I'm not sure this is such a horrible thing. I live in LA and there is no shortage of good coffee shops of all sorts (I'm definitely not counting Starbucks here,

I'm not sure this is such a horrible thing. I live in LA and there is no shortage of good coffee shops of all sorts (I'm definitely not counting Starbucks here, but I may be slightly partial to Peet's and Coffee Bean both for convenience if I can't find anything else). I haven't noticed anything terribly different up in San Francisco either. Annnnd well, if I'm not making my own coffee at home (which I usually do), I've fallen in love with the iced coffee at McDonald's. I don't like anything there (except maybe the 60 cent ice cream cones), but that iced coffee is mighty cheap and is pretty drinkable.