There's a new coffee in town

Alexis Kowaleski


Move over Starbucks, Biggby’s Coffee offers students a more convenient and cheaper way to get their caffeine.

Since their opening Feb. 19, Biggby gives CMU students a faster way to get their gourmet coffee on their way to class located little over a mile away from each other.

“When we got Starbucks up here last year I was so excited,” Sandra Thach of Clinton Township said.

Starbucks, usually the reining king of the coffee industry, finally popped up in the mid-Michigan area last year, with barely any competition.

“I live at Copper Beach which is literally across the street from Biggby’s so I never bother going to Starbucks anymore, “Thach said.

Besides prime real estate Biggby also offers customers late nights, bright atmosphere and free refills of their carefully selected Costa Rican coffee beans.

Their coffee itself is less expensive than Starbucks and to some people tastes not much different.
“I’d definitely say I’m a coffee snob…I would put Biggby’s on the same level as Starbucks, not as high but it’s definitely up there,” Josh Lady of Traverse City said.

Whether it’s convenience, price, the taste or just the simple fact that it’s new to the area, Biggby’s has made its mark on the college scene and is ready to go toe-to-toe with Starbucks.

Biggby’s is located on Blue Grass Road in the plaza across the street from Wal-Mart.