05 April 2007

Coffee as pretext

Buried in this Slate article, about the explosion of the green tea phenomenon, is this gem:
The unappreciated business genius of Starbucks is not charging $4 for a latte but rather giving adults permission to drink milkshakes, on the pretext that they are merely tea or coffee.
Amen.

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