From TBJ, enjoy!

http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2008/04/07/daily10.html?ana=from_rss

Starbucks giving away free coffee Tuesday

Starbucks Corp. is introducing a new coffee Tuesday and will give away cups of its new Pike Place Roast brew beginning at 9 a.m.

The new coffee is named after the location of Starbucks' first store, which opened in Seattle's Pike Place Market in 1971.

According to Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, the new brew was created after the Seattle coffee giant (Nasdaq: SBUX) received input from 1,000 customers. He added that Pike Place Roast will be the chain's first coffee bearing a mark that the coffee is purchased "ethically" from sources.

Starbucks has dozens of Triangle locations.

4/7/2008 8:57:47 PM

You can get good coffee anywhere. I like Starbucks for the espresso. (lattes really, but you get the idea)

4/7/2008 9:30:54 PM

Thanks, here's to savin a few bucks in the morning

4/7/2008 9:31:32 PM

^ no prob I figured everyone could save a few bucks... at bux

4/7/2008 9:58:20 PM

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"You can get good coffee anywhere"

stop the presses!

4/8/2008 12:06:41 AM

hehe...zing

4/8/2008 12:09:33 AM

wonder just how long the lines will be

4/8/2008 12:14:28 AM

OK... everywhere is a stretch, but there are plenty coffee shops in this town with a decent brew. But good coffee, in comparison to good espresso, is practically ubiquitous.

4/8/2008 11:35:48 AM

9am PST

12pm EST.

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"Howard Schultz, the new brew was created after the Seattle coffee giant (Nasdaq: SBUX) received input from 1,000 customers."

So those 1000 customers wanted a folgers type of coffee instead of whatever starbucks brews everyday.

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"wonder just how long the lines will be "

not any different than any other day. no one really cares about starbucks anymore.

4/8/2008 12:12:50 PM

I'm still boycotting until they bring back free (to customers) wireless. Caribou and Third Place will continue to get all of my business.

4/8/2008 12:21:39 PM

^ honestly, how expensive could it be that it warrants not having it?

4/8/2008 12:39:39 PM

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"until they bring back free (to customers) wireless."

when did they have free wireless?

whenever their contract with t-mobile expires, they're moving to 2 hrs free wireless everyday.

you have to have a free registered starbucks giftcard to be eligible.

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"^ honestly, how expensive could it be that it warrants not having it?"

$5 a day or whatever it costs to add it to your cell phone plan.

[Edited on April 8, 2008 at 1:42 PM. Reason : also most locations are 802.11b not G]

4/8/2008 1:42:01 PM

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"whenever their contract with t-mobile expires, they're moving to 2 hrs free wireless everyday."

I'll kindly take my business elsewhere and I won't go back to Starbucks even if they do bring back free wireless. This is just another attempt at a company screwing its customers in an effort to make more money (with T-Mobile). It reminds me of the commercials I have to sit through in movie theatres after I just paid $argentina. </>rant

4/8/2008 2:04:14 PM

dude, are you retarded?

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"I'm still boycotting until they bring back free (to customers) wireless."

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"I won't go back to Starbucks even if they do bring back free wireless."

4/8/2008 2:06:28 PM

anyone get this>?

4/8/2008 2:08:31 PM

I went with some co-workers today who were going. Noticed the new brew and decided to try it out.

Still tastes burnt compared with other coffees, but better than the office swill.

[Edited on April 8, 2008 at 2:12 PM. Reason : ]

4/8/2008 2:12:37 PM

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"dude, are you retarded?"

dude, do you have too much free time on your hands?

4/8/2008 2:30:40 PM

"chain's first coffee bearing a mark that the coffee is purchased "ethically" from sources"

lol?

4/8/2008 3:17:27 PM