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Charity Froggenhall

If you compare their product to your typical grocery store canned coffee made from Robusta beans then it is far superior. But if you compare Starbucks' product to a well roasted and quality Arabica blend you'll find that Starbucks coffee isn't all it's cracked up to be.

Yes, Starbucks coffee tastes burnt - it's that "special" roasting process. But canned Robusta coffee; nasty stuff, it tastes like burning rubber smells.

Go ahead and drink the coffee that suits your taste. Just be aware that if you've chosen Starbucks because it's the best then you're missing out on what good coffee is all about.

whuffo

APFPilot

They charged me the $1.60-something anyway, because their registers aren't programmed with the new price. The coffee, IMO, is worse than their others. It seems just like SB coffee, but weaker. It smells weaker, it tastes watery. It doesn't taste like a full-bodied, lighter roast, it tastes like a dark roast brewed in more water. I prefer lighter roasts, and this wasn't it.

It is acid and bitter with little aroma and a watery texture. What aroma there was reminded me of the 70's percolator my parents drank coffee out of all day.

This location still doesn't have any free Wi-Fi, just the same-old overpriced T-Mobile subscriptions, and free roaming if you have certain AT&T accounts. I was the only customer in the place until a middle-aged couple drove up in a Mercedes SUV and walked in, wearing matching warm-up suits. I felt like I was in Boca, except all the Cubans are Mexican.

ChuckECheese

Welcome Aboard Pike's Peak blend, my new friend ;)

Cranky Customer

Rude baristas (coffee schlepers)= my business going somewhere else!

dreychan

Pike. Place. SINGULAR. It's the name of a street, so it's like the "First Avenue Market"-- the "PIKE PLACE Market." You wouldn't say the "First's Avenue Market" so why would you say the "Pike's Place Market."

That's right. You wouldn't.

/rant

Fly Girl (Formerly "I Ain't Tryin' a Hear Dat!")

APFPilot

firesign

HUZZAH!!!!!!! That right there will make me drink it. Fresh Coffee = Pure Win

sourc3

lautaylo

lautaylo

Ghede

That sounds suspiciuosly like Dunkin Donuts coffee.

ReverendDrGladhands

are there really people out there that won't drink "breakfast blend" at times other then in the morning?

snakeattack

mobilene

alfundo

past

i related my one experience from starbucks in the USA - i have also had starbucks in Canada, China, UK and Australia, and every coffee was mediocre at best.

I prefer gloria jeans caramel lattes than star bucks caramel lattes, however the best purchise i made was a nespresso (www.nespresso.com) machine. great coffee at home.

Tejas

ChuckECheese

Can I base my experience on having Starbucks in over 20 states and 3 countries (and having worked at 2 as a teenager)???

The brewed coffee sucks balls. The espresso and related drinks are pretty good.

radleyas

evilhapposai

Shmonkmonk

Shmonkmonk

I will say that though I dislike the regular coffee in Starbucks, they make a great White Mocha. So they got that going for them, which is nice.

endersshadow

you are on The List.

katylostherart

Coles_Law

The Wall Street Journal has an excellent article on coffee makers:[online.wsj.com]

My favorite is the new Illy Hyper Espresso machine that uses coffee pods.

ConsumptionJunkie

Leah

More important, in my opinion, is that the beans are optimized for shelf life. They're roasted in a few massive, centralized facilities at some indeterminate time in the past. You'll never see a real bloom in a French press using beans from Starbucks. That's a important byproduct of days-old, CO2-rich beans.

Tasting the Future of Starbucks Coffee From a New Machine [NY Times] explains the issue quite well.

Michael Belisle

That's insane. Once upon a time, when I was an American in Paris. I saw the Starbucks dans le Forum des Halles and thought "Why would somebody go to a Starbucks in France?"

You can't claim convenience: there's an espresso machine behind every shop counter. It takes an extra effort to get your caramel macchiato fix.

Michael Belisle

Psicosis

Its BAD coffee. Even Dunkin Donuts makes coffee decades better than you.

Falconfire

Just goes to show that Starbucks is not only overpriced, but not even properly made and kept.

Falconfire

morganlh85

HRHKingFriday

edrebber

Charity Froggenhall

scarletvirtue - plays well with scissors

TangDrinker

homerjay

fuzzymuffins, the coffee is burned during the roasting process, not because it sits on a burner too long. They could make a fresh pot every 5 seconds and it would still taste burned.

I make my own coffee. It's a dying art form.

louveciennes

give me good ole green mountain coffee from my local gas station. never had a bad cup in 5 years.

fuzzymuffins

Landru

wesa

Our drip coffee is currently allowed to sit for up to an hour (sometimes it's more in slow stores or during dull times). We are now supposed to brew a fresh batch every 30 min, and I can tell you that makes a big difference. There are times when I rinse out our containers, and the charred smell comes from coffee sitting there about 45 min. Under these new changes, coffee grounds made that morning will be scooped out according to need. There is no reason for us to have a full container of coffee brewed when demand is small. For the customer this means more coffee turnover and less burned/cooked coffee that has just been sitting there. From our store's test run, we've increased coffee brewing to every 10-15 min by brewing smaller batches instead of full batches.

The coffee is also to be sold within two weeks of being roasted instead of sitting in a warehouse for months which I think will make a difference.

ElPresidente408

Here's hoping the shorter coffee life cycle will result in a better product at least.

ZekeSulastin

Falconfire

scarletvirtue - plays well with scissors

AbsoluteIrrelevance

uberbucket

Grrrrrrrrr

akalish

(I Highly recommend, Canadian crack a.k.a Tim Hortons coffee)

B1663R

laserjobs

tdogg241

defeatism

Falconfire

nybiker

what does that mean exactly?

wachen

G-16

Ah, thanks for clearing that up.

Hey, since you seem to work at Starbucks - where'd the Joya del Dia go? That was really tasty, but I never see it anymore.

chucklebuck

ConsumptionJunkie

eightfifteen

morganlh85

morganlh85

The other cool thing that happens tomorrow (which is actually cool) is we're going to be selling Top Pot doughnuts. Probably overpriced, but they're REALLY good, and we'll be sampling those too.

duncanatrix

sondhead

WannaBblonde

But the entire area reeks of urine. It's NOT something I want to be reminded of when drinking coffee.

Gamethyme

I'm pretty much in the minority here in that I like Starbucks coffee, but I will say that there's not really much special about this particular blend. Still, for free samples, I'll cruise by on my way to lunch.

chucklebuck

ptkdude

Dashrashi

Not even a $12,000 coffee maker can save poor Starbucks.

I prefer Peet's.

ConsumptionJunkie

we have a great chain here in australia called gloria jeans coffees. never had any trouble with them. i don't know if they are anywhere else however.

Tejas