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Mashable - The Social Media Guide: 2008/10/06/joffreys-free-coffee/

  • Bloggeries · 1 year ago
    Looks tasty. Just left a comment with them. I'm not into major retail coffee for the most part save my beloved Tim Hortons. Curious to see what people have to say. Also giving things away to bloggers is a great idea because you KNOW they're going to mention it on the web!.
  • Brenda · 1 year ago
    I should get coffee because I need to stay up to party like it's 1989.
  • allen · 1 year ago
    I should get the coffee because to read Mashable I need all of the caffeine I can get!

    LOL - just kidding - couldn't resist!
  • Mykl Roventine · 1 year ago
    Why should I get free coffee? Because without it I may begin to do stupid, unforgivable things like enjoy Microsoft commercials or vote Republican. Help me Mashable and Joffrey's, you're my only hope. (mykl [at] myklroventine.com)
  • Cajun_Mama · 1 year ago
    I'm normally a Louisiana Community Coffee drinker, but as a Traveling Mama who subsidises her income as a 911 Fire Operator and works many nights and weekends, I would love to try something that can keep me awake past that 3am witching hour where toothpicks are required to keep my lids open.

    Plus, I love the marketing efforts :)
  • D · 1 year ago
    I should get coffee because I don't ever want to sleep again; too many nightmares of the economy are running through my head.
  • Alfonso J · 1 year ago
    Because I’m worth it
  • jeremy · 1 year ago
    father of three kids, hardcore blogger (3000 posts) and ceo of a start-up, coffee is a food group for me
  • Jeff · 1 year ago
    To Jeremy and those who drink alot of coffee. Please try to buy only Fair trade coffee, which means that the farmers who grow and harvest the coffee beans receive a fair wage so they can support their families better.
    Thanks.
  • Matt Zito · 1 year ago
    Because without it I'll die

    mzito at gridapp dot com
  • Dana · 1 year ago
    I should get free coffee because it is my NAME! dcoffey(at)gmail(dot)com
  • Erin · 1 year ago
    My french press thinks I'm being a snob for only using Peet's beans. She's actually demanding that I branch out or she'll hide somewhere in the kitchen and I'll never be able to make coffee again.
  • Obsydian · 1 year ago
    I'm not a morning person without my Starbucks in hand. I was on a first name basis with all the baristas at my local Starbucks until they closed last month. Now that they have been scattered to the wind, I have to drive around town to four different Starbucks to see them and satisfy my coffee urges. Without my coffee I very well may go the way Mykl and do something crazy like trade in my iPhone for WinMo device or trade in my Mitsubishi Lancer for a Hummer!!!
  • Bart · 1 year ago
    I should get a free coffee because instead of being a reject who stays up all nights coding and living off coffee I actually consume it in healthy moderation and if I liked this brand I would definitely let my other coffee-loving friends know. But to be fair, I still sit in a corner and code most of the day so coffee is a nice supplement for my brain

    Plus, I'm almost out of my current beans ... and you wouldn't want me getting them from another company now would you? ;-)
  • Bilal Jaffery · 1 year ago
    I should get free coffee because I live in a cold cold norther country known as Canada. We can use all the warmth we can get. bilal (at) Bilal.ca

    Regards,

    Bilal Jaffery
  • Jeff · 1 year ago
    I need coffee 2.0 to keep up with web 2.0.
  • Andrew Leonard · 1 year ago
    I should get free coffee, because if I don't, I won't be able to write this humongous database project I'm working on.
  • Benji · 1 year ago
    Because I'm guatemalan and know how good coffee is supposed to taste :)
  • Mara · 1 year ago
    I should get free coffee because of the thousands I have pumped into Starbucks over the years...I am due for a new brew! ;)
  • Ramon T. · 1 year ago
    Because I love coffee. Without coffee I can't develop cool apps.
    raymondjavaxx [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Fauz · 1 year ago
    I should get free coffee cuz i have so much work to do and need more than one cup a day. besides, i'd like to try a new brand. my family is full of coffee lovers, so i guess we'd have a blast..:)
  • brandon · 1 year ago
    I think I should get free coffee because I was using the term coffee 2.0 before this article came out. I jokingly twitted that you stole the term from me! How cool is that?
  • brandon · 1 year ago
    Just in case you need the email in the comments publicly, it is:
    serrebi101@gmail.com
    it's all over the web, so why bother.
  • Stacie · 1 year ago
    I should get coffee, because I would share it with our comic studio! We depend on quality coffees to keep us working on new pages! Thanks!
  • Doug · 1 year ago
    I should get free coffee as I ran out last night!
    or
    I should get free coffee 2.0 cos I miss getting a change to get into the Web 2.0 as I'm in Scotland. (Lame excuse but still).
  • Jarrod · 1 year ago
    I should get free coffee because I am trying to change the world, one website at a time. jarrod[at]slamwire[dot[com
  • Melanie · 1 year ago
    What a great idea! Way to go, Joffrey's! :)
  • Java Meister · 1 year ago
    I am uniquely qualified to Beta test Coffee 2.0:
    1. [large number] years consuming coffee.
    2. [large number] years beta testing software, hardware, real life...
    3. Ability to provide detailed feedback on same.
    4. Am dead in the middle of the target demographic for the product.

    So, ya, I also created a whole new identity for this. That's got to count for something?

    email: djavameister [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Emilio · 1 year ago
    Because I'm a professional coffee drinker :-)
    and professional coffee drinkers need professional coffee

    emilioneron (at) yahoo (dot) com
  • Chris · 1 year ago
    My reason for Coffee 2.0:

    Coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee? Coffee. *twitch*
  • tedl · 1 year ago
    This retarded "coffee for bloggers" marketing spin was idiotic over two years ago:
    http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/...

    Why repeat idiocy?
  • Gaurav · 1 year ago
    /* WhyINeedCoffee.java source code */

    while(INeedToStayHungry && INeedToStayFoolish)
    {
    UniStudentEnergy--;
    if(UniStudent.hasMoreCoffee())
    {
    UniStudentEnergy+=Math.pow(10,100);
    UniStudent.getsHappy();
    }
    }
  • Daniel Abrams · 1 year ago
    I'd like the samples because I am a blogger, programmer, casual gamer, and college student in desperate need of good coffee. Please give me a sample of the coffee, I really love coffee and would love to try a sample of this before it comes to market. If it is good, I will definitely buy lots of it!
  • Jake Bathman · 1 year ago
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    jake.bathman @ gmail dot com
  • Jonathan · 1 year ago
    I should get free coffee because I am an around-the clock mercenary and I need all the adrenaline-inducing caffeine I can get to survive.
  • JennKim · 1 year ago
    Why should I get it....... to help me break my Starbucks addiction. Despartly seeking a better tasking coffee.
  • pixites · 1 year ago
    the best things in life are free
  • Jared · 1 year ago
    Because I work for my father in law.
  • Christine Lu · 1 year ago
    ...because it's monday. the week's only started and my IV drip is running low on caffeine. once the coffee runs out, the pms kicks in. i don't know about you, but a wired mashable reader is much more pleasant to tweet with than a postal one. kthxbye.
  • Ben Stoll · 1 year ago
    As my partner and I become filthy rich off of the website we're currently developing, I will inevitably begin to find myself in conversations that have the potential for quaint anecdotes about my experiences on the web. One of these will be my delight at having won a free pouch of Joffrey's 2.0 on Mashable.com

    I'll remark, "and the thing is, the coffee really WAS exceptional!"

    -------------(this part edited out for length)---------------

    ...At this point "Joffrey's" will become synonymous with "coffee" (i.e. coke::soda and kleenex::tissue). Because of the vast number of St##buck's in existence, probability dictates that with almost certainty, at some point a customer will enter a St##buck's with a barrista who, for whatever reason, is fascinatingly passionately devoted to St##buck's (I have met one such creature already in my travels). This customer will approach the devoted St##buck's barista, and order a "large Joffrey's." At this point, the barrista, already infuriated with the fact that Joffrey's has been taking huge bites out of all the various coffee markets, (converting coffee-shoppers to home-brewers etc.) and certainly giving St##buck's a run for it's money, will leap across the counter and strangle the poor unsuspecting Joffrey's fan to death.

    Let us pause, for this is the one tragic consequence of choosing this comment.

    At this point however, St##bucks will be boycotted and eventually it will shut down. Joffrey's will expand and cement even further it's domination over the coffee industry, but it will be loved, and smaller companies will happily be assimilated, noting that their brews are, frankly, obsolete compared to Joffrey's anyhow.

    And the world will be happy.


    charlesbenjaminstoll (at) gmail (dot) com
  • Regina · 1 year ago
    I should receive free coffee from Joffery's because:

    I have been drinking coffee since a very young age living in Germany, where good coffee could be found even in the 1970s
    Never did I percolated coffee myself; I began being "fancy" (you GRIND your own coffee?!) with my coffee by 18, by which time I was:
    Traveling with my own beans, grinder, and Melitta cone
    I am staying with my sister in an undisclosed location I care not for; good coffee will ease this pain
    I am an unemployed writer/editor in a life crisis moment for which I need to stay awake, thus:
    If I love it, I will spend my last shekels acquiring more

    rernyc[at]gmail[dot]com
  • Michel Savoie · 1 year ago
    I drink 2 pots of coffee per day, on average, and it's far too expensive for me to buy premium beans for all my coffee, so I stick to big brand coffee during the week, and indulge on weekends. This coffee would allow me to enjoy premium brew for a whole month without sacrificing my coffee budget!
  • Michel Savoie · 1 year ago
    I drink 2 pots of coffee per day, on average, and it's far too expensive for me to buy premium beans for all my coffee, so I stick to big brand coffee during the week, and indulge on weekends. This coffee would allow me to enjoy premium brew for a whole month without sacrificing my coffee budget! msavoie (at) gmail (dot) com
  • Rachel Sterbe · 1 year ago
    Why should you get free coffee?

    Because I need it to help fuel the news revolution on http://GroundReport.com. We share our ad revenues with our reporters-- so we need to put our earnings straight back into the community, not into our coffee mugs. :)
  • Jason · 1 year ago
    Hmm... I should get free coffee because my odds of being picked by a mt_rand randomizer (at time of writing with 46 other responders) are a little better than 2 to 1. Push a button, if user = jason[dot]murphy {AT@AT@AT@HERE} gmail {dot dot, dot bar bar, dot dot, bar dot} com, then please send me the caffeine I need. You may get buzz reviews via blogs and twits (like a tweet, but less gay sounding), and passing on to office mates to get them hooked.

    Else, please push button again.
  • Pete · 1 year ago
    Guys, I don't think we need visible email addies - we can grab them from the admin interface.

    ...and besides, da coffee is MYNE!!
  • Gaurav · 1 year ago
    "There's a Starbucks right here in the hotel. Akin to housing a cocaine addict in a crackhouse. " - Pete's tweet

    hahaha... i knew Pete was gonna take all 25 of em...
  • Pete · 1 year ago
    accompanying pic: http://twitpic.com/62gu

    ;)
  • Josh · 1 year ago
    Why? cause i need all the caffeine i can get to get www.gighire.com off the ground!
  • Tabitha "Tabz" Smith · 1 year ago
    I should get coffee because I'm a social media AND coffee junkie and I understand how to get the word out if it's any good ;)

    email - supcomtabz-at-gmail-dot-com
  • michael · 1 year ago
    Because I've never been a coffee drinker and this may be the brew that brings me over to the dark (roast) side
  • dan · 1 year ago
    because if you don't give it to me i will knock the earth of its orbit and it will tumble into the sun.
  • dan · 1 year ago
    you can see that i spelt 'of' wrong in this version. it should have been 'off'. i tried to stop the browser, but i clearly didn't get to it in time. that's why i've posted an almost identical comment immediately afterwards. i didn't just post the same comment twice. all that said and done, i don't want any of this to be seen to undermine the credibility of my position. i'm much better at dislodging planets from their natural orbit than i am at spelling.
  • dan · 1 year ago
    because if you don't give it to me i will knock the earth off its orbit and it will tumble into the sun.
  • Bryan Thatcher · 1 year ago
    simple need the coffee cause I have booked 91,872 km of traveling since march
  • Jeff · 1 year ago
    I should get free coffee because I work for Sparkpr, an agency that lives off coffee and has lots of Web 2.0 clients!
  • Trevor Burnham · 1 year ago
    I should get free coffee because I'm a grad student, and therefore poor. Oh, sure, I have a generous government grant, a flexible schedule and the resources of a major research university, but I can still be motivated to enormous lengths by the prospect of free food. E-mail trevburn AT umich.edu.
  • Jim Kirks · 1 year ago
    I am poor and tired of drinking crappy coffee. Please help a poor nerd out!
  • Adam · 1 year ago
    I should get free coffee, because I have NEVER drank coffee before in my life. Nope not a drop. Crazy right? So, anyway yours will be my first cup. Of course i'll have to borrow a coffee maker.
  • Robert · 1 year ago
    I should get the free coffee because...

    Well coffee is the last legal drug we have and how can anyone expect me to get through a day without my fix? While some may want to ween themselves off of it, I prefer to simply go for a cleaner cut... so Joffrey's if you think you are a clean cut brew, then drop me a freebie.
  • pixilipz · 1 year ago
    I should get free coffee because outside my bedroom window is a train station on one side and a building site on the other so need strong flavoursome assistance to wake up in the morning.

    pixilipz [at] googlemail [dot] com
  • Danny Cooper · 1 year ago
    I should get free coffee so I can stay up late reading mashable posts, even the ones I've already read.
  • Chuck · 1 year ago
    I should get the free coffee because... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....
  • CB · 1 year ago
    we need to get free coffee because we are from Argentina, a thirld world country, where apple hardware is valued like 3x the store value in US, and because of that, we dont have any money for cofeee

    fix us!!!!

    PS: i forgot to mention that we have just one ( ONE ! ) starbucks in all the f*** country :)
  • Mark Krynsky · 1 year ago
    I (and the other winners) should get free coffee so that we can start an alternative geek meme to the "Free as in beer" one for "Free as in coffee" as a result of this giveaway. What better way to kick off this new meme than for us to write and discuss this great free brew we've received from Joffreys which was developed with the help of us geeks. Should I be chosen as the lucky winner to help out with this new endeavor, you can send my brew to krynsky at yahoo dotcom.
  • tara · 1 year ago
    I love coffeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
  • Designer · 1 year ago
    i should get coffee 2.0 because i don't drink coffee and if your product can make me love coffee then i think you are the only winner in this competition :)
  • Corinne · 1 year ago
    Top 5 Reasons Why I Should Get Free Coffee from Joffrey's

    5. I have finally learned how to properly use a coffee maker.
    4. I will share the free coffee with my colleagues at The Bohle Company, a PR firm with a focus on Web 2.0 and gaming clients.
    3. My officemate will be pleased to have great coffee he didn't have to pay for out of pocket.
    2. My boss might promote me for writing a fabulous pitch that netted us free coffee.

    And the #1 reason why I should get free coffee:
    1. If I get promoted and make more $$, then that means I can actually BUY Joffrey Coffee 2.0. I'll then get all my friends drinking it, thus continuing the viral marketing campaign. Go Team Joffrey!
  • NickYoung · 1 year ago
    It's not just any coffee...It's Coffee 2.0!
  • Jeff · 1 year ago
    I admit that I am addicted to coffee and it would help to have my addiction partrially subsididzed. Samples are greatly appreciated.
  • Sue · 4 months ago
    I NEED the coffee. I am by profession a Realtor and you know what that means, yes you guessed it BROKE. I am a true coffee addict, buying the stuff an foregoing the grocieries. Please help support my habit. PLEASE
  • brooks Morgan · 3 months ago
    because my startup can't afford it :P brooks at infegy dawt com (thats straight gangsta for .com)