Comments on: Why does Starbucks exist in Spain? http://spanish-podcast.com/2007/12/10/why-does-starbucks-exist-in-spain/ A bilingual blog and conversational Spanish podcast. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:15:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: eleena http://spanish-podcast.com/2007/12/10/why-does-starbucks-exist-in-spain/#comment-1804 eleena Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:47:09 +0000 http://spanish-podcast.com/2007/12/10/why-does-starbucks-exist-in-spain/#comment-1804 Nightfall, Your message cracked me up. :D Thanks for commenting!! Nightfall,
Your message cracked me up. :D Thanks for commenting!!

]]> By: Nightfall http://spanish-podcast.com/2007/12/10/why-does-starbucks-exist-in-spain/#comment-1803 Nightfall Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:27:15 +0000 http://spanish-podcast.com/2007/12/10/why-does-starbucks-exist-in-spain/#comment-1803 Oh, come on! Starbucks are as clean as any other bar in Madrid. There are dirty and clean bars, you cannot generalize. Do they have a better service? I dont think so. You must remember that Starbucks is a company, so they usually take young people to work for them, people who dont have any idea of making a good coffee. Because to make a good coffee there are some secrets that you have to learn. People who manages thair own bars usually know how to make a good coffee. By the way, when I ask for a coffee I just want my coffee, and I want it to taste good. Not an smail. But honestly, do you think all bar-mans are in a bad mood when you ask them for a coffee? They sell muffins. Is that a good reason? In bars they sell napolitanas, palmeras and other stuff. It is the same. Coffee in Starbucks is a fake. A friend of mine went and asked for a capuchino, and they gave him a coffee with milk with cream on the top? Is this serious??? No, no. I dont like Starbucks. I prefer going to the traditional places, much more beautiful, more ''castizos''. Oh, come on!
Starbucks are as clean as any other bar in Madrid. There are dirty and clean bars, you cannot generalize.
Do they have a better service? I dont think so. You must remember that Starbucks is a company, so they usually take young people to work for them, people who dont have any idea of making a good coffee. Because to make a good coffee there are some secrets that you have to learn. People who manages thair own bars usually know how to make a good coffee.
By the way, when I ask for a coffee I just want my coffee, and I want it to taste good. Not an smail. But honestly, do you think all bar-mans are in a bad mood when you ask them for a coffee?
They sell muffins. Is that a good reason? In bars they sell napolitanas, palmeras and other stuff. It is the same.
Coffee in Starbucks is a fake. A friend of mine went and asked for a capuchino, and they gave him a coffee with milk with cream on the top? Is this serious???
No, no. I dont like Starbucks. I prefer going to the traditional places, much more beautiful, more ”castizos”.

]]> By: Voices en Español » El pobre Starbucks http://spanish-podcast.com/2007/12/10/why-does-starbucks-exist-in-spain/#comment-1201 Voices en Español » El pobre Starbucks Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:31:43 +0000 http://spanish-podcast.com/2007/12/10/why-does-starbucks-exist-in-spain/#comment-1201 [...] moves in the U.S. were going to have on Starbucks overseas, particularly in Spain. A few months ago I wondered out loud about why Starbucks even exists in Spain. Based on the comments over at 20Minutos, many Spaniards [...] [...] moves in the U.S. were going to have on Starbucks overseas, particularly in Spain. A few months ago I wondered out loud about why Starbucks even exists in Spain. Based on the comments over at 20Minutos, many Spaniards [...]

]]> By: eleena http://spanish-podcast.com/2007/12/10/why-does-starbucks-exist-in-spain/#comment-88 eleena Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:25:25 +0000 http://spanish-podcast.com/2007/12/10/why-does-starbucks-exist-in-spain/#comment-88 Hi Gabriella, Yes, I agree 100 percent with your post. By the way, good for you for writing on your blog about that awful encounter you had with that dreadfully rude woman at the winery. At times I think the only way things are going to get better on the customer service front in Spain is if companies are publicly shamed. Thanks for dropping by here at Voices. :) Hi Gabriella,
Yes, I agree 100 percent with your post. By the way, good for you for writing on your blog about that awful encounter you had with that dreadfully rude woman at the winery. At times I think the only way things are going to get better on the customer service front in Spain is if companies are publicly shamed. Thanks for dropping by here at Voices. :)

]]> By: Gabriella Opaz http://spanish-podcast.com/2007/12/10/why-does-starbucks-exist-in-spain/#comment-87 Gabriella Opaz Tue, 11 Dec 2007 07:51:25 +0000 http://spanish-podcast.com/2007/12/10/why-does-starbucks-exist-in-spain/#comment-87 I couldn't agree with you more! Although I wouldn't go near Starbucks with a ten foot poll in the states, here in Spain, I find it to be an oasis from the storm for all the reasons you mentioned above and a few others. Comfort: Where else can you find big comfortable chairs where you can sit and study, read, or stare at the skyline without smelling smoke or feeling as if you have to chat with a local. There are many times, I just want to enjoy my coffee and collect my thoughts alone. Bathrooms! This is a rare commodity, and to find one that is clean is like heaven. But like every positive, there is a negative: price. Go into any local coffee shop anywhere in spain and you will most likely pay around 1.10 for a damn fine coffee. Walk into starbucks, and for the same coffee, I'm paying half my salary. I couldn’t agree with you more! Although I wouldn’t go near Starbucks with a ten foot poll in the states, here in Spain, I find it to be an oasis from the storm for all the reasons you mentioned above and a few others.

Comfort: Where else can you find big comfortable chairs where you can sit and study, read, or stare at the skyline without smelling smoke or feeling as if you have to chat with a local. There are many times, I just want to enjoy my coffee and collect my thoughts alone.

Bathrooms! This is a rare commodity, and to find one that is clean is like heaven.

But like every positive, there is a negative: price. Go into any local coffee shop anywhere in spain and you will most likely pay around 1.10 for a damn fine coffee. Walk into starbucks, and for the same coffee, I’m paying half my salary.

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