Steve wrote:
On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:41:01 +0000, Lazarus Cooke
wrote:


- A beautifully made espresso in Italy costs around thirty or forty
cents - one of the reasons why Starbucks don't exist there.


I hate to bear the bad news, but in September when my wife and I were
driving into Rome on the A-12...there it was! An effin' Starbucks. We
saw another downtown. Tragedia, tragedia.

One of the few time I was in a Starbucks I ordered a dopio (a double
espresso). They served it in a paper cup. If they do that in Italy I
think they might be facing some serious violence.

The Starbucks in Italy is probably for the tourists.

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