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Customer service for rude customers is actively hostile.<ref>{{QC|81}}</ref><ref>{{QC|360}}</ref> There is favoritism toward some customers,<ref>{{QC|653}}</ref> with some such as [[Dale]] being allowed to order from the secret menu.<ref>{{QC|1640|Number 1640: Everybody Likes Dale}}</ref> Prior to her first visit, Claire heard a rumor that the banana smoothies given to customers are bananas smashed with a hammer.<ref>{{QC|2209|Number 2209: Which One is Dilbert}}</ref> This became Emily's preferred drink. <ref>{{QC|2210|Number 2210: Everything Looks Like a Nail}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 21:15, 9 June 2020
Coffee of Doom[1] is a coffee shop, owned and operated by Dora Bianchi in Northampton, Massachusetts. It is popular among the alternative community and favorably reviewed for its icy customer service.[2]. It is open from 7 AM except on weekends[3] and stays open well into the evening.[4]
Location
Hannelore waits outside the front of the shop in Number 1719: Go To Your Happy Place.
Coffee of Doom is in a 100-year-old building[5] near Fresh Cuts Salon and Panda House.[6][7] Originally Panda House is shown on a perpendicular street[8] but later is visible face-on from the window[9] and back again[10].
It is within walking distance of Smif College and the apartment building at 144 Dwight Street, where Faye, Marten, and Hannelore live.
In a recent Q&A dump on Tumblr,[11] Jeph indicated "the closest equivalent (to Coffee of Doom) is probably the Haymarket, but... Rao’s in Thorne’s Marketplace has better coffee."
They offer WiFi to guests.[12]
Coffee of Doom is a veritable armory, equipped with a broadsword behind the counter,[13] a 9-iron for customers who order overly complicated drinks,[14] and a Malaysian Battle Spatula.[15] Coffee of Doom is home to many of the strip's weapons.
History
The coffee shoop with previous paint. Number 240: Ursa Ursa Ursa
The coffee shop has been a pale almond color for a long time. Raven chooses new colors .[16] Faye Whitaker and Dora repaint to the new pastel orange color .[17]
Beatrice Chatham, mother of Hannelore Ellicott-Chatham, offers to finance an expansion of the coffee shop into a national chain, but Dora turns down the offer.[18]
Raven Pritchard returns to the shop after studying.[19] Shortly after, she tinkers with the Espressosaur and makes it disappear.[20]
Dora catches Faye drunk on the job, and fires her on the spot.
After Faye was fired, Dora promotes Penny to assistant manager to fill the spot and then accidentally hires Emily.[21]
Status
Coffee of Doom has been in Dora's hands for a couple of years.[22] The shop is busy[23] and profitable,[24] but does not provide Dora a large income.[25]
She has enough business to have recently taken on Hannelore and Cosette (and, most recently, Dale) as new employees, but worries about its future[22] despite increasing sales.[26] A typical weekday sales volume is 257 cups.[23]
Employees
- Dora Bianchi—owner, manager
- Penelope Gaines—assistant manager
- Hannelore Ellicott-Chatham—barista
- Dale—barista
- Cosette—barista
Former employees
- Sara—barista
- Faye Whitaker—former assistant manager
Customer "Service"
Customer service for rude customers is actively hostile.[27][28] There is favoritism toward some customers,[29] with some such as Dale being allowed to order from the secret menu.[30] Prior to her first visit, Claire heard a rumor that the banana smoothies given to customers are bananas smashed with a hammer.[31] This became Emily's preferred drink. [32]
Baristas are specifically trained to be contemptuous to the general public.[33]
Menu
- See also: Coffee of Doom specials
Official logo from Jeph Jacques
The coffee there is fair trade.[34]
Coffee of Doom is noteworthy for unusual and creative specials.
Its baked goods came from Ed Bronchovsky in Greenfield[35] prior to a deal with The Secret Bakery to exchange beans for baked goods.[36]
Robots frequent Coffee of Doom to purchase teas to smell. Different brews were shown to have different effects, causing the robots to have hallucinations about peaceful locations. Dora once sold a bucket full of drain cleaner to Melon for a similar effect for five bucks and after she signed a waiver. [37]
Layout
The front of the store is to the left, while the back (the alley where Faye is usually seen taking out the garbage) is on the right.
The sink is right behind the baked goods case; directly overhead is the mug shelf with the famous COD Emoticon mugs.
There is a basement, where Dora roasts beans[38] weekly[3] in a secret process[39] of which she is quite proud.[40] Dora has considered remodeling it as a cafe.[41] Although the basement has an infestation of spiders it is free of rats, at least to Dora's knowledge.[42] Hannelore put a large arm chair in the back of the store meant for Bubbles because of her mass and weight.
Raven once got stuck in an air duct, trying to get into the coffeeshop from the roof.[43]
Trivia
- Coffee of Doom has appeared in the comic Dumbing of Age. Character Dina of has been seen wearing a Coffee of Doom t-shirt.[44]
- "Fresh Cuts Salon" is across the street from the coffeeshop.[45]
Memorable quotes
- "Bitchy Barista Babes Brandish A Bevy of Breathtaking Bean Blends"[46]
References
- ↑ Name fully shown in Number 102: Curses—Number 107: Marten Gets Sassy
- ↑ Number 651: Doin' The Force Choke
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Number 1924: Capital Insubordination
- ↑ Number 2176: Start 'Em Young
- ↑ Number 2555: Organic Hair Nets
- ↑ Number 795: You Don't Sass Faye
- ↑ Number 717: Oh Come, All Ye Faithful
- ↑ Number 724: Details Details
- ↑ Number 1978: Triumphant Return
- ↑ Number 2585: Employee Contacts
- ↑ http://jephjacques.com/day/2012/08/22
- ↑ Number 1616: Laundry Larceny
- ↑ Number 468: She's A Barbarian
- ↑ Number 1723: An Extensive Armory
- ↑ Number 540: Utensils Of Doom
- ↑ Number 421: Faye Shot JR
- ↑ Number 425: Best Alliteration Thus Far
- ↑ Number 924: Almost Definitely Apocryphal
- ↑ Number 1943: Her Blemfrem
- ↑ Number 1948: Sublimed Coffee
- ↑ Number 3106: Free Smoothies
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 Number 1217: Mercenary Chixxx
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 Number 1938: Is She A Fast Zombie Or A Slow Zombie
- ↑ Number 442: Wallet Photo
- ↑ Number 1107: And Justice For All
- ↑ Number 2221: Eusocial Life
- ↑ Number 81: No Peeking
- ↑ Number 360: Consult Your English Textbooks
- ↑ Number 653: That Is A Happy Cactus
- ↑ Number 1640: Everybody Likes Dale
- ↑ Number 2209: Which One is Dilbert
- ↑ Number 2210: Everything Looks Like a Nail
- ↑ Number 1721: Facial Recognition
- ↑ Number 419: Venti Schmenti
- ↑ Number 1858: At Least They're Getting Along?
- ↑ Number 1928: Is That Krav Maga?
- ↑ 3728: A Steal at Any Price
- ↑ Number 2466: Highway To It
- ↑ Number 1923: Naked And Covered In War Paint
- ↑ Number 1926: To The Winner, The Spoils
- ↑ https://twitter.com/dorabianchi/status/10004309332
- ↑ https://twitter.com/dorabianchi/status/10004356215
- ↑ Number 850: Yippie Kai Yay
- ↑ http://www.dumbingofage.com/2018/comic/book-9-comic/01-flyin-to-the-red/terrorturkey/
- ↑ Number 2430: No Scaring The Customers
- ↑ Number 651: Doin' The Force Choke