
South Park got it right. The coffee (in general) is better than what you used to get in local cafes. When they still existed, of course. Before 2001, remember?
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Fri 6 Apr 2007, 20:58,
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i don't recall coffee shops before 2001 :( unfortunately all I can remember is Starbucks arriving :(
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Fri 6 Apr 2007, 21:00,
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there were similar chains trying to ape starbucks, not too well
before that it was either posh independent coffee shops, crap independent coffee shops, or caffs
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Fri 6 Apr 2007, 21:07,
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before that it was either posh independent coffee shops, crap independent coffee shops, or caffs

I was only a diddy person then, so probably not paying attention to coffee shops :)
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Fri 6 Apr 2007, 21:11,
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they are all gone.
It is very, very sad.
We have only 1 non chain in our whole city centre here.
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Fri 6 Apr 2007, 21:00,
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It is very, very sad.
We have only 1 non chain in our whole city centre here.