Coffee Shop Studies

Seeing as how I work at a Dunn Brothers Coffee, I figured it may be an interesting subject for my next blog.

Anyone who frequents, or works at, a coffee shop in the earlier hours of the day, has the opportunity to learn near everything about the other coffee drinkers. There haven't been any studies, or at least that I know of, that show that specialty coffee drinkers are more susceptible to mental intrusion before they've had their coffee, but I'd be willing to bet my next paycheck on it. They will willingly tell you their life stories while you stand before them creating their über caffeinated Turtle Mocha.* Or behind them in line, waiting for their Zebra.* And then there are the odd ones: the coffee drinkers that want regular, black coffee and they want it NOW.

If I was doing a study, my findings [so far] would be: those who order flavored beverages, be it a latte, a cappuccino, or a gloriously tasty frappe, they are considerably more apt to tell you everything about them and usually have no idea what they want in Dunnbrothian language, and proceed to as for something in Starbuckish. Those who order coffee just need something to get the through the morning and would rather be fighting in some sort of mass, infantry and explosive-heavy war than going to work.

From my [extremely] unofficial study, you can see that those who have more fun with their drinks seem to be more open and, as a result, happier as people.

Therefore, I ask you... How much do you spend on your morning coffee?

*For those wondering, a Turtle Mocha is Carmel and Mocha Latte and a Zebra is White and Dark Mocha Latte.