Time to rev up the breakfast blog again. I was inspired by the opening of a new coffee shop in Oakland, Peet's Coffee & Tea. This takes the place of Caribou Coffee. Instead of giving grades for breakfast, I will merely free associate and vent, which gives me free rein to pontificate about my relenteless quest for the perfect breakfast. Now, more about Peet's:
Just when I thought cashiers could not be any more moronic when it comes to making change, the idiots at Peet's managed to attain a whole new level of incompetence. My coffee and muffin came to $4.05. I gave the guy $5.10. He then said, "your bill comes to only $4.05," and he gave me back my dime and 95 cents in change! He must have been a trainee because he had several other morons helping him out. I then told the assembled group of change-challenged cretins that I really just wanted a dollar and a nickel in change. I swear to God, they all looked at me like I was Albert Einstein revealing hitherto unknown secrets of the galaxy. We'll see if they do better the next time.
Anyway, the pastries looked pretty good. Unfortunately, I picked the wrong one. I
chose a bran muffin which, I was told, did not contain raisins but had
delicious morsels of apricot. Oh, joy! Well, the muffin sucked. It was
cold and dry, and the apricot morsels were barely detectable. Next time
I'll get a scone. There were 4 varieties, and they can't be any worse
than the bran muffin.
Now for my other complaints. They had Equal and Splenda, but no Sweet & Low. I am very particular about my artificial sweeteners, and I don't care if Sweet & Low causes cancer in rats. It has just the right amount of sweetness and dissolves like you wouldn't believe. So just give me the pink stuff!
Also, unlike Caribou Coffee, they don't sell the Post-Gazette there and they don't have a trivia quiz. So I have no way of being intellectually stimulated there, other than enlightening the staff on how to make change. Also, they don't have enough seating.
By the way, the coffee was pretty good.
