I’ll Have A McLatte with Extra Whipped Cream…
November 17, 2007 by Marye Audet
Filed under Coffee News
cLatte, please. McSkinny, to McGo.
Well, they Mcdid it. McDonalds is planning on taking on Starbucks.
I’d like to say it was like David and Goliath but I am afraid it is more like the local catering truck trying for a Michelin star. McDonalds has announced that they will be adding a full coffee bar to their menu. Restaurants will offer lattes, mochas, cappuccinos and espressos with a choice of different flavorings and milk.
Say it with me now, “WHAT ARE THEY THINKING?”
McDonalds is the home of the Big Mac Attack, golden arches, and greasy fries. If you will recall they have not had much luck with coffee in the past, getting sued for the heat of it as I remember. Now they have to have a caveat on the cups. “Warning , Coffee May Be Hot”
Well, yeah.
What ever in the world, besides..you know..money, is contributing to their decision is beyond me. Stick with greasy burgers, guys. Even the franchise owners are not happy about it..it will cost them something like $100,000.00 to upgrade their stores.
Lattes are meant to be drunk in leisure, as you chat with friends and listen to Bob Dylan on the house speakers. Lattes are meant to be sipped in an adult atmosphere, with a minimum of small children, not in the midst of someone’s 4th birthday party with children who have obviously not been taught about personal space and boundaries.. And yes, I do have children, EIGHT of them. And the only ones that go to Starbucks are old enough to go without me.
I am imagining the advertising. Hello?
Ronald McDonald sipping a latte while discussing global warming with the Hamburgler? Maybe over a rousing game of chess?
Seriously now. I don’t think women should be found in men’s locker rooms. I don’t think men should be found in places where bikini waxes and brazillians are administered…and I don’t think that merging a lovely adult environment with a lovely child environment is a good thing.
I suppose it is inevitable that Starbucks will start offering Happy Meals with a couple of chocolate covered espresso beans and a Janis Joplin action figure inside.
Oh Marye, you crack me up. The visual of Ronald and the Hamburgler trading life’s lessons will forever scar my fond childhood memories of such icons. Who’s next? The Fry Guys?
Anyhoo, just to note: For some inexplicable reason, my smallish community was one of the test markets for the new Mc Donald’s coffees. Surprisingly, they are very tasty. BUT, be prepared to plunk down some cash. I thought my husband might go into DTs when the drive-thru gal demanded 7 dollars and some odd change for our TWO delicacies. Yeah, not cheap. But they were yummy, and in the world of coffee, sometimes that’s all that matters!
o.k..well..whatever. There is no way I could do it. Why? I have some sort of weird touch sensitivity and I can’t touch styrofoam or paper cups. Fast fool places are dens of torture for me.