes like pissy-battery acid to me.:p

Apparently starbucks thought they wouldn't have any competition in Australia. Unfortunately for the management, all the capital cities and many of the regional areas have a thriving cafe society so not only are there quite a few large chain and franchise stores, there are hundreds and hundreds of cafes and small restaraunts that sell better coffee than you'll get at any starbucks (IMO), and far cheaper too.

Not hard to believe that.

You and me both Gravdigr.. Y u c k.

Me three. :thumb:

I can't tell the difference between the smell of coffee and the smell of a skunk.

Seriously.

WOW! I'm normally lambasted for not thinking coffee is a requirement for a normal life.

Interesting Hung. I actually love the smell of fresh brewed coffee just don't make me taste it. Now don't tell me you have NO sense of smell?

My brother-in-law has no sense of smell. He met me a tool store and the proprietor asked him if he smelled a skunk. Turns out my BIL's dog just got blasted and he didn't know he'd gotten any on his coat. Couldn't smell it.

Good coffee doesn't smell like skunk. Bad coffee does.

Great minds...:D