Grumble re Caribou Coffee

[redbird]

As far as I can tell, Caribou Coffee does not carry any sort of plain tea. They have mango and earl grey and spice flavored black teas; they have a citrus-flavored green tea; they have a total of seven entries for "tea" on the menu board, including herbal, but when I asked about unflavored tea I was offered Earl Grey and grumpily explained that it's flavored.

Starbucks' "Awake" is an English breakfast with about the subtlety of a brick, but it's drinkable. The spice tea at Caribou turned out not to taste of tea, the spices were so strong.

Comments

[bibliofile]

I have trouble understanding why some people think that the only good tea/coffee is flavored with something else too. Those things are fine, but the basic stuff is also necessary.

[kistaro]

The hotel room I was stuck in for the last two days (yes, I'll write a post about that) also only had Earl Grey. My craving for tea exceeded my good sense and I decided to verify if I was really allergic to Earl Grey; surely it's not as bad as I remembered, right?

I'm allergic to Earl Grey. (Bergamot, specifically.)

[beginning.livejournal.com]

Wow, I had completely forgotten about Caribou Coffee. I had pretty much the same experience with them in Minnesota.