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Starbucks Coffee Introduces New Coffee Blend. Real Estate Agents Everywhere Rejoyce!

Tuesday April 8th 2007 Starbucks Coffee Introduced Pike Place Blend.This will be the new coffee served at every location in The United States. Starbucks will be rolling it out to Canadian stores in the near future.

I stopped by and tried the coffee yesterday. I was impressed. I enjoy coffee a great deal. I do not go to Starbucks too much as I can find many other coffee shops to spend my time at. (they make great offices for real estate agents) Pike Place Blend will make it much easier for me to go to Starbucks on a regular basis.

Pike Place Blend is a well rounded coffee. Starbucks will not say what specific varieties are used to make the blend. I noticed that it reminded me of the big bold blends that I used to drink daily when I worked for Starbucks. I think that this will be a welcome addition to the company.

Starbucks will be brewing Pike Place Blend daily and it will always be fresh. If the coffee has not been sold within 30 minutes they will dump it out and brew a new batch. Once the Clover machines are installed I will be sure to check back and see how it tastes when it is brewed through the latest in high tech coffee makers.

Having Pike Place Blend in every store on a daily basis will allow Starbucks to present a more consistent experience for their customers. One of the advantages that Dunkin Donuts or McDonalds had was that they served the same coffee at each location. This allowed customers to the same experience at every location. Starbucks offered a coffee of the day from a rotating variety of coffees. Since there is such a wide range of flavors in coffee one could have a different experience each time and not necessarily have a good time.

What coffees do you like? In the puget sound we have so many choices of coffee shops with a wide variety of coffees to choose from. When I travel around the country I try to go to as many local coffee shops as possible. I am going to Phoenix in May does anyone have any recommendations?

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Posted by Scott Cowan -Tacoma & Pierce County Area on 04/09/2008 11:38 PM

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5 Comments on Starbucks Coffee Introduces New Coffee Blend. Real Estate Agents Everywhere Rejoyce!

Scott - Great review of the new blend. I am a Starbuck's fan, but I am a Caramel Frappucino drinker. This is about as close to coffee as I get. We do not have one close by or I would be there on a regular basis working in comfort.

04/10/2008 07:39 AM

by Brande Bradford... South Metro Atlanta Living (Bradford Realty Group)

I had a coupon for free coffee on Wednesdays and went and tried it yesterday. It is good. We can learn a lot about marketing from Starbucks.

04/10/2008 08:24 AM

by GITA BANTWAL, REALTOR BUCKS COUNTY, PA HOMES (ReMax Centre Realtors)

Brande- My first love with regards to Starbucks is the stores...I love being able to meet clients in an neutral enviroment that I know will be clean and is easily located. I used to meet people at McDonalds and told them to look for the red headed guy... that always lead to confusion (I'm making that up)

I am really looking forward the stores grinding the beans in the store again. The smell of freshly ground coffee is something I really love. Going into the stores with the smell of fresh coffee will be a wonderful experience.

Best,

Scott

04/10/2008 09:58 AM

by Scott Cowan -Tacoma & Pierce County Area (Rainier Real Estate, Inc.)

Gita-You are correct. WE can learn a lot from SBUX when it comes to marketing. I think that they are one of the sharpest large companies when it comes to marketing. When you realize that until very recently they did little advertising on a national basis it is amazing the growth that they have had. They dont do everything right everytime but they do hit the mark more often than not. They are excellent not perfect. Which is what I aspire to.

Best,

Scott

04/10/2008 10:01 AM

by Scott Cowan -Tacoma & Pierce County Area (Rainier Real Estate, Inc.)

My big question is what are they charging for their new Pike Place Blend? I love coffee too and I like Starbucks, but it seems that lately they have become a bit too "proud" of their coffee and it is refelected in the price. Dunkin Donuts brews a great cup of coffee and even McD's new coffee is quite good for a significant difference in price. There is no doubt that the Starbucks environment is a bit nicer than your average McD's or Dunkin Donuts, but since most of my coffee is consumed on the go, I don't generally feel the need to subsidize their ambiance.

04/10/2008 10:24 AM

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