@yakkoTDI I used to stop at the Starbucks in Target on the way to work, and the same person was always working there. One day, he saw me pull up and had my drink waiting for me when I walked in. Does that count as not ordering?
@Cerridwyn I agree with you completely! I can probably count on one hand how many times I have been in a Starbucks in the past five years and she’ll have a Lotta fingers left over
@mycya4me the last two times I have been and what is technically a Starbucks was the reserve Roastery in seattle. The first time was right after it opened and I kind of wanted to see what they had done with it. The coffee was actually drinkable. And looked absolutely nothing like anything Starbucks sells anywhere else. Parentheses yes I know you can buy Roastery beans elsewhere now you couldn’t then parentheses closed. The second time I was there it had definitely degraded a little bit. I had gone there to actually buy some of their fresh roasted beans to show somebody what Starbucks should taste like.
@Cerridwyn@mycya4me My experience is that Starbucks coffee here in the Tampa area is made with burnt beans. The Starbucks I visited in Seattle had so much real competition the coffee was much better but I would not call it great.
I normally only get the chai latte or if available the lime refresher. I usually only go if someone else wants to go.
My favourite coffee places around here are both in St. Pete.
@kittykat9180@Kyeh@Star2236@yakkoTDI It’s cute to use an Italian word for a particular size cup of Starbucks coffee, but really–they don’t even have brewed coffee in Italy or any coffee drink that would even come close to the size of a “venti.”
Nothing. I order nothing because I’m so pissed that the fuckers got rid of all their power outlets. They can keep their overpriced burnt-roasted coffee.
I’m in too much of a hurry to stop at SBUX on the way to work. However, when I take my morning break, I go to Dunkin Donuts for coffee as I walk around the block.
I don’t drink coffee, if I do go there, I’m getting a chai tea or one of their refreshers such as açai lemonade.
I prefer going to a Boba tea place for something like a passionfruit black tea or rosehip lemonade. Unfortunately, Starbucks is closer so if I’m lazy, I’ll go to Starbucks.
One friend told me a very poignant fact. Of course he was talking about booze. I don’t drink, coffee or booze. The fact is “You Can Only RENT Any thing you Drink” so when you go pay for those highly expensive drinks… You are just pissing your money away!
@kittykat9180@yakkoTDI Oh, BTW I also gave up drinking ANYTHING/Everything that has CO2. It give me gas. My tummy don’t like it, so it passed out the rear end! So to protect others I gave it up decades ago. Don’t miss it!
@kittykat9180@Kyeh@yakkoTDI why… I gave CO2 drinks back in the Late 70’s, By 1980 I was free of them! Better for you & other & me as I would have a Gassy tummy, NOT FUN!
Either a chai tea or caramel macchiato with coconut milk. Unless it’s Xmas time when I happen to stop then I get the crème brûlée latte. I don’t really stop there much though.
It’s probably been at least 10 years since I was in a Starbucks. I used to occasionally get something when I’d stop there while taking my (teen) kids to school on my way to work (they had to have their morning coffee). Now I’m happy making my morning cup at home with fresh beans, hand ground, brewed in the Aeropress. (Low tech, high quality .)
I don’t like coffee, so I get a chai, peach green tea lemonade, or strawberry refresher. I’ve had the chai at other places, but I like the Starbucks chai the best.
First, I prefer Peet’s over Starbucks. The Peetniks seem to be better trained than at Starbucks and the machines at Peets allow for manual control.
Second–and sorry if I offend people–Starbucks coffee beans are not burnt; they are dark-roasted and they seem to have great quality control. Way back when, I used to drink typical American coffee like Maxwell House and Folgers. It was quite a change to taste Starbucks and Peets coffee because it has so much more body and flavor than mass-produced American ligher-roasted coffees. I suppose I too would have described it as burnt due to the shock my taste buds experienced and not really knowing what to make of it or how to accurately describe it.
@ItalianScallion I say that Starbucks is the McDonald’s of coffee. The goal of what they do is to make it taste the same no matter where you get it. So really good light to medium roast is not going to happen because you will not get it to taste the same with that next bag of beans. The first time I went to the reserve Roastery for Starbucks in Seattle the first thing that I noticed when where they were actually roasting coffee downstairs was how beautiful the beans looked. They were not dark and oily they did not taste bitter. And I spent some time talking to the roster and I basically concluded after that this was Starbucks trying to show people that yeah we do know how to do it right we just choose not to. Roasting properly is a little bit more labor-intensive, it takes knowing the beans that you’re roasting and not doing them all the same. Starbucks is actually the more than dark roasted, you compared it to Peet’s Coffee, and and Peet’s Coffee at least at one point was dark roasted. I’m not sure that’s true as much anymore now that they’re conglomerate owned. But I won’t drink it either so I can’t judge it at all.
@ItalianScallion@Kyeh I do. Most of the time. Different beings do best at different roasts. My number one preference generally, without being super specific, our Ethiopian heirlooms with a light- roast. Some beans do better with a medium to darker roast without going to True dark where it gets slimy and oily. But natural process Ethiopian heirloom beans with a good light to medium roast are bright and cheerful and I know those aren’t tasting notes but it’s the way I’m going to describe it. I’ve had beans that are roasted too light for those beans and they end up tasting like weak tea soup. That’s why a good roaster figures out with the best roast is for that particular being that was processed that particular way. We don’t follow the strict process of the rule of 15s anymore. But I remember those days and I remember getting a $50 a pound bag of coffee that I couldn’t drink because the Roaster hadn’t done it justice
@ItalianScallion@Kyeh yes technically light roasts have a little bit more caffeine but from what I have read in more recent research is that it’s not significant. If I’m going to drink beer it’s going to be Stout so yes dark. To me like beer has no flavor. And again as I said it’s roaster dependent and beans dependent
@Cerridwyn@ItalianScallion Yes, @kyeh, the darker you roast the beans the less caffeine there will be as it burns off, however I will posit that unless you are super sensitive to caffeine, the difference is negligible. And that is a run-on sentence
I don’t go to Starbucks because the one order I’ve ever placed there I just asked for a large black coffee (which is the way I drink my coffee). And I was asked twice what size I wanted because they wanted me to speak their language. No thanks. I eventually got a cup of lousy, over-cooked, over-priced, bitter black coffee. So, I haven’t been back.
Also, I know a guy who roasts pretty reasonable beans
Well, “lite” beer certainly has no flavor, but I can’t stand the light-in-color IPAs because I find the flavor unpleasantly bitter/sour. I kind of like wheat beers and weissbiers, though.
@ItalianScallion@Kyeh what can I say Voice to Text has a 10-2 typo too much. And yes it did that and I’m going to leave it just because. If I’m going to have beer there’s only two things I usually order- Guinness or Chocolate Stout
@ragingredd I disagree. It’s a question of what each person likes or dislikes. I like dark roasted coffee and Starbucks is pretty good, but I know many people, especially Americans, prefer lighter roasts. That’s ok. Starbucks beans are absolutely high quality and I will pick some up at the supermarket once in a while when I run out of beans at home and going to a Peet’s store is a pain in the neck. The problem with Starbucks is inconsistent quality of espresso drinks due to insufficient training of their baristas and the increasing use of fully automatic machines.
Of course I order. How else will they know what I want?
@yakkoTDI telepathy
@yakkoTDI I used to stop at the Starbucks in Target on the way to work, and the same person was always working there. One day, he saw me pull up and had my drink waiting for me when I walked in. Does that count as not ordering?
@Cerridwyn why not?
@Cerridwyn I agree with you completely! I can probably count on one hand how many times I have been in a Starbucks in the past five years and she’ll have a Lotta fingers left over
@mycya4me the last two times I have been and what is technically a Starbucks was the reserve Roastery in seattle. The first time was right after it opened and I kind of wanted to see what they had done with it. The coffee was actually drinkable. And looked absolutely nothing like anything Starbucks sells anywhere else. Parentheses yes I know you can buy Roastery beans elsewhere now you couldn’t then parentheses closed. The second time I was there it had definitely degraded a little bit. I had gone there to actually buy some of their fresh roasted beans to show somebody what Starbucks should taste like.
@Cerridwyn @mycya4me My experience is that Starbucks coffee here in the Tampa area is made with burnt beans. The Starbucks I visited in Seattle had so much real competition the coffee was much better but I would not call it great.
I normally only get the chai latte or if available the lime refresher. I usually only go if someone else wants to go.
My favourite coffee places around here are both in St. Pete.
Southside Coffee
https://www.southsidecoffeebrewbar.com
The Buzz
https://thebuzz727.com/
It’s the only coffee place open at 6 about halfway between my friend and me, so we endure the coffee to have a good conversation.
Grande dark roast in a venti cup.
Venti ice water.
Heavy cream on the side
I rarely go, but if I do I refuse to use their dumb size names and just order a “small” or a “medium.”
@Kyeh haha same. Usually I’m get a refresher and tell them to make it the biggest goantist size they have. And easy on the ice.
@kittykat9180 @Kyeh
Me too, I don’t even know what they are.
@kittykat9180 @Kyeh @Star2236 Come on. The best is ordering a Venti (eye tallion for 20) to get a 24oz beverage.
I actually use the small, medium, large and giant to order.
@kittykat9180 @Kyeh @Star2236 @yakkoTDI It’s cute to use an Italian word for a particular size cup of Starbucks coffee, but really–they don’t even have brewed coffee in Italy or any coffee drink that would even come close to the size of a “venti.”
@ItalianScallion @kittykat9180 @Star2236 @yakkoTDI I think it’s pretentious.
@Kyeh I don’t use the dumb size names for the exact same reason…
… not that I often go anyway. I like dark roast and they only ever have it pour over (if at all) - and that always ends up gritty.
Water
Nothing. I order nothing because I’m so pissed that the fuckers got rid of all their power outlets.
Nothing. I order nothing because I’m so pissed that the fuckers got rid of all their power outlets. They can keep their overpriced burnt-roasted coffee.
Yay for the inclusion of “I don’t go to Starbucks”!
I’m in too much of a hurry to stop at SBUX on the way to work. However, when I take my morning break, I go to Dunkin Donuts for coffee as I walk around the block.
I don’t drink coffee, if I do go there, I’m getting a chai tea or one of their refreshers such as açai lemonade.
I prefer going to a Boba tea place for something like a passionfruit black tea or rosehip lemonade. Unfortunately, Starbucks is closer so if I’m lazy, I’ll go to Starbucks.
One friend told me a very poignant fact. Of course he was talking about booze. I don’t drink, coffee or booze. The fact is “You Can Only RENT Any thing you Drink” so when you go pay for those highly expensive drinks… You are just pissing your money away!
@mycya4me plain coffee at Starbucks is only a few dollars.
@kittykat9180 @mycya4me So your friend only buys the cheapest food since that is a rental also.
@kittykat9180 @yakkoTDI Oh, BTW I also gave up drinking ANYTHING/Everything that has CO2. It give me gas. My tummy don’t like it, so it passed out the rear end! So to protect others I gave it up decades ago. Don’t miss it!
@kittykat9180 @yakkoTDI
@mycya4me TMI
@Kyeh @mycya4me @yakkoTDI who doesn’t like a good fart conversation?
@kittykat9180 @mycya4me @yakkoTDI Me
@kittykat9180 @Kyeh @yakkoTDI So very true!.
@kittykat9180 @Kyeh @yakkoTDI why… I gave CO2 drinks back in the Late 70’s, By 1980 I was free of them! Better for you & other & me as I would have a Gassy tummy, NOT FUN!
Refreshers!
Eww, burnt coffee. Yuck.
Though the acai lemonade is good if I have to go there
Either a chai tea or caramel macchiato with coconut milk. Unless it’s Xmas time when I happen to stop then I get the crème brûlée latte. I don’t really stop there much though.
It’s probably been at least 10 years since I was in a Starbucks. I used to occasionally get something when I’d stop there while taking my (teen) kids to school on my way to work (they had to have their morning coffee). Now I’m happy making my morning cup at home with fresh beans, hand ground, brewed in the Aeropress. (Low tech, high quality
.)
Grande hot mocha. I don’t like plain coffee but put some chocolate in it and I’m game. I also like the caramel frappe.
I don’t like coffee, so I get a chai, peach green tea lemonade, or strawberry refresher. I’ve had the chai at other places, but I like the Starbucks chai the best.
@lisagd22 Starbucks does have the best chai, even above local cafes.
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The cherry chai was
@kittykat9180 Yes! I hope they bring it back!
I rarely go, and I don’t drink coffee. When I go I get a caramel apple spice
First, I prefer Peet’s over Starbucks.
The Peetniks seem to be better trained than at Starbucks and the machines at Peets allow for manual control.
Second–and sorry if I offend people–Starbucks coffee beans are not burnt; they are dark-roasted and they seem to have great quality control. Way back when, I used to drink typical American coffee like Maxwell House and Folgers. It was quite a change to taste Starbucks and Peets coffee because it has so much more body and flavor than mass-produced American ligher-roasted coffees. I suppose I too would have described it as burnt due to the shock my taste buds experienced and not really knowing what to make of it or how to accurately describe it.
@ItalianScallion I say that Starbucks is the McDonald’s of coffee. The goal of what they do is to make it taste the same no matter where you get it. So really good light to medium roast is not going to happen because you will not get it to taste the same with that next bag of beans. The first time I went to the reserve Roastery for Starbucks in Seattle the first thing that I noticed when where they were actually roasting coffee downstairs was how beautiful the beans looked. They were not dark and oily they did not taste bitter. And I spent some time talking to the roster and I basically concluded after that this was Starbucks trying to show people that yeah we do know how to do it right we just choose not to. Roasting properly is a little bit more labor-intensive, it takes knowing the beans that you’re roasting and not doing them all the same. Starbucks is actually the more than dark roasted, you compared it to Peet’s Coffee, and and Peet’s Coffee at least at one point was dark roasted. I’m not sure that’s true as much anymore now that they’re conglomerate owned. But I won’t drink it either so I can’t judge it at all.
@ItalianScallion So @Cerridwyn, do you prefer a light to medium roast?
@ItalianScallion @Kyeh I do. Most of the time. Different beings do best at different roasts. My number one preference generally, without being super specific, our Ethiopian heirlooms with a light- roast. Some beans do better with a medium to darker roast without going to True dark where it gets slimy and oily. But natural process Ethiopian heirloom beans with a good light to medium roast are bright and cheerful and I know those aren’t tasting notes but it’s the way I’m going to describe it. I’ve had beans that are roasted too light for those beans and they end up tasting like weak tea soup. That’s why a good roaster figures out with the best roast is for that particular being that was processed that particular way. We don’t follow the strict process of the rule of 15s anymore. But I remember those days and I remember getting a $50 a pound bag of coffee that I couldn’t drink because the Roaster hadn’t done it justice
@Cerridwyn @ItalianScallion I see. I prefer dark roasts and dark beers, not too acidic.
I’ve heard that the light roasts have more caffeine.
@ItalianScallion @Kyeh yes technically light roasts have a little bit more caffeine but from what I have read in more recent research is that it’s not significant. If I’m going to drink beer it’s going to be Stout so yes dark. To me like beer has no flavor. And again as I said it’s roaster dependent and beans dependent
@Cerridwyn @ItalianScallion Yes, @kyeh, the darker you roast the beans the less caffeine there will be as it burns off, however I will posit that unless you are super sensitive to caffeine, the difference is negligible. And that is a run-on sentence
I don’t go to Starbucks because the one order I’ve ever placed there I just asked for a large black coffee (which is the way I drink my coffee). And I was asked twice what size I wanted because they wanted me to speak their language. No thanks. I eventually got a cup of lousy, over-cooked, over-priced, bitter black coffee. So, I haven’t been back.
Also, I know a guy who roasts pretty reasonable beans
@Cerridwyn @ItalianScallion
Well, “lite” beer certainly has no flavor, but I can’t stand the light-in-color IPAs because I find the flavor unpleasantly bitter/sour. I kind of like wheat beers and weissbiers, though.
@ItalianScallion @Kyeh what can I say Voice to Text has a 10-2 typo too much. And yes it did that and I’m going to leave it just because. If I’m going to have beer there’s only two things I usually order- Guinness or Chocolate Stout
@Cerridwyn @ItalianScallion I do like Chocolate Stout!
On the off chance I actually find myself in a Starbucks (with someone else), a Cake Pop or Marshmallow Dream Bar.
@PooltoyWolf oohh yes I forgot they had cake pops, do, pray tell, what is a marshmallow dream bar?!?
@ragingredd Rice Krispies Treat, essentially.
Never go to StarSchmucks, their coffee tastes horrible. Though I have to admit they have a great white hot chocolate.
@ragingredd how would you know that if you never go there?
@ragingredd I disagree. It’s a question of what each person likes or dislikes. I like dark roasted coffee and Starbucks is pretty good, but I know many people, especially Americans, prefer lighter roasts. That’s ok. Starbucks beans are absolutely high quality and I will pick some up at the supermarket once in a while when I run out of beans at home and going to a Peet’s store is a pain in the neck. The problem with Starbucks is inconsistent quality of espresso drinks due to insufficient training of their baristas and the increasing use of fully automatic machines.
Venti Americano Blonde Roast with heavy cream.
Cinnamon Dolce latte, but August 24th I will have the pumpkin spice latte!