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TheAlbatross ,

They should try making good coffee

mp3 , (edited )
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The coffee is okay, but no where close to the price they’re asking for.

TheAlbatross ,

The pricing is also egregious considering I can make a far better cup at home for less.

mp3 ,
@mp3@lemmy.ca avatar

You’ll always make a better cup of coffee at home for less.

But people pay a little extra for the convenience of not doing it. Starbucks however is banking on their reputation to overcharge, which seems to be finally backfiring.

xmunk ,

I will never understand people who get drip coffee at Starbucks… back when I got things from there it would just be the occasional over the top milk shake. Starbucks legitimately has the tools to produce ridiculous drinks with far less hassle then it’d take at home.

solrize ,

It’s like drinking Bud Light at a bar. The beer isn’t the product, the venue is.

ArmoredThirteen , (edited )

Yeah the only Starbucks in my area I’ll go into is the reserve but that’s because it’s just really cool in there. If I want a busy environment that feels like a steampunk world then it’s the place to be. Coffee there still sucks tho and even with the cool location I’m still only in there maybe a couple times a year

solrize ,

I avoid Starbucks for all kinds of reasons but can’t say it’s 100% abstention. Sometimes it’s just a little too convenient for that overpriced slop. Sometimes called Charbucks because of how the coffee is always burnt.

TowardsTheFuture ,

Is their coffee much more than $2? Last I remember, it wasn’t THAT expensive considering it isn’t shit coffee like a Burger King/McDonalds or etc.

Or by drip do you mean their like clover machine fancy coffees? I never bothered with those so idk how much that was.

astanix ,

2.95 for a default size black coffee at the one closest to me right now

littletoolshed ,

Ok but what is the default size? And where-ish are you? In the Starbucks app, it defaults to Grande for me and that is $3.45.

A Tall is $3.25.

A Short is $3.15.

This is in Northern California.

astanix ,

Grande, northeast Ohio

mp3 ,
@mp3@lemmy.ca avatar

McDonalds coffee is decent, at least in Canada.

Tim Horton’s terrible.

Feelfold ,

I don’t like candy bars or milkshakes. If I’m going to a Starbucks its at 3am in an airport, it’s the ONLY option, thus I’m willing to tolerate burnt to fuck drip coffee.

catloaf ,

The coffee is better at home, sure. But I can’t make what is essentially a specialty milkshake at home without going out and getting the tools and ingredients.

Sometimes I can have little a of Starbucks, as a treat.

navi ,
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I just found a local place that makes a bomb chocolate coffee shake (I mean uhh. A blended mocha) and support them.

The worst part is that I can get Starbucks anywhere but only get my local stuff near home.

variants ,

In my town one of the two coffee shops closed down but they opened like 4 more Starbucks, we have 4 within a quarter mile on the same street it’s wild

hddsx ,

That’s… not true. I have zero coffee making skills and tools.

Aussiemandeus ,
@Aussiemandeus@lemmy.world avatar

A kettle and some instant coffee, better then any coffee I’ve ever had from a shop

njm1314 ,

No not always. I knew this Turkish immigrant who had his own little coffee shop you could not make close to the stuff he made let me tell you. God I miss him.

Today ,

And not supporting the RNC.

Ghostalmedia ,
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How do they support the RNC?

…cert.starbucks.com/…/137-78795.pdf

DrWeevilJammer , (edited )
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Starbucks does not directly support the RNC. But that doesn’t mean that Starbucks’ lobbying money doesn’t primarily support Republicans. Per the PDF you linked, the majority of Starbucks’ contributions to lobbying organizations went to those that donate at least 75% of their lobbying to Republicans.

From your link: National Restaurant Association: 75% of all donations to Republicans; 50% of Starbucks’ donations to this organization went to lobbyingBusiness Roundtable: “75 percent of donations from the median chief executive were directed to Republicans”; 40% of Starbucks’ donations to this organization went to lobbying

Edit: Added the word “lobbying” before “money” in the first paragraph. Should have been in the original.

Today ,

There was an article during the convention that listed supporters. I’ll look for it.

ETA- my mistake. It was a fake that was shared on Facebook and Twitter. It must have been here too because i don’t have Twitter and my Facebook is only cats and relatives.

Nougat ,

They make desserts using coffee as an ingredient. That's why their coffee is shit at being coffee.

Vanilla makes a pancake delicious, but you wouldn't drink it.

noxy ,
@noxy@yiffit.net avatar

but you wouldn’t drink it.

Hey I had to try it at least once!

(Also: at most once)

Iheartcheese ,
@Iheartcheese@lemmy.world avatar

You should try again

noxy ,
@noxy@yiffit.net avatar

I resent you for the bad taste now in my mouth, but I thank you for giving me an excuse to break from doomscrolling :P

Iheartcheese ,
@Iheartcheese@lemmy.world avatar

You just didn’t drink enough

cabb ,

Try vanilla bean paste if you haven’t - its actually good unlike the extract. Extract tastes bad because of concentration of cheap vodka, and paste has more vanilla so there’s less vodka per volume.

Ghostalmedia ,
@Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world avatar

Also, good pastries again.

The good cafes next to me all have fresh baked pastries from a local bakery. Not Starbucks. 7-11 has better food than Starbucks.

stoly ,

My sister used to manage a coffee shop and says they would never hire former Starbucks employees because they are trained to make it very poorly.

Astronauticaldb ,

They never will though. Recently, they had “expert tasters” test how long their espresso shots tasted good, and their result was that “Starbucks espresso shots last up to 90 seconds.” This just so happened to take place right as they started introducing a new system on how to sequence drinks while on the espresso and cold beverage bars lol.

(Also, as a footnote, Espresso shots die after 5-10 seconds; the crema just dissipates after then, making the shot taste acidic)

Drunemeton ,
@Drunemeton@lemmy.world avatar

So, off topic, but are you saying that I’m to drink a scalding hot, freshly pulled shot within 10 seconds!?

nobleshift ,
@nobleshift@lemmy.world avatar

Anti Union & dirty tactics. Screw 'em.

Speculater ,
@Speculater@lemmy.world avatar

Not to mention, buying local is better quality and cheaper.

somethingsnappy ,

Wiah I lived where coffee beans are grown, must be great!

Kalkaline ,
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Why would you go to Starbucks if another local coffee shop was nearby? Their coffee is fine, but it loses taste tests to McDonald’s. They’re anti union. They’re too expensive. You can usually get a better coffee elsewhere.

HeyJoe ,

That’s crazy. Someone told me McDonald’s coffee is pretty good for the lower price range. I tried it a few times since you never know if it was just a bad batch, and I gotta say it was pretty awful, not for me. I just avoid starbucks because they think they can charge you the most ridiculous price I’ve seen for ok coffee. I have a few local places I will go to if I need something. Sadly, they are pretty expensive as well these days, but they are still cheaper than starbucks.

criticon ,

I wonder if the people who claim that only order the sugary stuff. I tried McDonald’s a couple of times recently after reading online that they got the Tim Hortons OG coffee provider and it was awful. I’m not a fan of Starbucks but at least they serve consistently good coffee (not great). I only get it if I’m on company expenses

Semi_Hemi_Demigod ,
@Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world avatar

The best mass market coffee I’ve had is, no joke, Sheetz. If their fancy machines are to be believed, they’re grinding the beans fresh every time and doing some kind of pressurized brewing method. For each cup. And if you buy something else it’s usually free.

androogee ,

I mean it’s a low bar. Starbucks coffee is fucking terrible.

forgotaboutlaye ,

I like MacDonalds coffee, but it is acidic, which I equate to the ‘breakfast blend’ Latin American type coffee that I assume it is. I can absolutely see that as tasting awful to some palates.

Also has been some years since I had the hot coffee. I did have their ice coffee a few years ago, and it was solidly okay for 1 CAD.

Cryophilia ,

I love the Starbucks sugar and fat loaded frappucinos.

Fortunately, there’s a unionized Starbucks near me! A little out of the way but I make the trip. I feel ok supporting that branch and only that branch.

phoneymouse ,

The reason is the app. If you’re in a hurry, being able to walk in and have your coffee ready is huge. I love to support the local coffee shops and I do on weekends, but it can be risky in the middle of the week if you’ve got to get to work and the local place has a long line or someone ahead of you orders a fancy drink and all you want to do is grab a cup of coffee, pay, and leave.

Vibi , (edited )

Started going to a small local coffee shop a little over two years ago, and I’ll never go back to the giant chains. The people working are always happy, greet regulars by name, always go out of their way to interact or talk with me- usually remember something we talked about before, comp my orders every now and then, host little events, etc. It’s not just them either - I always have a way better experience going to non-chain coffee places. Oh, and the coffee is always waay better and priced better.

Zombiepirate ,
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Sometimes I’ll work out of a small local cafe that roasts their own beans on site.

It’s insane how much better the coffee is for the same price, and they know my order before I even say anything.

Plus, I can get excellent beans from them to brew at home, and I’m supporting a local business instead of a megacorp.

WhyFlip ,

Bullshit on it being priced better. Provide examples, not anecdotes. Where are you located?

Warl0k3 , (edited )

Yeah! What’s your shoe size, OP? You got a dog? A cat? A mother? “Everyone” has one, right. You seriously expect us to believe that? Prove it! Come on, what’s her maiden name? Her date of birth? Her routing number! Where was she last thursday night, out back of bakers garage like she was supposed’ta be? Better make sure you get your facts straight OP, or me and my partner Flippy “The Iceman” here will show ya what we do to commenters down in jersey what don’t put up with our unreasonable demands, capiche?

kbin_space_program ,

The first thing Starbucks did when they bought Teavana was increase the prices by 25 - 50%, despite them already being on the upper end of local looseleaf tea shops.

Combine that with the change from actual tea to sugar-added, Oprah approved crap signed the death warrant for that chain.

QuarterSwede ,
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Dutch Bros is where it’s at. Actually good roasts and the same price or less. That said, I make my own Americano at home in about 2 min while making breakfast and it’s consistently great.

Tikiporch , (edited )

Dutch Bros. has been good every time I’ve tried them. I don’t believe their coffee is markedly better than any other coffee chain. It comes down to how much you pay your staff, so that they give a shit about their jobs, so that tasks like roasting beans and cleaning equipment is done properly and regularly.

QuarterSwede ,
@QuarterSwede@lemmy.world avatar

Starbucks is known for its over roasted (burnt) flavor. That’s intentional. Dutch Bros doesn’t do that. Are they that much better than other smaller chains or independents? Probably not but they’re everywhere and easy to get in and out of.

ShepherdPie ,

I bought stock in them during their IPO and want them to succeed as a company since they’re from my home state, but honestly their coffee is terrible to me. I used to go there all the time but dislike it now after branching out more.

dudinax ,

Dutch Bro’s has some rule that the staff has to flirt with the customers. Creeps me out.

InternetUser2012 ,

Good. I hope every single company that took advantage of the inflation by raising prices to the fucking moon goes under.

abcd ,

Starbucks, do you remember when the German government lowered the VAT in July 2020 for restaurants when COVID hit us? The intention was to make food cheaper for the consumer to prevent restaurants from going bankrupt.

That’s the month you increased your prizes to sell your stuff for the same prize including VAT as before and making more profit, giving your customers a huge middle finger.

Pepperidge Farm remembers.

KomfortablesKissen ,

It wasn’t just starbucks. Also, people still went there to get coffee. I do not like those people.

Etterra ,

Wow that’s BS. I don’t pay attention to them because I don’t drink their garbage coffee, and as an American this never crossed my radar from this angle either. Screw Starbucks.

saltesc ,

Americans learning why Starbucks struggles overseas. I’m guessing the maturity of small coffee shops has caught up to the rest of us, so better coffee at better pricing is more abundant.

CaptainSpaceman ,

Struggle overseas?

I guess if you exclude Asia, UK, Canada, and Turkey… maybe

.https://www.statista.com/statistics/306915/countries-with-the-largest-number-of-starbucks-stores-worldwide/

stoly ,

Latin America is also obsessed.

Cryophilia ,

When people on lemmy say “overseas” or “the world”, they really only mean Europe.

caboose2006 ,

Good

venusaur ,
@venusaur@lemmy.world avatar

Isn’t this because they were supporting Israel?

HK65 ,

As much as I wish it was, it’s more likely people are cutting back spending across junk food, see McDs having the same problem.

mctoasterson ,

Maybe it’s because their coffee is garbage, their prices are high, and many people have less disposable income than they used to.

ShepherdPie ,

Here in the NW, in their own home territory, they’re few and and far between these days. There is way too much good coffee around for them to support being on every street corner like they used to be.

cm0002 ,

There is way too much good coffee around for them to support being on every street corner like they used to be.

Frankly, I don’t know what they were thinking, the barrier to entry to get a good coffee shop going is a lot lower than say a restaurant or fast food joint. They don’t need kitchens or seating areas or food stuff or even a big enough lot for a parking lot and I’d bet the margins for coffee are a lot bigger. It was never going to be very long before competitors were everywhere lol

Track_Shovel ,

Whee hee! Look! Another signpost for a recession. McDs also are taking a hit bc of pricing and such

venusaur ,
@venusaur@lemmy.world avatar

Everything is soooo sweet

Exusia ,
@Exusia@lemmy.world avatar

I think it’s just a combination at this stage. Something for everyone to hate about them.

They’re anti-union. They’re meme levels of expensive in an era of strapped cash. People are conscious of “local” business over something they know is a chain. Brand reputationn for low quality for the price has set in. And lastly people are aware of their stagnation. There’s nothing “revolutionary” going on in the coffee industry to draw customers who have been turned off back to them. Even McShungles can draw people back to them with a special sale on something. Starbucks never does that I’m aware of (and if they do they’re doing a shit job of advertising as evidenced by my lack of knowledge)

Mereo ,

Outside of North America, same-store sales slid 7%. In China, Starbucks’ second-largest market, same-store sales tumbled 14% as both average ticket and transactions shrank. Starbucks has faced stiffer competition in China from local coffee shops that undercut the coffee giant on price.

And that is the problem. Starbucks is not offering anything that doesn’t already exist. It pretends to be a coffee shop for the upper class because it sounds “sophisticated” to say grande instead of medium.

I no longer go there. I know local coffee shops that offer a much better selection of coffees at a good price. And their atmosphere is authentic.

stoly ,

On reddit maybe be 12 years ago was a post about what it’s like to work there and apparently employees will straight up rage hate you if you say you don’t speak Starbucks.

another ,

Are we going elsewhere or are we just too broke to grab a $7 coffee every day?

Annoyed_Crabby ,

Maybe because we’re too broke for a $7 coffee everyday so we going elsewhere.

another ,

Or maybe we are just annoyed and crabby.

markpaskal ,

My local cafes are just better, and they’re just as close as Starbucks. It’s not that they aren’t busy, their sales just aren’t growing and shareholders don’t like it when the line doesn’t go up.

Gingerlegs ,

Omg, the consequences of all the giant corporations inflating prices for the last 4 years

ChillPenguin ,

First McDonald’s falling sales. Now Starbucks falling sales. Hmm… I wonder if there’s a trend going on here.

return2ozma OP ,
@return2ozma@lemmy.world avatar

We’re all maxed out and broke!

hark ,
@hark@lemmy.world avatar

The other day I was walking around, thinking about all the different coffee shops I could see, and wondering why people waste their money on starbucks and their burnt-ass coffee.

Cryophilia ,

For the desserts-masquerading-as-coffee.

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