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- rodrigo74, on 10/12/2007, -39/+121"As a coffee connoisseur"...
..this is so gay - spect3r, on 10/12/2007, -21/+83As a coffee connoisseur, my favorite is to make it myself; with a French Press and dark oily beans.
My second alternative is local shops. Local shops tend to put more love into their product. It's also nice to support local shops as well..
If I can't make my own, or find a good local place - I'll go to Starbucks. And I don't care what anyone else says, Starbucks does their coffee right. If you like Dark coffee that is. Sure it's a fortune to buy the specialty drinks (latte's, blends etc.) - but $2.00 for a Grande isn't going to put me in the poor house.
Not all corporations are large and evil. - clickmyface, on 10/12/2007, -3/+54"strong, but burnt and bitter"
Yep, Starbucks tends to taste slightly to sometimes heavily burnt for me. It really just seems to depend where you go, but overall Starbucks is the only coffee that i've had that tasted burnt.
Fortunately I live in the pacific northwest so there is a coffee stand on every corner (more so than there are Starbucks, actually), so we get a decent variety to choose from. - spect3r, on 10/12/2007, -5/+56^ not evil, I mean - they support fair trade, make good product and give employees great opportunity and wage/benefits.
- shad0w, on 10/12/2007, -6/+57Most people don't go to starbucks for their basic coffee, they go for the zillion other drinks that starbucks offers.
- sobriquet, on 10/12/2007, -2/+31We used to have 2 independent coffee houses around here. Live music on weekends, fireplaces, good atmosphere. Then Starbucks bought them both.
/still pissed off
//yes, 4 years later - nixonrichard, on 10/12/2007, -20/+49You know what. ***** you. Just because I like the taste of Spaghetti-Os better that pasta at a fine Italian restaurant, and just because I prefer my macaroni and cheese out of a box doesn't mean I have "bad" taste. Sometimes "refined" taste just means you like to eat expensive crap. Honestly, I would take a McDonald's cheeseburger over caviar any day of the week.
- Cerpin_Taxt, on 10/12/2007, -2/+28It's pretty simple for Canadians.
Espresso - Starbucks
Everything else - Tim Horton's
...I need some timbits - solowCX, on 10/12/2007, -1/+22Just thought I'd point out to everyone that McDonalds uses Seattle's Best coffee now. Who is Seatte's Best owned by? You guessed it, Starbucks.
- swollentiki, on 10/12/2007, -3/+24I'm not a total fan of Starbucks (I actually prefer some local coffee shops), but everytime I've had McDonald's coffee its been horrible.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -7/+28they're doing something right as far as marketing goes ... when mcdonald's beats you in taste tests, you're definitely not doing coffee right.
- nixonrichard, on 10/12/2007, -17/+36Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the whole point of coffee that it is bitter and doesn't taste good, but it has the stuff to keep you awake and make the headaches go away? My dad used to drink about 3 pots of coffee a day when I was younger. I once asked him "do you really like the taste of coffee" he replied "I don't think so, but it sure feels good to take a sip . . . I guess that's why heroine addicts can smile when they stick a needle in their arm"
I drink coffee from time to time, usually when I've been up for a while. I always drink it black and never really liked the taste, but I still drink it. Honestly, if it has 0 calories, tastes bitter and still sells like hotcakes, it's gotta be the drugs. - RichPowers, on 10/12/2007, -5/+22Starbucks' regular coffee tastes like ass. The chain does well because most people buy mochas and that kinda stuff, which are loaded with sugar, caramel, milk, etc.
- MrZop, on 10/12/2007, -3/+20Tim Hortons' FTW!
- gallagherFTW, on 10/12/2007, -3/+19@nayr
its only in the NE? i dunno man i'm in kentucky right now, and there is one right down the road. i do however agree that DD coffee is great. - MrZop, on 10/12/2007, -3/+18What?
McDonalds Club, Ronald McDonald Children Charitys, Plus all the community program endorsements they do.
Don't get me wrong. i'm far from a McDonalds fan. but if you're going to say that it's some evil company than you should realize who your comparing it to. What has Starbucks ever done for the people? For the Community? Besides charge five bucks for bean-water? - ogmak, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16So much for adding the statistics on the page, just the conclusion? Hmm...
Where's the proof? - nayr, on 10/12/2007, -19/+31How 'bout dunkin donuts? great coffee! Too bad it's only in NE....
- Mardala, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12@Mercilor --- You don't drink a lot of coffee, eh? Dark Roast does not always = burnt tasting. Starbucks sells a lifestyle and lots of high fat sugary drinks. There are tons of better coffee products out there.
If I remember correctly doesn't McD's use Seattle's Best? - justin22290, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10I'm sorry, overall, i could eat Wendy's all day.
Hail the square deliciousness! - swollentiki, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10I'll take Wendy's over McDonald's any day. Wendy's had a $1 menu before McDonald's did and you can't beat a Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger for $1. Never cared for the Big Mac that much.
- Miraa, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Just remember that Starbucks owns Seattle's Best Coffee, which supplies the coffee to McD's. So really, Consumer Reports is just saying that they like one brew of Starbuck's over the other.
- omaryak, on 10/12/2007, -5/+13"Just because I like the taste of Spaghetti-Os better that pasta at a fine Italian restaurant, and just because I prefer my macaroni and cheese out of a box doesn't mean I have 'bad' taste."
I doesn't mean you have bad taste. It means that if your taste buds have been so fried by artificial flavors and sodium that you can't taste the difference, you deserve the health problems you get from eating processed and packaged foods. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9then, instead of drinking coffee, why not just take a few No-Doz?
- lindee, on 10/12/2007, -5/+12can someone here please point me to a ISO tasting scale? i mean, certainly these scientific studies have some baseline right? ...right? ..oh wait, taste is dependent of culture.
to me:
apple juice tastes like dirt
coors light tastes like apple juice should
and starbucks offers some pretty delicious blends - LLamaStar, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9have you ever tasted starbucks coffee? i thought i was the only one who didn't like their main cofee. It's horrible...the other things they have though...like frappachino and chai tea are good stuff. :)
- Nougat, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7"Opinion /= fact, lots of people have terrible taste and that can't be avoided."
Well, when the fact at hand is "what coffee do people like most," an opinion poll is warranted, and is factual enough.
Secondly, if you'd like to skew the poll by rejecting any responses that you deem as "bad taste," then why don't you just go back in your parents' basement and "poll" yourself all night long? - joelito, on 10/12/2007, -6/+12quote from nixon
"You know what. ***** you. Just because I like the taste of Spaghetti-Os better that pasta at a fine Italian restaurant, and just because I prefer my macaroni and cheese out of a box doesn't mean I have "bad" taste. Sometimes "refined" taste just means you like to eat expensive crap. Honestly, I would take a McDonald's cheeseburger over caviar any day of the week."
Do you like the toy you get with your cheeseburger as well? - robman8023, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6@harumph
"starbucks gives health care to its employees and generally tries to be environmentally friendly. mcdonalds is responsible for massive deforestation around the world. all that just for starters..."
Actually, you're a bit misguided. I think that human overpopulation and demand for beef itself is responsible for some deforestation. Just because McDonald's provides what the people want doesn't make them responsible for the deforestation. All the people who demand the burgers are responsible. You are free to choose, but DO NOT blame a company for turning a demand into profit. That's what they do. You CAN blame the meat-eaters among us, if you want. - wingnut21, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6...in your coffee?
- gabogab, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6"Just because I like the taste of Spaghetti-Os better that pasta at a fine Italian restaurant, and just because I prefer my macaroni and cheese out of a box doesn't mean I have 'bad' taste."
Actually, it does. That is almost a textbook deffinition of having bad taste. - xrisnothing, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9Firstly, where is the article? I don't see one at all. I see three or four lines of text.
I've taken to calling Starbucks Charbucks, because it's always burnt. - Haax, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Hating starbucks makes you look cool.
- tvoz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Dunkin' Donuts in New York suffers from the same burnt-coffee taste - apparently the extra roasting does it, and they want to out Starbucks Starbucks. . But Starbucks straight-up lattes - fresh brewed and without syrup or any sugar, just milk, don't have that burnt taste. They only burn your wallet.
- k4zz4m, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Saying that Starbucks is worse than Mcdonalds is like having newcomers tasting wines. They all taste the same.
- jonbon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5starbucks, tim hortons, blenz, secondcup, seattles best, all these places are the fast food of coffee. Starbucks is an amazing business but besides drip coffee (which I think is too dark a blend) their drinks are nothing close to what coffee making is capable of. Just a few examples of companies in Vancouver that destroy any place are these
http://cafeartigiano.com
http://jjbeancoffee.com
One thing you can look for to find out if a place knows what their doing is if their putting latte art in your cup. If you don't know what i'm talking about here's an image http://www.vmunix.com/mark/blog/wp-content/latte-art.jpg. no... this doesn't mean that the coffee will 'taste' good. but it does mean they micro-foam their milk, which is the process of sweetening the milk and texturizing it. When you texture milk its the difference between the thickness of paint and water, it's smooth and the espresso infuses into the milk. All these drinks that starbucks introduce work for them because most people have this idea that coffee is bitter and strong, so they enjoy 12oz, triple shot, non-fat cinnamon vanilla lattes because it hides the taste of this terrible coffee.. but the truth is, coffee, especially espresso is smooth and beautiful and actually tastes like how it smells...if, it's made properly. - Kyderdog, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8Same people Voted Bush for President
- writerboyVSgod, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5It boggles my mind that anyone would go to either of these places. Support your local coffee houses! Plus... that hot barista girl with the big ***** always gives me an extra shot in my non fat extra dry cap.
Damn I love that barista chick. - danlovejoy, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8McDonald's has in fast food ubiquity what Starbucks has in coffee. People eat McDonald's because it's there, and our children want to go there. Their coffee is pretty good - not outstanding, but not the weak "tea coffee" most places serve.
Starbucks is very inconsistent in my experience I usually get a great cuppa there, but occasionally, it's almost too bitter to drink. - screensnot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I'm gonna take your word for it on that one.
Even though I like McD coffee, I don't think I be trying dog ball sweat to see if it tastes as good. - durangotang, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8These are the same people who drink Budweiser and prefer Amercian Cheese and French's mustard. Go figure.
- Cockdiesel, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Everyone I know thinks starbucks coffee stinks. McD's is really good but Dunkin Donuts is the best.
- DAppammattoxx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4seattle's best is owned by starbucks
- mrASSMAN, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Probably because mcdonalds and starbucks are international chains..
- KingCharles55, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4i prefer the sumatra blend myself. i like darker coffee.
- Mardala, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4oops wrong spot... digg down.
- lukehh, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Says more about America than coffee
- mrASSMAN, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Starbucks has done a phenomenal amount of public work in my area (Seattle)
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5McDonald's Coffee is good coffee like Bud Lite is good beer
Tim Horton's FAR superior to McD's
WAR Pete's getting off the left coast. - DonCarcharo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Personally I've always been partial to Dunkin Donuts coffee. StarBucks often tastes burnt and the fast food blends (especially Mcdonald's) were always simply horrible. However since McDonalds coffee went "2.0" it's probably my favorite choice. It's not that it tastes better than Dunkin but it is substantially cheaper and honestly, it's not half bad.
Sure, Starbucks can't be beat when you've got a craving for a $5 Grande Gingerbread Latte. But if it's just a cup of coffee these days, McDonald's is surprisingly good. -
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