Oh man, I didn't think people would find this parody so alien. It's a hilarious summation of basically every artisan coffee place in southern CA. It's a caricature, sure, but I've witnessed some variant of every bit the author takes a potshot at. But I guess if you're saying then this will probably be unrelatable.Even at a Starbucks
You can key in on the one mention at Starbucks, or you can key in on the 95% of the response that relates to either making my own coffee or going to what should be the same kind of shops as the author of this article. But, maybe that's just SoCal for you.
Yeah, I don't know if I buy that really. I'm 99% sure that if I showed this to the "remarkable local roaster who operates quasi-legally out of a sick loft and specializes in light—but not too light!—roasts" that I know, he'd get a kick out of it. It seems all the coffee aficionados that eschew pompous coffee culture have their panties in a bunch about it, though.