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[gabester]

I don't drink coffee, but I can understand the disdain for those who feel the need to frequent Starbucks regularly. I'm somewhat concerned about the young kids who spend time there, seems like an all too easy slippery slope into the caffeine dependency cycle.

That said, they have pretty good demographers who seem to know when to move into a neighborhood. It's a sign you've got sufficient economic prosperity when you get a Starbucks in your community.

[graylocks]

lost in space wrote:
I was in a SB with my 24 yo daughter and had to ask her what to call just plain coffee. She said an Americano. I rolled my eyes and she understood completely.

your daughter is misinformed and passed the bad info on to you. if your want a plain coffee just say brewed coffee or even just, a cup of coffee please. all the bux hate hype really is quite overstated.

btw, an americano is shots of espresso and water. looks like plain coffee but it's a different process. we serve both.

[NewtonMP2100]

.....yeah, you can ask for just coffee.....what's up with all the haterade........??

[mrbigstuff]

Kind of amazed at the folks who have never been in an sbux. I guess if you don't drink coffee..But it's also just a place to meet or kill time waiting on some stuff.

[pRICE cUBE]

[Sam3]

I'm not allowed to drink caffeine, so I can only drink decaf coffee. Starbucks is the only place that has a decaf that I like, that doesn't taste all chemically. I rarely get their foo-foo drinks, and I don't feel that I'm looked at weirdly for only getting a plain coffee. Most of the time I get a pour-over, as the majority of SB don't brew decaf in the afternoon, and some smaller Starbucks don't ever brew decaf. So it's a double-win for me, as the pour-over tastes much better.

As graylocks stated, just ask for a coffee. But even then you usually have a choice to make, as they typically have a couple of brewed coffees ready, usually their house brand Pike's Place and a specialty one, either a single origin dark roast or a lighter Veranda blend.

[NewtonMP2100]

....yes, they offer usually a light blend coffee and a dark blend......by afternoon the dark is always gone.....

[graylocks]

NewtonMP2100 wrote:
....yes, they offer usually a light blend coffee and a dark blend......by afternoon the dark is always gone.....

three roasts and decaf are only offered ready brewed in the morning unless the store is in a market with an extremely high demand for brewed coffee. after 12 only pike is brewed regularly and bold, light, and decaf are available as individually made pour overs.

random sbux fact: the demand for iced coffee is so high in the northeast that it is the only area of the country where decaf iced coffee is available. the rest of the country doesn't carry it and can't even order it if they wanted to offer it.

[NewtonMP2100]

....only meant to indicate that dark roast seems to be the most popular.....

[deckeda]

I felt the same way the first time I stepped into the local feed store. So many new gadgets and products never before seen in auto parts stores or coffee shops.

Best thing about Starbucks is that they’ve popularized the coffee shop. It’s like being able to chill out in a library, only you can talk and the place smells better. And the coffee’s better, too. Sort of like those places that used to sell “books.”