As I read these posts, I think back to when I was working and stopped at Starbucks every single morning on the way into the office. Didn’t think anything of it. I have been retired for nearly five years and haven’t stopped at Starbucks since my last day on the job. I am perfectly happy with my 30 cent Per serving. Costco K cup coffee now. When I think of all the $$ I spent on coffee..... 🤦
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It is time to set coffee snobs straight. Folgers, Maxwell house, MJB all brewed to perfection.
So what do you do when coffee beans are over roasted, burned? I know sell them as Starbucks.
Besides if Starbucks was good coffee there would be no need to all those flavors, and other concoctions.
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Old thread, I know. I got a Behmor roaster from Sweet Maria's in 2010.
Have not bought coffee for home since. I love getting green beans from around the world and finding the places they come from on Google maps. I am not a '"super taster" but anyone can taste the difference in my coffee compared to commercial. If I lived in Seattle or similar place I doubt I would have gotten into it
Behmor cost about $250 at the time with 8 lbs coffee. I have replaced the basket once, the power supply once and changed out the main board with an upgraded one with more features. Total maybe $150 though the biggest part was the upgraded board. Looks like latest version now avail for $450 on that site.
If mine broke I would get a new one in a second. I look forward to waking up to sweet coffee (without sweeteners). Pre pandemic when I would go visiting would often give a bag of home roasted coffee as a gift and it was always appreciated.
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Don't really care for Starbucks coffee. Often tastes 'burnt' to me. And the pretentiousness of the place is just another turnoff. The prices are ridiculous, just so many reasons to go elsewhere.
But then, we pay like $2.79 for a glass of tea when we go out to eat - even worse in terms of the insanity of the markup.
I think I need to stop eating out, period. Already do way less than I used to, but... I think it's time to take more stock of what we spend on stupidity.
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The "burnt" flavor profile is probably by design, imho. There is only so much of the really good stuff to go around, so there isn't nearly enough to supply the massive number of Starbucks stores. Roasting the hell out of whatever they source is a way to make it a more uniform product.
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Eat out or fast food about 1 or 2 times a month not counting business trips.
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So, this round two of our "maybe trial member". Interesting that this post on coffee is picked after choosing the alcohol post. Is there a pattern here.
Do you have a cooker? Do you cook? Grillin or Q’in?
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I don't like Starbucks. Over priced, over roasted terrible coffee. I love fresh roasted beans from local places and online but if I make a stop it's at Dunks'.
No fancy names there just "Big One, Regular".
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Never been to a Starbucks. I refuse to actually.
I am a Caribou Coffee Guy. Life is short, stay awake for it!
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I love their Verona (not to be confused with their Veranda, yuck) pourover. Good deep roast strong coffee, yum...
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