Crack Is Probably Cheaper & Will Get You Just As Buzzed.
On my way to work today, I popped in to Starbucks to get my daily double-tall soy latte.
I always figure that I am "living on the edge" by doubling up the espresso in a small cup. But my "dangerous ways" were put to shame by the order of the guy standing behind me in line.
"Can I get the usual, please?" he asks the barista.
"That's six shots on ice, right?" asks the barista. (Who I have learned has been moved from the Starbucks on Mass Ave - near Berkley - to the South End location. Is that location closing????)
"Yep," confirms the guy. "Six shots, over a little bit of ice."
I don't even want to think about what six shots of espresso, lightly chilled, would do to me. I once, just for fun, did five shots within two hours at one of my previous jobs... When the company got a new fancy coffee machine that dispensed single shots of espresso.
I ended up lying on the floor feeling my heart pounding very fast. And I also got a little bit dizzy.
But six shots? In one drink? Oh that's just bad news. I wanted to say to the guy ordering it, "It's probably cheaper for you to just go back on crack. Starbucks is getting kind of expensive."
I always figure that I am "living on the edge" by doubling up the espresso in a small cup. But my "dangerous ways" were put to shame by the order of the guy standing behind me in line.
"Can I get the usual, please?" he asks the barista.
"That's six shots on ice, right?" asks the barista. (Who I have learned has been moved from the Starbucks on Mass Ave - near Berkley - to the South End location. Is that location closing????)
"Yep," confirms the guy. "Six shots, over a little bit of ice."
I don't even want to think about what six shots of espresso, lightly chilled, would do to me. I once, just for fun, did five shots within two hours at one of my previous jobs... When the company got a new fancy coffee machine that dispensed single shots of espresso.
I ended up lying on the floor feeling my heart pounding very fast. And I also got a little bit dizzy.
But six shots? In one drink? Oh that's just bad news. I wanted to say to the guy ordering it, "It's probably cheaper for you to just go back on crack. Starbucks is getting kind of expensive."
Comments
Customers have the right to do wacky things I guess.
I just wonder how his heart handles it. holy cow!
My stovetop Bialetti makes 6 shots, and I typically will have a double espresso in the morning and put the remainder over ice at lunch.
Didn't mean to disrespect all those music studies students!
Sleep is so overrated.
But it'll definitely wake you up.