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Re: Starbucks opens in Arima now.. (is wah... FIFTEEN Branch dey now?)

Postby Dizzy28 » March 16th, 2023, 10:13 am

^ Its west of the Lighthouse..isn't that the defining point to be considered west?

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Postby teems1 » March 16th, 2023, 10:26 am

Dizzy28 wrote:^ Its west of the Lighthouse..isn't that the defining point to be considered west?


Where "West" begins is objective, but as someone from south I'd consider between the lighthouse and Peake's "Town".

Continuing after Peake's is "West".

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Re: Starbucks opens in Arima now.. (is wah... FIFTEEN Branch dey now?)

Postby Dizzy28 » March 16th, 2023, 10:27 am

teems1 wrote:
Dizzy28 wrote:^ Its west of the Lighthouse..isn't that the defining point to be considered west?


Where "West" begins is objective, but as someone from south I'd consider between the lighthouse and Peake's "Town".

Continuing after Peake's is "West".

After Peake's is Cocorite and Carenage ah

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Re: Starbucks opens in Arima now.. (is wah... FIFTEEN Branch dey now?)

Postby adnj » March 16th, 2023, 10:30 am

teems1 wrote:
Dizzy28 wrote:^ Its west of the Lighthouse..isn't that the defining point to be considered west?


Where "West" begins is objective, but as someone from south I'd consider between the lighthouse and Peake's "Town".

Continuing after Peake's is "West".


What is loosely referred to as "The West," is west of the Light House and to include St. Andrews Golf Course.

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Re: Starbucks opens in Arima now.. (is wah... FIFTEEN Branch dey now?)

Postby death365 » March 16th, 2023, 12:42 pm

everytime i buy a double shot expresso, i does have to wait long but then it cold.

how that even possible

Edit- btw rituals one does be piping hot!

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Re: Starbucks opens in Arima now.. (is wah... FIFTEEN Branch dey now?)

Postby maj. tom » March 16th, 2023, 1:27 pm

See the named case in USA Liebeck v. McDonald's.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonald%27s_Restaurants

Starbucks would be using that USA set precedent and protocol regarding their hot coffee temperature. Trinidad Rituals don't really care.

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Re: Starbucks opens in Arima now.. (is wah... FIFTEEN Branch dey now?)

Postby pugboy » March 16th, 2023, 1:43 pm

neither of them serve good espresso
esp rituals

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Postby death365 » March 16th, 2023, 1:47 pm

i never said "good" :lol: the best i ever had was in Venezuela.



pugboy wrote:neither of them serve good espresso
esp rituals

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Re: Starbucks opens in Arima now.. (is wah... FIFTEEN Branch dey now?)

Postby teems1 » March 16th, 2023, 1:56 pm

maj. tom wrote:See the named case in USA Liebeck v. McDonald's.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonald%27s_Restaurants

Starbucks would be using that USA set precedent and protocol regarding their hot coffee temperature. Trinidad Rituals don't really care.


I have a home espresso machine (Dedica Delonghi), and it extracts at 92c. That's around the temperature which most of those commercial ones do. Anything lower and you won't get a proper extraction.

If anything those machines are probably slightly higher, at 93-94c since they are solid, heavy robust machines which have a boiler dedicated to keeping the temperate at a specific level and flowing throughout the machine to keep every part warm.

If you're getting a double shot of straight up espresso and it's cold, then something is wrong.

If it's a drink with milk added (latte/cappuccino), then the problem is they are probably adding too much cold milk which isn't steamed long enough and brings the temp down too low when added to the espresso.

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Postby maj. tom » March 16th, 2023, 2:08 pm

I think they're making the espresso correctly to the SCA recommended temperature of 90.5 to 96.1°C.
They have to serve it to customers at lower temp because of that case.

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Re: Starbucks opens in Arima now.. (is wah... FIFTEEN Branch dey now?)

Postby Chimera » March 16th, 2023, 2:22 pm

Probably they not using the proper type of Styrofoam cup

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Re: Starbucks opens in Arima now.. (is wah... FIFTEEN Branch dey now?)

Postby adnj » March 16th, 2023, 2:28 pm

Perhaps the shot is getting cold because of giddy first-time customers chatting with the baristas and taking selfies that are slowing down the line.

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Re: Starbucks opens in Arima now.. (is wah... FIFTEEN Branch dey now?)

Postby pugboy » March 16th, 2023, 2:37 pm

could also be too much condensed milk

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Re: Starbucks opens in Arima now.. (is wah... FIFTEEN Branch dey now?)

Postby Chimera » March 16th, 2023, 3:23 pm

Blasphemy. There is never enough condense milk.

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Re: Starbucks opens in Arima now.. (is wah... FIFTEEN Branch dey now?)

Postby pugboy » March 16th, 2023, 4:40 pm

they should really put tin of condensed milk out with the other stuff

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Re: Starbucks opens in Arima now.. (is wah... FIFTEEN Branch dey now?)

Postby Dizzy28 » March 16th, 2023, 4:54 pm

pugboy wrote:they should really put tin of condensed milk out with the other stuff

They take away milk so fat chance condensed milk every get a bligh.

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Postby Duane 3NE 2NR » March 16th, 2023, 4:59 pm

imo Ellerslie and Invaders Bay is Port-of Spain.

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Re: Starbucks opens in Arima now.. (is wah... FIFTEEN Branch dey now?)

Postby thebigK » March 16th, 2023, 5:37 pm

eliteauto wrote:
thebigK wrote:I must say, the expansion of Prestige Holdings may not be fantastic for everyone, but it certainly is great for the shareholders and anyone who has their pensions tied to the company's shares.


Saw some comments recently on social media about their profit reports, people I knew were venting and I replied to them well why not buy shares?


Sadly, only thinking people would consider that!

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Re: Starbucks opens in Arima now.. (is wah... FIFTEEN Branch dey now?)

Postby pugboy » March 16th, 2023, 6:07 pm

yeah, their dividend rate is 5%, certainly better than what you get in any bank and amongst highest on the tt stockex

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Re: Starbucks opens in Arima now.. (is wah... FIFTEEN Branch dey now?)

Postby st7 » March 17th, 2023, 9:44 am

a puppacino is $12 lol

a cup of whipped cream is $12

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Re: Starbucks opens in Arima now.. (is wah... FIFTEEN Branch dey now?)

Postby dogg » March 17th, 2023, 10:20 am

st7 wrote:a puppacino is $12 lol

a cup of whipped cream is $12

If ppl buying it..

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Re: Starbucks opens in Arima now.. (is wah... FIFTEEN Branch dey now?)

Postby pugboy » March 17th, 2023, 10:46 am

i thought it was free with a ourchase

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Postby st7 » March 17th, 2023, 12:51 pm

pugboy wrote:i thought it was free with a ourchase


in the states. we too rich in trinidad to not spend money

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Re: Starbucks opens in Arima now.. (is wah... FIFTEEN Branch dey now?)

Postby Duane 3NE 2NR » March 17th, 2023, 1:04 pm

The price of an item is not how much it costs to produce plus a profit
The price of an item is how much people are willing to pay for it

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Re: Starbucks opens in Arima now.. (is wah... FIFTEEN Branch dey now?)

Postby st7 » March 17th, 2023, 4:19 pm

Duane 3NE 2NR wrote:The price of an item is not how much it costs to produce plus a profit
The price of an item is how much people are willing to pay for it


:repost: :out:

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Re: Starbucks opens in Arima now.. (is wah... FIFTEEN Branch dey now?)

Postby SR » March 17th, 2023, 8:43 pm

Well...
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Re: Starbucks opens in Arima now.. (is wah... FIFTEEN Branch dey now?)

Postby ProtonPowder » March 17th, 2023, 8:53 pm

That seems like it was from the PoS MT where Starbucks has been for years now

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Re: Starbucks opens in Arima now.. (is wah... FIFTEEN Branch dey now?)

Postby dogg » March 17th, 2023, 9:06 pm

That's not from a few years ago?
SR wrote:Well...IMG-20230317-WA0353.jpg

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Re: Starbucks opens in Arima now.. (is wah... FIFTEEN Branch dey now?)

Postby maj. tom » March 17th, 2023, 9:55 pm

Local electronic shop is not pleased about having to move
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Re: Starbucks opens in Arima now.. (is wah... FIFTEEN Branch dey now?)

Postby thebigK » March 18th, 2023, 1:16 am

SR wrote:Well...IMG-20230317-WA0353.jpg

To be honest though, I much prefer a transparent, publicly traded, Mouttet-helmed coffee shop, than a stealthy, Arab-owned, private conglomerate.

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