Lotsa VIA commercials on TV lately

[RonH]

probably all shot on 5Ds, too.

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[Bill Pryor]

What's a VIA?

[RonH]

Sorry, that's the Starbucks instant coffee packets we dissed a while back... thought that would go without saying on a coffee forum.

[Bill Pryor]

Oh yeah, I remember that now. Starbuck's instant. How could I forget. I've never seen any of it in a store or anyplace. I would have thought it had gone away had I remembered what it was called. If they advertise it enough, people will drink it and think it's good.

[Mr Camera]

VIA is Canada's passenger rail line. It is just a shadow now of its former self. As for instant coffee, I drink Nescafe. It's from Brazil where the super-hot (and naked) Amazon women live.

[RonH]

We have a friend who spent two weeks with the super-hot (and naked) Amazon women. The pictures of them look as appealing as the Swiss made Nescafe taste.

[chris]

I'm almost curious to try it. But it'll be like everything else Starbucks sells. It starts off fantastic, then they start cutting corners, pushing the margin and the quality goes downhill.

Even though I don't drink it anymore, I still love the smell of fresh roasted coffee.

[yagfxg33k]

I get a mocha monday mornings at the local SB. They gave me a via to try one day. No thanks...

[chris]

I'll bet it's not bad and the packets sure are convenient to carry.

[Bill Pryor]

Folgers has had that for years, and lots of motels have the packets. Nothing new, just that Starbucks will cost more. But I agree with Chris--they'll make it pretty good at first, then it'll go downhill, as they've done with everything else.