What's your take on STARBUCKS?
 

My opinion is that you can get real good coffee there if you leave all the sugary sirups and all that crap out and just drink it black or with pure milk.

But still way too expensive over here, like 4 euros ($6,30) a cup :Oh crap

I used to hate it because I couldn't believe I was paying like $5 for a cup, but then I started ordering their regular brewed coffee instead of their espresso drinks (go for whatever Bold brew they have ready). You get a big ass cup of high quality coffee for $2. Plus its usually pretty strong.

SO - used to hate it, now I love it.

We have Costa Coffee here, which appears to be where starbucks got the idea for its logo. Same exact font, logo very similar.

It's way overpriced for the amount people in this country make. Hot chocolate is about 3EUR, coffee a bit cheaper. Doesn't sound like a ton, but many people here make 1-1.5EUR/hr.

I don't have anything at Starbucks because there's no Starbucks in Andorra, but I wouldn't pay 4? for a cup of black coffee. :)

Sometimes starbucks is real fun.. the seats are comfortable, they have w-lan and their ICED coffee is pretty tasty. Love to work from there.. sometimes!

trust me .. the coffee is garbage ! !

Over priced, and poor service in every one I have been in.

Dunkin Donuts has better coffee.

its the other way around . .

is the wlan free? here in Germany you have to pay for it :Oh crap

where are you from?

I like their White Chocolate Mocha.

:)

it's a good spot for a quick low key meeting. They have nice deserts and it is on every corner in highly populated areas.

However I wouldn't go there on a daily basis just to get a cup of coffee.

well said :thumbsup

Over priced
i just read that their sales are hurting big time...

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I'm on my way now to get my morning coffee. I'm totally addicted, but I agree there's coffee as good -- or better -- in some of the mom and pop coffee shops.

LA peeps check out Intelligensia on Sunset BLVD in Silverlake.

An iced Americana is pretty good once every seven years.

Tim Hortons for life!

looks like 50/50

Tough to say...I just looked it up and:

Costa Coffee = 1971
Starbucks = 1971


Poland

Love the name! Not the product! lol :winkwink:

for me cappuccino but it's too much....:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

Expensive, but worth it.

The coffee is good, and so is the service.

They burn their beans... but I guess it's something to be said that they're consistent in doing so.

It's overpriced, imho.

Watch the calories, though. Some of their drinks are loaded with sugar/ fat/ calories.

I absolutely hate them!!

I went to visit an old buddy who lives in the suburbs outside of San Jose. I said, "Let's go grab a cup of coffee" so we headed to Starbucks. We pull into the parking lot of the strip-mall where it's located and there are, literally, hundreds of teenagers hanging out. It was around 11pm on a Friday. I asked my buddy what the hell was going on, and he told me that Starbucks was considered a cool place to hangout.

Fuckin' weird...that shit would just never, ever happen where I live. Not saying there's anything wrong with it, and sort of off topic I know, but still...very strange.

I drink coffee only occasionally, redbull is where it's at

Great company, and howard schultz is a great guy, met him many times. :)

Star bucks double shot in a can best drink ever made :)

I do not drink coffee. But I interview a lot of models there. Overrated from what I can tell.

:2 cents:

I like starbucks,what I hate is when people fucking camp out there to study or do work. They bought small cup of coffee and they think that gives them on lease on the table for 5 hrs.

starbucks for convenience
 

I go to starbucks because It's the closest thing to work.

The taste of the coffee varies, but it's usually average. IMO Peet's coffee tastes much better.

also, if you want more caffeine, order a light, not a dark roast.

Good time to buy some stock in Starbucks

Starbucks is OK, but highly over rated. The beans are over roasted to give it that flavour, and it's not high quality coffee at all.

Coffee available in gas stations in central/south america kicks its ass, big time.

same here
:disgust

I've never been to a starbucks.

don't drink coffee, don't care

If I ever go to a starbucks it will be to get free Internet access under desperate circumstances.

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

How can you "hate" them? How is that even possible?

Really? Hundreds?

BTW, Your links should be up soon.

How can you tell if you don't drink it?

I don't stay long enough to care, and there are enough hot chicks camping out that I kind of like them as decorations. Better than a bunch of empty tables and chairs.

Starbucks is like the "water of life" in Dune. It's what keeps me a kind of a tolerable person. So far 7-11 is about the best place to get a normal coffee around here (LA) Starbucks if for the latte. Me & Just Dave pretty much live for Starbucks :thumbsup