singgeihot

Originally posted by johnwu at 2005-6-24 04:33 AM:& U- W! _1 F( @- E8 J0 F/ F  O8 j

- p: r" F6 K- C" O& ycanteen only...
* `; w- N- m& J1 d+ _5 a. _tall latte... about $3.50+ tax USD lar

: k1 t6 |0 `6 ~9 z5 W, T
0 V% v( G; i6 t9 q% @
that's expensive.... ) N9 B( |8 r, O! K) H
i thought they might make it cheaper there in the emerald city.

vivienna

Originally posted by singgeihot at 2005-6-24 04:34 AM:
! C% I9 B3 h& q& AI never really like starbucks. they...

1 i, d/ Q" I$ d# T8 r
what other chains are they referring to? Seattle, Delifrance?

johnwu

Originally posted by singgeihot at 2005-6-24 04:34 AM:
. C5 t/ B2 Y/ C1 kI never really like starbucks. they...

) k* R4 V! C5 Jmyabe that's why people are so addited to it

singgeihot

Originally posted by johnwu at 2005-6-24 04:34 AM:
0 e6 b- O* a6 ?4 w+ n) T& H" l# e" F6 [4 j. _. N$ ?" \9 E! ?4 n
; v+ o5 [8 E; }1 W) L
It depends on how much RMB rose.

9 a/ s* \' |' |$ Z/ T9 K* W

, {& c3 q: L  \+ _& J( Z1 AThey can let it rise by a little (claiming that it takes time to reform the existing system) to ease some of the pressures from the US government or to shut some congressmen up for a little while.

johnwu

Originally posted by vivienna at 2005-6-24 04:36 AM:- v. \" }& L6 d3 U2 e
' [. N& [3 S8 G4 Y
what other chains are they referring to? Seattle, Delifrance?

2 M& F1 G; |; r- n3 }; M
I think Delifrance is only HK base?  d( M7 F$ {8 i
+ k4 {  |% O- x5 W( S- P+ e/ p" m( f
There were seattle best coffee (now own by starbuck, I think) and Tully

singgeihot

Originally posted by vivienna at 2005-6-24 04:36 AM:1 U: v9 j8 V3 ]) z

/ \0 O" t, E6 {: ]4 Hwhat other chains are they referring to? Seattle, Delifrance?

# j% o$ K* n% {8 C0 {% H
4 L8 ?" \/ A- C8 g
I can't remember, but starbucks was tested along with chains on the east coasts (Canada & US)

johnwu

Originally posted by singgeihot at 2005-6-24 04:38 AM:
- L. K. ~( i. i7 @% H
8 A$ i! |/ i5 L! b/ X6 }
# C# N6 y) x: W' I# l, B! gThey can let it rise by a little (claiming that it takes time to reform the existing system) to ease some of the pressures from the US government or to shut some congressmen up for a little while.

# b4 d: i  Y* F$ {1 _2 U2 q' y* \% P1 n% |5 e2 ^
If it raise too much, it's bad for everybody.

singgeihot

Originally posted by johnwu at 2005-6-24 04:37 AM:
  B! V% m0 ?) \3 t) x& |3 ^$ E' M6 R8 M6 S
myabe that's why people are so addited to it

5 a1 N' J0 F7 K% o# c) i8 g" N* s6 y; X+ H
Addiction is bad. I hope we're not addicted to 26FUN. I'm starting not to come here this often.

vivienna

Originally posted by johnwu at 2005-6-24 04:39 AM:; \9 A+ _: f  q. v( `
: s+ i( I+ c: Q+ u" B" B0 ?
I think Delifrance is only HK base?
- F6 v, [5 y3 E9 P! J1 ^" S  J9 t0 f. l
" m, B( Z8 \$ K$ Z. \, DThere were seattle best coffee (now own by starbuck, I think) and Tully

3 C5 i$ c/ c, p) i5 t, v4 ]6 R
hey, there is delifrance in Oz. i dont know about other countries though.

vivienna

oh and gloria jeans too