A Third Street neighbor, who works at a Starbucks in Manhattan, assured me that the milk foam in lattes and cappuccino’s at Starbucks will be much improved because of Tuesday’s re-training sessions at all 7,100 shops.

At the re-training sessions, employees were trained in the art of making frothy foam. Turns out, the majority of Starbucks baristas were doing it wrong.

My Third Street neighbor was an exception. One of the top three baristas at his Starbucks, he’s been doing it right all along I am proud to report.

From now on, he said, the coffee drinks should taste much, much better. The company, which has sales of over $9 billion dollars, has seen it’s profits plunge since 2006. They’re scared and are attempting to get back to basics to salvage their falling market share.

According to some reports, stores opened yesterday with a sign urging customers to complain if their drink wasn’t "perfect".

I haven’t been to the Seventh Avenue store since last week but am interested to see if things are different over there.

While I’m not a big fan of Starbucks coffee, I do like the staff at our local Starbucks.