The Coffee May Not Suck Soon
Back in December, I posted some thoughts about working at Microsoft, including the observation that the coffee sucks. “This stuff is gut-wrenching bad,” I wrote, adding “the stuff in the coffee machines in all the buildings is rancid.”
I even offered a possible explanation: “One theory I’ve heard is that Starbucks is behind this. They sell their products in most of the cafeterias here, and having decent coffee available for free would likely reduce their sales quite a bit. Say it ain’t so, Steve!”
Well, things are changing around here. A guy just went past my office a couple minutes ago, wheeling a dolly with two big brand-new Starbucks coffee machines on it. They’re in the kitchen down the hall, still in the boxes, ready to be set up. Stay tuned …
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on June 1, 2006 at 1:35 pm Megan wrote:
Well, it’s still that Farmer’s Bros swill in 34, so let me know if you want to pop out for a latte this afternoon.
Maybe a latte at Redmond Town Center - I need to go to REI for some of those gel-seat cycling shorts…
on June 1, 2006 at 6:05 pm Doug wrote:
Hey, they’re up and running! Check it out:
http://www.mahugh.com/images/blog/2006/06/01/starbucks.jpg
Come on over to Building 18 any time, I’m buying.
on June 2, 2006 at 12:08 pm Tom wrote:
You know, until my current office gig, office coffee has always been uniformly terrible. Add to that the powdered whitener, and it really does take desperation before even I could drink it.
You’re in for a treat with these new machines, though. Parity has GREAT coffee and real cream. I’ll sometimes just wait and get my first cup at work, even though we make damned good coffee here at home. It really does add to your day, particularly on long days. It’s just kind of nice to drink office coffee for something other than just the caffeine.
‘Course, I’d imagine that in Seattle, there’s a higher level of coffee expectations than here. So even what we might consider good coffee may not make the grade.
on June 12, 2006 at 9:22 am Dave wrote:
I came here from a Canadian city where coffee isn’t exactly gourmet and I was still extremely shocked by just how bad it is… Over in 119 we still don’t have Starbucks. If you still have a Farmer Brother’s machine, look at the side for the manufacture date, the things are surprisingly old. Our office’s machine is old enough to drive!