First let me tell you StarBucks coffee is not good coffee, its burnt ( over roasted ), not to produce a certain flavor but to make the coffee that they buy all taste the same. They buy tons of the stuff from many varied growers and each grower produces a bean that has a different flavor to make it all taste the same they over roast the bean.
Coffee should taste sweet, Starbucks tastes burnt a result of the over roasting. Dont get me wrong i admire Starbucks the company, its well run with a great ethic but their downfall of late is because they tried to do too many things. They added breakfast in some shops and salads ( pre prepared ) in others, they should stick to what they do best, sell overpriced burnt coffee and provide a welcoming environment to hang out.
If you want to taste real coffee pop in to one of the gourmet coffee shops you will find them in every city I use Cafe Joie in Mission Beach great service flavorful tasting coffee free wi-fi, relaxing environment and situated on Mission Blvd near the beach you have a never ending supply of bikini clad babes coming in and out all day.
StarBucks has dumbed down coffee and its now what a lot of people expect coffee to taste like. Once you taste coffee that has been roasted fresh each day and correctly pressed on a manual machine you will never go back to Starbucks
