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ret5hd

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2. i'm a black coffee kinda guy...

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Wed Mar 11, 2026, 10:58 AM

Wednesday

can you guess what i want at a coffee shop?

a cup of rich dark coffee

that doesn’t take 30 minutes to get

that didn’t require me to remember what veni vidi vici latte mocha means

will fill my thermos at a reasonable price if i need that…hey, i tip well

so i make mine at home usually

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Indie coffee shops are meant to counter corporate behemoths like Starbucks - so why do they all look the same? [View all] marmar Wednesday OP

Because nobody wants to hang out in a coffee shop that looks like an industrial kitchen or an expensive restaurant? tanyev Wednesday #1

i'm a black coffee kinda guy... ret5hd Wednesday #2

because the coffee shops that looked like a garage sale exploded vanished in the 1980s DBoon Wednesday #3

Shut up and drink yr coffee! usonian Wednesday #4

I don't think this group did their survey in Pittsburgh FakeNoose Wednesday #5

problem for Indies is cell-holes who park themselves for hours and block out incoming customers msongs Wednesday #6

I live in a metroplex and the coffee shops do NOT look the same Skittles Wednesday #7