A tale of two coffees

[dmaze]

Among my guilty pleasures is getting coffee on the way to work at the Diesel. I try to limit myself to doing this once a week or so, but in spite of this the baristas recognize me and know what I usually order. But now my default commute doesn't go through Davis, and it's worse when work is "near the Galleria" as opposed to "near Alewife". There's (*shudder*) a Starbucks in the Galleria proper, which is what's caffeinating me today.

	Diesel	Starbucks
Order	Large latte	Venti latte
Price	$3.60	$3.86
Lifespan	Mostly finished by the time I T from Davis to Alewife and get up to my desk	Might be finished by lunch
Foam	Mmm, yes, tasty	Kinda absent
Warm-fuzziness	Small local business with, erm, "hip" staff	Big eeeevil multinational conglomerate

I think the conclusion of this is that, for the extra quarter and not walking five extra minutes away from work, I get more coffee than I can really deal with, but I like the Diesel and the Diesel's drinks more. Plus if I'm in Davis I don't need to commit to a bus, so in theory I can be at work sooner. Yeah...that's my excuse there...