Culture Buzz Millions of people visit Starbucks regularly for their daily dose of caffeine. These loyal fans swear by the coffee giant, expressing their love for those oh-so-necessary lattes and frappuccinos. Others are not so fond of the company, vowing to resist the urges and express their intense hatred in what seems like every way possible—websites, pictures, videos, you name it! Here are the best of the worst.
This starts out like a whimsical little French cartoon about the joys of having coffee in the morning. Then it kind of takes a turn for the crazy.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,479872,00.html
To be fair, you have to drink a LOT of it: a new study suggests that people who drink more than seven cups of coffee a day may see things that aren't there, hear voices, or sense the presence of dead people. But at least they are not tired!
http://niemann.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/02/coffee/index....
We can't help with the addiction but you will still probably love this visual essay in the NYT. Here is how it starts: “I like coffee so much that I have tea for breakfast: The first cup of the day in particular is so good that I’m afraid I won’t be able to properly appreciate it when I am half-asleep. Therefore, I celebrate it two hours later when I am fully conscious.”