Starbucks

[Deleted member 48881]

Do you like drinking Starbucks coffee? Or is it mediocre as some say? The UK have the highest amount of Starbucks shops in Europe afaik, what makes them special for you?

 

[LEONARD]

I prefer Nero, or any good independent coffee gaffs.

Lot's of good ones in Liverpool.

I don't like those big heavy mugs you get in Starbucks.

 

[mawders]

Their coffee is terrible and everything is overpriced. Independents are better

 

[Simon Buttle]

Cafe Nero is much nicer coffee than Starbucks, where i live we also have Harris and Hoole which is like a posh version of Cafe Nero (It's the same company behind both) that's pretty nice also.

 

[abelard]

find it tastes a bit better in America than in Britain, though I've no idea why

of course an independent who knows what they're doing will always be better, but in America, it's likely the best of the vernacular coffees.

you sneering kids with your beards and your phones and your tattoos have no idea how grim things were before Starbucks! the runts of the coffee bean litter pulverised through some McCarthy-era industrial contraption, left in the pot all day and then shoved into a microwave and served in a styrofoam cup. bits of corn powder cut with crude oil byproducts posing as "milk".

in Canada, however, this tradition proudly carries on.

*strokes chin wistfully*

 

[COYBL25]

Is this about coffee or a social comment ?

Asking for a friend

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

Just an overpriced milky coffee yes?

 

[chrismpw]

All, without exception, all corporation based expansive global businesses do well by selling predictable mediocre or poor products at premium prices to the bulk herd who are easily impressed by brands names.

Ghastly stuff. Prefer my own cafetiere every time.

 

[Rook]

find it tastes a bit better in America than in Britain, though I've no idea why

of course an independent who knows what they're doing will always be better, but in America, it's likely the best of the vernacular coffees.

you sneering kids with your beards and your phones and your tattoos have no idea how grim things were before Starbucks! the runts of the coffee bean litter pulverised through some McCarthy-era industrial contraption, left in the pot all day and then shoved into a microwave and served in a styrofoam cup. bits of corn powder cut with crude oil byproducts posing as "milk".

in Canada, however, this tradition proudly carries on.

*strokes chin wistfully*

There literally is no good coffee in Canada. It is the worst place in the world for coffee. Tim Hortons is garbage, there is this chain called Second Cup or something, and their coffee tastes like chewing tobacco.

 

[heatmeiser]

Complete dump. Just get yourself an Aeropress or V60 and some fresh beans and do it yourself. Save yourself £100s and actually taste the coffee instead of burnt garbage.

 

[Blue 1]

Have literally never been in one.

 

[Black Belt Jones]

Don't like it exactly but appreciate that you can taste it - find their filters quite bitter as a rule but it's coffee and not dishwater like a Costa Americano. Always found it odd that a Global McCoffee enterprise offers such a strong tasting product, you'd expect something way more bland.

 

[DanEFC92]

Bit addicted to take out coffee (Costa, Starbucks).

 

[abelard]

there is this chain called Second Cup or something, and their coffee tastes like chewing tobacco.

that's what the second cup is for ; )

 

[sageyefc]

Not a fan of in store but do like the little cans of cold coffee they do