Beverages
Starbucks coffee averages 56 percent more caffeine than coffee purchased at gas stations or doughnut shops, according to a study commissioned by The Wall Street Journal. So that's why I like it.

In Bloomington there were two coffee shops bordering campus: a glossy, comfortable, moderately priced Starbucks, and a hole-in-the-wall, expensive, independent coffee shop with creaky, mismatched furniture--a haven for undergrads with left-wing slogans on their grimy T-shirts. Guess which one I went to?