1 How often do you go to a coffee shop?
Maybe once every couple of weeks... I'm cheap so I buy my coffee from 7-11--refill style. When I worked retail it was nearly daily.
2 What do you like about them?
"Can I get something that will slap me in the face and call me bad names this early in the morning?"
Also, small places that can remember your name and order and if you're frequent enough, time of day you show up and they'll have your drink started even before you're at the register.
3. What can't you seem to find there?
Inexpensive caffeine enriched snacks like those caffeine chocolates, more chocolate espresso beans etc etc etc. Something with caffeine that doesn't have to be drunk.
4. What don't you like about them?
When it gets so complicated new employees hold the line up just trying to figure it out and menu boards are so big tourists spend 10 minutes trying to figure it out... impersonal.
5. What would you like to see?
More delicious caffeine snacks. Smash up no-doze into muffins if you have to ;) xoxoxox
Posted by Prism at June 3, 2007 03:25 PM1 How often do you go to a coffee shop?
Not too often - if I had more time, I'd love to go and read at one on the weekends.
2 What do you like about them?
The smell. My favorite coffee houses were artist, upbeat but not intense, natural and earthy but clean and fresh. Cool background music helps too.
3. What can't you seem to find there?
Well, it's hard to find a place like that. But if I did, I would always be there.
4. What don't you like about them?
When they're too busy, too loud, or too "fast." When they're too standardized or too monopolized.
5. What would you like to see?
Creativity, spirit, passion, authenticity, down-to-earth goodness, organic products, homemade recipes, a calm "home away from home" experience, the comfy chair you don't want to ever leave.
Love,
Liz