{"id":148,"date":"2006-01-08T21:45:38","date_gmt":"2006-01-09T02:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mathewingram.com\/work\/index.php\/2006\/01\/08\/the-secret-starbucks-coffee-hack\/"},"modified":"2006-01-08T21:45:38","modified_gmt":"2006-01-09T02:45:38","slug":"the-secret-starbucks-coffee-hack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/2006\/01\/08\/the-secret-starbucks-coffee-hack\/","title":{"rendered":"The secret Starbucks coffee hack"},"content":{"rendered":"

Who says the Internet isn’t useful? Courtesy of Tim Harford at Slate<\/a> magazine, I learned that if you ask a server at Starbucks, they will serve you something that doesn’t appear on the menu: namely, a “short” cappucino — eight ounces, as opposed to the 12 ounces in a “tall.” Even though it is smaller, however, it has the same amount of espresso<\/a> as a “tall,” and therefore (according to coffee afficionados) tastes better.<\/p>\n

Tim goes into a long discussion of why Starbucks<\/a> would have such a thing available but not put it on their menu — and it has something to do with why third-class railway carriages used to be roof-less, and market power<\/a> and things like that. It’s a bit of a freakonomics<\/a> kind of thing. Of course, it’s not that surprising that Starbucks would charge less for the short, considering it’s smaller, but that’s a technicality. <\/p>\n

Anyway, all I really care about is that I can get a short cappucino that tastes better just by asking for it. Along the same lines — and just for Canadians — I have it on reliable authority that if you go into a Coffee Time donut shop<\/a> and order a “dark roast,” you will get a much better coffee, even though nothing called “dark roast” appears on the menu. Just a little tip for the caffeine addicts out there. <\/p>\n

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Who says the Internet isn’t useful? Courtesy of Tim Harford at Slate magazine, I learned that if you ask a server at Starbucks, they will serve you something that doesn’t appear on the menu: namely, a “short” cappucino — eight ounces, as opposed to the 12 ounces in a “tall.” Even though it is smaller, … <\/p>\n

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