Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Seasonal changes

There have been many changes happening these past few weeks, what with the presidential elections taking place, fuel prices going down, all the badness going on with the economy and lay-offs hitting close to home.

But lets not talk about that. Let's talk Starbucks.

It's that time of year again when they bring out their seasonal drinks. Ditch that freaky salted caramel flavour they brought out a few months back (bleurgh!) and bring on the gingersnap latte. Masterful! The only thing missing is maybe a wee gingerbread man biscuit on top. May be I'll suggest that on their my starbucks idea site.

Reading through the ideas on here, what occured to me is that people take their coffee drinking experience really seriously. My favourite idea is the one about having coffee flavoured ice-cubes so that the drink doesn't end up like piss water.

I have to admit, for all of the flack that the 'bucks takes, this is a great example of customer embracing in action.

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