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Try a good coffee instead. There are lots of good local small roasters turning out quality product. Why settle for Starbucks swill?
Ha. I really like Starbucks. I hope that it is being shopped. If I could find another coffee shop in my area that I liked...I would probably be okay with doing that too!
Try living in New England where 90% of our coffee is supplied by Dunkin Donuts. The other 10% is a mix if starbucks and independents who all use Green Mountain Coffee.
There's nothing "independent" about anybody around here.
There's nothing "independent" about anybody around here.
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Seriously, nobody cares that you're offended.
Seriously, nobody cares that you're offended.
At least Starbucks is consistantly average coffee.
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Opinions are opinions. I typically drink black coffee, and out of the large chains, Starbucks actually has good tasting coffee and a unique, trademark flavor as well.
In my area, I haven't seen Starbucks shopped. Rather, I see other coffee places shopped, like Peet's, Caribou, etc.
In my area, I haven't seen Starbucks shopped. Rather, I see other coffee places shopped, like Peet's, Caribou, etc.
Shopping the Greater Denver Area, Colorado Springs and in-between in Colorado. 33 year old male and willing to travel!
I write up half my reports at Starbucks. (Facing so that nobody can see my screen, of course.) I must not be signed up with this MSC because I've never seen them come up. But hey, between the gold star program and getting in good with the manager as a regular customer, I already get my fair share of free lattes. ;-)
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@Hoju wrote:
Try living in New England where 90% of our coffee is supplied by Dunkin Donuts. The other 10% is a mix if starbucks and independents who all use Green Mountain Coffee.
There's nothing "independent" about anybody around here.
LOL. That's a tough spot to be in, Hoju! I live in the Seattle area (SBUX headquarters here) and we have tons of good coffee roasters. Oregon and Northern California do as well. If you can get your hands on Stumptown, buy a pound of beans. Delicious!
Eh, I have been strongly opinionated against Starbucks...and have since changed my tune. Based on other 'coffee shop' shops I have done.
Starbucks was really terrific at one time. Now it tastes bitter and burnt.
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LOL. That's a tough spot to be in, Hoju! I live in the Seattle area (SBUX headquarters here) and we have tons of good coffee roasters.
I gotta agree with you. Several years ago we Hubby and I were in Seattle, we stopped in the Starbucks 'mothership' just to say we had. We did not get a drink there; the store was packed and the staff was rude. Over the course of our visit I saw more coffee shops per capita than any other place I've been. All of the ones we went in were good.
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I agree, Kathy. A stop in The Market's Starbucks (yep the first one anywhere - hence your description as the "mothership"
is a must for any visitor. As you noted, there are plenty of places to get a great cup of coffee.
is a must for any visitor. As you noted, there are plenty of places to get a great cup of coffee.
Whole Paycheck in my neck of the woods has become my coffee place. Never liked Starbucks, so I put up with DD for a long time (I'm in New England too). The cost of a Whole Foods daily brew is the same as a cup at DD where I live (your mileage may vary), plus you can get a Whole Foods card or app and get a free coffee for every 10 you buy. The daily brew changes......daily. There's usually a dark roast and a medium or lighter roast. Since it's just as convenient for me to go to the Whole Foods as it is to go to Dunkin or Starbucks (which I never go to), and because all of the baristas at my local Whole Foods are incredibly nice, it's become my local coffee shop. Some days I sit in the Whole Foods cafe with my coffee and use the wifi, other days I just take my coffee out to the car and go.
My favorite coffee is in my kitchen every morning. The barrista: my husband.
The beans are Seattle Mountain, roasted locally by costco and made into a wickedly good brew. Hmm, I wonder if he is shopped while I am away at work.
The beans are Seattle Mountain, roasted locally by costco and made into a wickedly good brew. Hmm, I wonder if he is shopped while I am away at work.
I make Folgers with a dash of salt in the drip basket. It is the only coffee that I have had that doesn't get bitter when you reheat it. As for the hedgehogs coffee, I will order it but after several sips it gets poured out. And they say do not say anything bad about the hedgehog coffee because each cup is individually brewed. It tastes like old Navy coffee during mid-rats that has been in the 60 cup earn since yesterday morning's breakfast. It turns bitter before you finish the shop and leave the place.
The best cup of coffee I've ever had came from green beans roasted by Oldest Son on a Sunday and delivered to my house by UPS just a couple of days later. Oldest is coming for a visit next week, and I'm hoping he shows me how to roast.
Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. Eleanor Roosevelt
I actually am not a fan of regular coffee, i drink espresso drinks. At home i use Illy. The best I've found so far.
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I dislike most Seattle coffee, as it is too darkly roasted. I like coffee beans brown and not shiny. Gevalia used to have a Colombian coffee named "Popayan" which was roasted by a "Master Roaster", and everyone who tasted it, loved it (as did I). First they stopped carrying it. Then I never saw the Master even mentioned. I guess he died. I drank it for years.
SBUX is raising their rates in Seattle by 3.5%. Way to go, A**wipes!
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They are raising their prices nationwide even though the price of the coffee bean has decreased. I would rather spend my $$ on shoes than coffee. Shoes have less calories!
I worked for Seattle's Best Coffee in the early 90s and we used to call Starbucks Charbucks so it's been bitter and burnt tasting for a long time...
I don't mind their chai lattes so are they shopped?
I don't mind their chai lattes so are they shopped?
@bestofbothworlds wrote:
Starbucks was really terrific at one time. Now it tastes bitter and burnt.
1. Is Starbucks shopped?
2. I am not picky. If the coffee is caffeinated, it wins.
3. Is Starbucks shopped?
2. I am not picky. If the coffee is caffeinated, it wins.
3. Is Starbucks shopped?
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@aayaey wrote:
I worked for Seattle's Best Coffee in the early 90s and we used to call Starbucks Charbucks so it's been bitter and burnt tasting for a long time...
I don't mind their chai lattes so are they shopped?
@bestofbothworlds wrote:
Starbucks was really terrific at one time. Now it tastes bitter and burnt.
I loved Seattle's Best before SBUX bought them out. Guess if you can't beat them, buy them! SBUX is swill now.
@aayaey wrote:
I don't mind their chai lattes so are they shopped?
iced venti double dirty chai FTW!
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@Shop-et-al wrote:
1. Is Starbucks shopped?
2. I am not picky. If the coffee is caffeinated, it wins.
3. Is Starbucks shopped?
Not for years.
It used to be shopped multiple times a month (usually 3).
There were three time frames.
There were three drinks, always HOT drinks. Shoppers would @#$%& about this.
Mocha, Latte, White Chocolate Mocha.
For awhile, decaf latte was the drink.
It required the shopper to take the temperature of the drink and weigh it on a scale.
I still have two scales from this account (and a half dozen thermometers).
So, no longer shopped, unless it is a special circumstance : airport, travel plaza, franchise, etc.
So it's more of an audit rather than a mystery shop if you have weigh it and take a temp?? Or do you do that once you leave the store?
Tully's is shopped if anyone is looking for free coffee!!! And you don't even have to order a particular drink... so bgriffin, you can order your iced chai!!!! and shop-et-all, you can order whatever has caffeine in it even tea! plus you can order a pastry too since the reimbursement is enough for that...
Tully's is shopped if anyone is looking for free coffee!!! And you don't even have to order a particular drink... so bgriffin, you can order your iced chai!!!! and shop-et-all, you can order whatever has caffeine in it even tea! plus you can order a pastry too since the reimbursement is enough for that...
It needs to be shopped. First of all, I want to kick myself every time I go in there because it is so ridiculously expensive. For those prices, there should be much nicer/better customer service. At many locations, the employees are almost surly. And the cappuccinos I order end up like lattes half of the time because the barista doesn't make good foam. I get a dirty look when I ask them to remake it. When I order it dry in order to avoid the latte situation, I get a dirty look if I ask them to add milk. I have to memorize which employees do which so I know how to order correctly.
Recently, I got a free drink for my birthday for being a rewards member. When I tried to redeem it, I was told it wasn't on my card. Go back, check my account, still says free drink available. Try again, they still say no free drink, and I show them the printout. They tell me I should write management because it happens a lot. I do, and I receive no response.
And yet, I went again yesterday. Sigh.
Recently, I got a free drink for my birthday for being a rewards member. When I tried to redeem it, I was told it wasn't on my card. Go back, check my account, still says free drink available. Try again, they still say no free drink, and I show them the printout. They tell me I should write management because it happens a lot. I do, and I receive no response.
And yet, I went again yesterday. Sigh.
How weird. Most of the stores here the employees are friendly and the drinks consistent. I try to take advantage of all their bonus offers for card members and end up spending a lot less. My normal is just a small cappuccino in the afternoon if I'm out unless there is a freebie on the card. Then it is the most expensive item available. It was actually an employee who suggested it to me when I ordered my regular drink.
While originally I found the coffee had somewhat of a burnt taste I've since become accustomed to it. I also like them as a quiet place to work and appreciate they have some snacks or smaller food items that are not sweet. As much as I love Panera my only food choices seem to be either a pastry or a larger meal.
While originally I found the coffee had somewhat of a burnt taste I've since become accustomed to it. I also like them as a quiet place to work and appreciate they have some snacks or smaller food items that are not sweet. As much as I love Panera my only food choices seem to be either a pastry or a larger meal.
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Well the barista should go back to training, that's basics to make good foam. SBC had an intensive one week training on smelling different kinds of coffee roasts, knowing the difference between drinks and lots of hands on making the drinks...
It's too bad that the barista doesn't know that a cappuccino shld be mostly foam and less milk and s/he can't correct it with a good attitude!!!
Try Tullys if you have them near you...
It's too bad that the barista doesn't know that a cappuccino shld be mostly foam and less milk and s/he can't correct it with a good attitude!!!
Try Tullys if you have them near you...
@Roxie wrote:
It needs to be shopped. First of all, I want to kick myself every time I go in there because it is so ridiculously expensive. For those prices, there should be much nicer/better customer service. At many locations, the employees are almost surly. And the cappuccinos I order end up like lattes half of the time because the barista doesn't make good foam. I get a dirty look when I ask them to remake it. When I order it dry in order to avoid the latte situation, I get a dirty look if I ask them to add milk.
Can you give me a hint on which MSC had the Starbucks shops? I want to sign up for them and wait and see if the Starbucks comes back!
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