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fuck em

as a cafe drinks guy i'm mad because starbucks coffee is shit.

>>15027647
and fuck the basic cunts that keep them in business

>>15027634
Treat myself to an iced coffee from there once a week, I prefer Dunkin though. Starbucks tastes like shit and way too overpriced

>>15027634
their coffee always tastes burnt to me but I like the egg bites.

>>15027668
id rather have more dunkins. none of starbucks' pastries are even that special, while donuts are more appealing.

I like their sandwiches, especially around thanksgiving time they have a fantastic stuffing sandwich I like to buy/eat. But yeah other people have better coffee.

I'd rather pay for a sachet of instant coffee

>>15027634
Its so shitty

>>15028410
Starbucks is shit

We have like 2 starbucks for the whole city of melbourne, Australia. Ive only gone to a Starbucks once and it was filled with Asian tourists and international exchange students. It was one of the worse coffee experiences, not only because it tasted like sugary syrup but because of the prices. 8 dollars for a cup of coffee that taste worse than my 4 dollar espresso from a run down greek donut van. I have pretty bad buyers remorse and I was angry at myself for a day for wasting a cent at that place. What was worse was that I started suffering from severe headaches and anxiety from consuming too much sugar. I felt like vomitting for half a day. I dont know whats the appeal of Starbucks in the USA? Anyone going to these places obviously dont like the taste of coffee.

A way to rob people who aren't paying attention from their own potential to save. 5+ dollars for coffee? I'd rather drink God tier tea at home, and save my money for the occasional good restaurant.

Starbucks is for basic people.

Starcuxs just closed their only store in my city, God I love flyover country. Thank you babby jebus

>>15028480
>I dont know whats the appeal of Starbucks in the USA? Anyone going to these places obviously dont like the taste of coffee.
Starbucks had the genius idea to market milkshakes as coffee. You're right to say they don't sell coffee because they don't. Sure you can get a cup of coffee there but it's pretty shit and not at all what they're known for

>>15028487
>God tier tea at home
teapill us anon. I've taking a liking to twinings peppermint tea, you got any other recommendations?

>>15027634
I have purposely avoided Starbucks for like 10 years.
Last I can remember having it was at a regional airport and it was the only food/concession that was open for a 2:00AM layover connecting flight.

It was shit then, I imagine it's still shit now, but with more woke-ism

>>15028480
Whoops, theres 6. I didnt know that. Turns out theyve opened quite a few in the last few years. I guess having half a million Asian international students does that.

>>15027634
Apparently the frappes taste different in every country because they use their regional milk.

>>15028480
nobody likes the taste of coffee, this is why only smokers drink it because smoking has dulled their taste buds so much that coffee is the only thing they can ever remotely taste, which is better than nothing

>>15028678
But I dont smoke

People that get takeaway overpriced wank from Star Bucks are legitimately retards.

Star Bucks makes sense as a place to meet up with a friend for a chat. $5+ for a flavoured coffee and a sit around in a fairly comfortable place with a friend is money well spent. Obviously you might be better going somewhere independent, but that's not always the best idea, they're not automatically good, but you should give them a try.

But $5+ on takeout coffee... fucking hell what are you doing.
Stick to the filter stuff if you really need to go to Star Bucks for your coffee fix. But ideally go literally anywhere else, McDonalds and spend less and also get breakfast. Or bring a fucking flask.

>>15028480
>it was filled with Asian tourists and international exchange students.
Because that's who they're targeted at

Starbucks realised that Australians don't want their shitty 'coffee', hence why they pulled out over a decade ago. They've slowly been opening stores again over the last couple of years with a new strategy of opening them in areas frequented by tourists and foreigners.

With the kind of top-quality coffee we have here, I don't know why on earth any Aussie would go anywhere near those shithole stores. Gimme a flat white with one sugar any day of the week.

>>15028480
>I dont know whats the appeal of Starbucks in the USA?
They established themselves in the 1970s as basically the only place most Americans could get real coffee, even if it was shit coffee.
That and America's ever growing demand for pure sugar intake and Starbucks' willingness to make a syrupy milkshake with 10% actual coffee in it created the monster you see today.

>>15027634
>In UK
>go Starbucks and buy an expensive shake
>has no flavour, just tastes like ice and milk
>ask for another
>"it's supposed to be like that anon"
>"okay fine I'll make another for you with twice the syrup"
>tastes a bit more like normal now

Starbucks is the only place I go where there seems to be a general animosity towards customers and any issues.
It's like they're all trained to think "the customer is always wrong".
I know working in these places is boring and a shitty job but why is Starbucks so much worse?

>own any coffee maker
>put water in it
>put coffee in it
>push buttons
>coffee comes out
wow look at that, it's starbucks that costs pennies and doesn't taste like shit

>>15029862
Its because they are staffed by childless females the most toxic and miserable and shitty and repulsive of all humans

>>15030182
8 cents of tasters choice with a spoonful of sugar is far superior to starbuxs ashtray blend

>>15027634
I live in Dunk's country (New England), not too many Starbucks around here. I don't know what people see in the place. Dunkin donuts is cheaper and better. Better yet is a local chain like Heav'nly Donuts or Top Donut.

>>15028678
Tastelet identified

>>15027634
Starbucks is the textbook example of success purely by branding. It's a coffee place for people who don't actually like coffee but want to look like they do. It's entirely about the image that they sell, not the product.

>>15030257
There are Starbucks-s in Boston, but there aren't any Duncan's Doughnuts in Seattle.
Why is this?

>>15030257
>I don't know what people see in the place
Comfy chairs and fast wifi. Starbucks meteoric success is directly tied in to the popularity of Friends. Everybody wanted a local, comfy coffee place to hang out at but most of America didn't have a place like that so Starbucks sold them a pre-packaged version.

>>15030362
Dunkin doesn't really exist West of the Great Lakes. They've got a strong territory and they've decided to defend their borders rather than expand.
Seattle is also oversaturated with coffee places. Seattle's Best, which has been a subsidiary of Starbuck's since 2003, is basically the Dunkin of the PNW.

>>15030362
Because duncan donuts didn't open a store in Seattle moron

>>15030390
Interesting, but Great Lakes the old border
>Cheyenne, Albuquerque, Denver, Dallas, KC, OKC, North Platte, LA, SF, LV, Phoenix

>hipster sister makes me drive her from one coast to the other and back to get to her and her crap to liberal arts college
>is scared of "rednecks" so she refuses to eat at any local places along the way
>will only accept starbucks
>there's like a 500 mile stretch between MO and KS without a starbucks
me so hungee

>>15030552
goddamn grow a backbone

>>15030560
I get a 1k stipend each time I do it, and my family's all kinds of fucked up
>"buh buh buh why not cut off half your support structure and one of your very few avenues of socialization in the name of your pride? You could tell all of the no fucking people you know about your big dick buh buh buh"

>>15027634
Starbucks cafes are fine. I like the cold brew coffee and sometimes I’ll get a latte but for the most part is rather not go to Starbucks if I can help it. I think the last time I was in a Starbucks was back in February getting a cold brew as a hangover cure. The employees were nice and they got mine and my friends order out in a timely manner.

>>15027634
>What's /ck/'s take on Starbucks? i lost a lot of fast food places to this, and im mad because im not a cafe drinks guy
They're fine if you need a neutral comfortable place to go talk with a friend after a meal somewhere. You can leave your table and transition to Starbucks or similar.
They're fine as an interstate stop where you can grab a morning coffee, then a bagged lunch to enjoy a bit later. Their sandwiches and fruit/cheese trays are good.

It's a fun place to hang out during the Fall/Winter. I used a $5 gift card there yesterday on a chai tea latte.

>>15030569
>Only options in your mind are to sit there and starve like a bitch or have a nuclear meltdown and cut off all contact with your family
>Your sister wants you to drive her cross-country but is so fucking terrified of [people] that she's in a state of unending panic the whole fucking way and won't even let you stop at a drive-thru or a cracker barrel
>And yet she won't just take a plane
Your story is made the fuck up dude. No one is this retarded

>>15030422
DD's presence in the Western states waxes and wanes. I remember growing up in South Dakota in the 80s seeing a lot more Dunkins around (the one local to me was famous for getting robbed like six times in a row) but by the 90s they were all gone, now they're making a bit of comeback but Starbucks still owns the West. The Northeast will always be a DD stronghold. EVERYBODY in the NE goes to Dunkin regardless of socioeconomic status.

>>15027634
Starbucks is gonna crash within the next 10 years, they've opened up so many locations so fast they are gonna crash sooner or later.

Their food is pretty good, their coffee is better than the literal shit water anywhere else in America besides a small coffee shop with actual good coffee. I only go there when I'm on the road and want to refuel with something I know won't be complete anus.
That's why they're big. They're there and they're consistent. Its just good enough that you'll drink it over gas station coffee.
Also they have a decent tea late.

>>15030746
Cracker barrel was on the table pre-Covid.

>>15028678
>t. never had good coffee

>>15030936
That was that joke of that Simpsons episode from 25 years ago. People still love it.

>>15030229
Okay karen, it's the staff that's at fault, always

>>15027634
City people hate it because it's shit tier fast food coffee and they displace a lot of real businesses with unethical tactics like making deals with landlords to block other coffee shops from opening nearby

Illiterate flyover inbreds hate it because it's atheist white genocide fancy sophisticated college boy luxury coffee for hipster snobs who hate the traditional family unit and the bible

I'm not sure if anyone actually likes it so it is a mystery how they stay in business at all

>>15030569
What? Shut the fuck up, child.

>>15030946
This is my take as well

>>15028678
try adding a bit of fatty cream to make it not bitter

>>15031010
It's uncool to publicly like Starbucks, but it's got consistent quality and serves multiple tiers of economic class and gives a space to fuck around in with less danger of being harassed by roving hordes of bums.
Egg sandwich is pretty good- better than a standard 1-2$ fast food egg sandwich, for me their coffee hits the spot. I'm a bit of a fag who falls for memes so I like their "matcha" shit.

picrel saved my high school life and was better than anything in the store

>>15027634
I'll get food and coffee there as a last resort if I'm at an airport or it is the only thing convenient to stop at on a long road trip. I would stop at a Wawa or Sheetz 10 times out of 10.

I only go there in the fall for the pumpkin spice latte. Call me a fag but it's delicious, and the pumpkin spice lattes I've had from other places, be it other chains or independent places, never live up

>>15027671
Ooh I love the egg bites.
That sous vide stuff makes it taste like magic

>>15027634
‘bucks is the only shop on my way to work so I’ve just got used to their coffee. It’s always funny to see manly men ordering low fat macchiatos though.