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Re:Your Coffee Shop Doesn’t Use Two-Phase Commit (Starbucks ... by icebraining on Thursday March 15, 2012 @10:48AM (#3708660)
There's obviously more to it than efficiency. Here in Portugal an espresso (bica) is about $0.85 and that includes an higher IVA/VAT (23%).
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Re:Your Coffee Shop Doesn’t Use Two-Phase Commit (Starbucks ... by carlob on Thursday March 15, 2012 @11:03AM (#3708734)
As far as I recall the espresso experience in Portugal is very close to Italy. Cheap, good and quick. Compare to France: almost as slow as the US, much worse than your average Starbucks and around 1.5-2$.
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