I had a coffee from a Starbucks once, in the St. Louis airport while I was waiting for a ride to my home that was not to come for over three hours. The coffee was very hot and not as good as the free stuff at work (made by one Tom Geer, strong enough to be called....Geer Oil) and this weak tasteless stuff cost me almost two pounds (about $2.75). There was a lot of it, though and I didn't discover its lack of taste until it began to cool down. I'm not complaining, though. I knew it to be a trendy rip-off. EVERYTHING in airports is eithewr a trendy rip-off or sometimes just a rip-off with no descernable trend. I have since stopped travelling by air (no it wasn't 9/11/01 that did it) and travel at a more leisurly pace, taking two lane black tops (blue highways) or backpacking trails and bike ways. Ahhhh.

It has been one of THOSE days in the marketing department!

CB