I don’t like coffee that tastes burned.
I would rather get a coffee headache than get a Starbucks coffee.
Buying regular coffee beans at the supermarket is just as expensive as going to starbucks. We need to fix the Planet or we will lose coffee.
Starbucks is shit, it has always been shit, it will always forever be shit.
There’s a reason it failed in Australia. There’s a reason it only exists still in Australia and that’s only to cater to tourists who don’t like coffee but like coffee-flayoured milk bevetages - you’ll never find Australians in there except maybe if working and forced to make shit drinks. Literally everywhere else is better, including fast food places.
I’ll give it some credit as a “third place” but literally every other coffee shop is too and they serve actual coffee.
It’s absolutely always been shit. I’ve hated it since it gained popularity. There was a time when people would treat you as a coffee snob for hating it, but that seems to have waned as more people realized that it’s shit, even by fast food standards. I’d rather drink local, but hell I’ll take McDonald’s coffee over sbux
I can tell you exactly why people aren’t going to Starbucks anymore: the quality has declined from lack of training, it’s now overpriced coffee for what it is, and their shops aren’t even good “3rd places” anymore - their furniture isn’t comfortable and the space design implies “give us money, then gtfo”. Starbucks as just turned into an overpriced fast-food coffee company
I used to frequently go to a Starbucks in the town I went to uni in; To the point where the baristas knew me by name. I went a lot because it was that 3rd place I could go and study / get work done, with readily available snacks and beverages. However, they ended up closing that shop, even though it was one of the highest rated shops in either the town/province because: they couldn’t put a drive-through in at that location 🤦
It’s ironic how at that old location, they used to write / draw stuff on the cups for their loyal customers because there was an actual friendship between the employees and the regular customers. Now they write generic stuff on the cups as “corporate mandated fun”
Idk when it was ever good or a good value…
My friends always wanted to go after school around 2005 and it was overpriced and shitty then
The coffee has always been bad.
The coffee is burnt, the milk is thin and overcooked, and this has just been a constant part of the experience forever.
What’s really changed is there’s other places to compare with, and it’s now obvious what coffee can taste like and where to go if you want one that’s half way decent.
There are two mom and pop food trucks with pretty good coffee (bean grinding, not Folgers) within reasonable walking distance of my house. There are a bunch of both food trucks and sit down joints with coffee, breakfast pastries/sandwiches, and good branding within reasonable driving distance. Even my shitty hometown has a coffee shop now and that place is garbage.
Starbucks showed that there was an appetite for coffee that isn’t just white label drip diner coffee that will strip the paint off the walls. It normalized it so that it wasn’t as pretentious looking. They normalized coffee shops. But you’re absolutely right, it’s just terrible until they add 1000 calories of dessert to it.
Starbucks doesn’t even have coffee so this is stating the obvious. They only serve brown water with milk and syrups
Starbucks has plenty of unsweetened options. They’re not good, but the do have them…
There’s a comment on that website that says “you sholdn’t drink coffee, because sugar is bad for you” . WhichI thought a weird statement ti make, until I read your comment and remembered what starbucks was.
Why do people even go to starbucks? I’ve been there once. The coffee is sugarry slop, the atmosphere is the same fastfood atmosphere as anywhere.
If I want to go out and have a coffee on my day off, I 'd much rather go to some local coffeshop somewhere and experience their unique atmosphere, sight, sounds, smells, tastes and everything they have to offer. It’s probably cheaper as well, except that I’m usually inclined to buy a bite as well and mayne some more.
Consistency, same reason people eat at McDonalds. Starbucks has the same signature burnt flavor at all their stores and you know exactly what you’re getting when you order one of their drinks. I agree with you though, local coffee shops are way more interesting.
Also some people have a crazy amount of Starbucks credit to burn through. My girlfriend’s employer is constantly throwing Starbucks credit her way and she accumulates it faster than she can use it, so might as well go there when she gets coffee out.
Surely America doesn’t have just one coffee chain?
It’s not the only one but it’s by far the most pervasive. So if you live in a small town there’s a good chance it will be your only option for espresso drinks.
Yep, it’s easily the most dominant chain in a lot of areas. Roughly half the coffee shops in my neighborhood are Starbucks.
Sbux credit is better spent on hot chocolate than coffee tbh
Sometimes I just crave an OrangeMoccaFrappucino.
Starbucks coffee is shit.
I asked myself why I haven’t been there in a long time a week ago and said screw it I’ll go and get a large iced coffee.
Well I regret it, immediately remembered why I haven’t, the price to value for what you get is just awful.
If I had a local coffee shop I’d go there instead but unfortunately I got none near me, what I could of done is gone to the McDonald’s down the street and gotten a better drink for less, hell I could of bought 2-3 iced coffees there, not a hard choice.
Who fucking cares? And especially from Starbucks! You have to be idiot to live in America these days.
