{"id":2129,"date":"2015-03-19T09:00:23","date_gmt":"2015-03-19T13:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cento.centre.edu\/?p=2129"},"modified":"2015-03-19T09:00:23","modified_gmt":"2015-03-19T13:00:23","slug":"a-caffeinated-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cento.centre.edu\/index.php\/2015\/03\/19\/a-caffeinated-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"A Caffeinated Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"

BY NICOLE POTTINGER – STAFF WRITER<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Centre students love their coffee. It keeps them energized while writing and reading until the early hours of the morning, and with Sandella\u2019s now serving a full Starbucks menu, the possibilities of coffee options are seemingly endless.<\/p>\n

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Judi Zhang | The Cento
Among all the different possibilities of Starbucks drinks on campus, Centre students reveal their coffee of choice.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A quick peek behind the counter at Sandella\u2019s shows a myriad of syrup flavors, ranging from caramel to peppermint. These syrups are the key to a tasty, sugar-filled beverage that keeps you coming back for more as your sugar high comes crashing down. In addition to the traditional hot beverages, many iced and frozen coffees are popular \u2014 especially the Frappuccino that comes in multiple flavors like coffee, strawberries and cream, caramel, and classic vanilla.<\/p>\n

Looking around at Sandella\u2019s, students have a variety of caffeinated beverages, including an iced coffee, hot coffee, tea, and even a bottled Frappuccino. Staff member Denzal Doneghy notices the most popular beverages ordered at Sandella\u2019s.<\/p>\n

\u201cMedium blend house coffee is a big seller, but we sell a lot of caramel macchiatos and sometimes hazelnut macchiatos,\u201d Doneghy said. \u201cVanilla lattes are also popular.\u201d<\/p>\n

Due to the cold temperatures and abundance of snow, this has caused a drop in sale of iced and frozen beverages, but Doneghy expects sales to increase as the weather becomes warmer. As far as popularity goes, different times during the week are busier than others.<\/p>\n

\u201cTuesdays and Thursdays from noon until 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. are really busy due to intramurals and sports practices. I see a lot of students stay and study, very few to-go orders, and even if it is to-go, students will grab the simplest things,\u201d Doneghy said. \u201cBottled Frappuccinos are a really big seller. New flavors have been added due to this, including s\u2019mores and chocolate coconut.\u201d<\/p>\n

Doneghy noticed a change in some student attitudes with the advent of Starbucks within Sutcliffe. He mentioned that because the Everyday Caf\u00e9 offers Starbucks as well, there is no sense of competition between the two as there was when Jazzman\u2019s was inside Sutcliffe.<\/p>\n

\u201cOrdering is the same. Lots of students wish Jazzman\u2019s were here instead of Starbucks,\u201d Doneghy said. \u201cA different atmosphere made things go a little bit smoother.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for Doneghy, his favorite drink to make is the macchiato. He likes to, as he says, \u201ckeep it simple.\u201d<\/p>\n

Junior Emily Morrell is \u201ca huge proponent of sugary caffeinated concoctions.\u201d<\/p>\n

She loves anything with caffeine in it, except for energy drinks. As someone who drinks caffeinated beverages up to four times a day (including a variety of teas), she could be viewed as a coffee aficionado. While her favorite flavor is mocha, she does not buy coffee on-campus very often, only once a week. Morrell instead chooses to make coffee in her dorm in order to save money and flavor her coffee to her tastes.<\/p>\n

Compared to Morrell, however, junior Jillian Frost drinks coffee at least once a day, every day. However, she is more likely to buy coffee from Sandella\u2019s than she is to make it in her room. Frost buys coffee on campus at least five to six times a week, depending on her schedule. She said that while she loves all coffee-flavored beverages, her favorite is \u201ca mocha from Sandella\u2019s made by Denzal, because he puts a lot of whipped cream on it.\u201d<\/p>\n

While certain students may be wary of the change from Jazzman\u2019s to Sandella\u2019s, it is clear that their love of coffee has not wavered. Many students create personal relationships with those who make them coffee day after day, which only increases the likelihood that they will continue to buy coffee on-campus.<\/p>\n

As winter fades into summer, the addition of frozen drinks will definitely keep students caffeinated during midterms, finals, and term papers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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