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 :2 cents:

I just love to collect those cool coffee mugs.
and enjoy internet access.

how's that?

I get my coffee at Esso

I like it. I usually go for the regular coffee with cream and sugar so its not that expensive.

don't love it or hated, occasionally buy coffee there, it's just like any coffee

Living in the Philippines now you can't help but go to a Starbucks if you're a coffee drinker. There's one in every block and I'm not even close to kidding. It's just convenient and they keep long hours. I recently started drinking my latte with skim milk and DAMN, you can really taste the shitty coffee.

Thank goodness that a new coffee shop opened close to the office that serves decent coffee. Just discovered it yesterday but I've already been there 3 times. I miss San Diego where there are tons of small awesome coffee shops. If you are there you might already know of Gelato Vero in between Mission Hills and Hillcrest, great gelato, good coffee and great atmosphere. :thumbsup

over priced
over rated

you can get way better coffee :2 cents:

I am one of the few people on the planet that doesn't like coffee so I have only been into a Starbucks a few times and only with somebody that does drink it. Their hot chocolate is nice but not enough to make me go on in my own.

I agree, bad thing Dunkin doesn't have much stores here.

Yes, seriously. I know it sounds nuts, but it's true--the store itself was a mad-house, but that's not the half of it. The sidewalk outside was also packed, and there were big groups of teens all up and down the parking lot...nothing else there was open except maybe a convenience store...these were all Starbucks...ehhh, don't even know what to call them--groupies?

See that the links are up...thanks! :thumbsup