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Originally Posted by HQWest
This was exacerbated by the fact that I worked with a lot of Germans - who would often INSIST that a coffee break was as important as lunch.
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This. When I lived in Italy there was an entire culture around coffee. Meeting at coffee shops was a regular thing and they had kind of unspoken rules about what kinds of coffee you drank and when and with what meal. I think that 'coffee culture' is something Starbucks is trying to recreate here in a way. But I think in general we're more 'give me whatever will caffeinate me and fast' so it's different. I know I don't generally care where the coffee comes from/its quality as much as I care about the price and speed/convenience of delivery.