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There's a few places in Brooklyn that would kick you out on the sidewalk if you asked. And tell you to go drink an espresso with olive oil.
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Ya know, I was kinda thinking the same thing... or they don't wanna openly admit that they bout shat themselves
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Starbucks does that to me without adding olive oil.
The espresso is tolerable and doesn't make me sick but that stuff used to make drip coffee is just absolutely vile. 100% the worst mass market coffee. It'll give me stomach cramps and a headache all day too. Maybe if you eat all processed food and get 0g fiber per day it works out OK to drink starbucks? |
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Sometimes I wonder if my tastebuds are inferior but then I see the store on every corner and realize it’s probably not me. I think their ground coffee from the grocery store tastes better than most fancy single origin etc etc. hit or miss directly from a retail Starbucks but it is what I’ll choose when traveling. Last edited by Likes2ridefar; 04-18-2024 at 09:00 AM. |
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I default to Starbucks only when travelling as well. At least I know exactly what I'm getting.
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I have a Starbucks < 5 minute walk from my house so of course I occasionally go there. I mostly see that I am the only one ordering a normal coffee drink that would be recognizable over in Europe or any other place that is traditional. |
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2) Their blonde espresso is actually pretty good! If I find myself at a starbucks, it usually the least disappointing thing that isnt 700 calories of sugar Last edited by sasquatch16v; 04-18-2024 at 09:25 AM. |
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Yes the blonde is by far the best tolerable coffee they have there.
I have been to multiple boutique coffee roasters and/or farms that have shown their samples across the normal range of roast profiles, and Starbucks "medium" is already off the dark end of the scale they use. They have a huge amount of charcoal/ash content in some of their coffees. A lot of this is you have to prefer extremely dark roasts to enjoy Starbucks, and for most people I think extremely dark roast + espresso is just a better combination. But Starbucks target audience is not people sipping black coffee with no sugar and slurpring/smelling to get the tasting notes. |
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Do yourself a solid and buy some good coffee from a specialty coffee roaster. It might just be life changing. Edit: Place an order with Black and White Coffee Roasters - they're in Raleigh. They're the closest really, really great filter coffee roaster to you. Last edited by jkbrwn; 04-18-2024 at 09:48 AM. |
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Yeah, nothing more cringe worthy than taking to somebody about their first home espresso setup, and they talk about the Starbucks coffee they put in it. Or worse, like the other day, Costco beans.
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I wish someone would just tell me what’s acceptable food and coffee for me or others to like. I was under the apparently-mistaken impression that what I ate/drank didn’t affect anyone else.
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Me too most of the time, nothing to be ashamed of.
The people getting Dunkin tattoos around here are just as amusing as Starbucks die hards. |
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https://youtu.be/FSvNhxKJJyU?si=S53odFsQqmJjEOwt
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I still weigh my pre ground Starbucks coffee before putting it in my cuisinart drip machine with unfiltered tap water |
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