I have six coffee shops within a 4-block radius (yay, Brooklyn.) Guess which one has the crummiest coffee? Turns out that "give me your best price on 220 tons of arabica" is not the secret to producing a great product at the counter.
Make your coffee at home (super cheap) then decant into a thermos and take *that* to the coffee shop. Youβll still get your coffee shop experience, plus youβre stickinβ it to the Man.
They will no longer get my money on the one or two times a year I feel like spending a ridiculous amount of money on a liquid that tastes like burnt mud.
I do go to Caribou and Dunn Brothers now and then, but they actually have good coffee.
I get most of my coffee from the ice cream/coffee shop I can walk to. In walking to it, I pass the local roaster/distributor, who literally lives in the other half of my duplex.
Since I have semi retired I have gone from buying two to three cups of coffee a day, to buying less than one a month. So at this point I am all for baristas making eleventy million dollars a week.
Love me some Verve Coffee in Santa Cruz. Streetlevel is a solid medium roast. I have a big bag delivered every month. Beats Starbucks' burnt crap all to heck.
Ta, Robyn. Solidarity forever. And I loathe burnt coffee. I drink my coffee black and unsweetened, and the taste of char is not part of the experience.
If I am going out for a coffee or tea, I am going to one of the cute local places that have baked goods from local bakers. One has a room with sofas, tables, cozy chairs, and games. They even host live music on occasion. As we passed the Starbucks coffee farm in Costa Rica, I said, "so they grow perfectly good coffee here just to burn it during roasting, how sad." The tour guide agreed.
Funny how a billion dollar brand can organize a nationwide frenzy over bear mugs and red cups, but somehow canβt organize enough hours for workers to qualify for the benefits it brags about. That tells you everything. If Starbucks wants loyalty, it starts with treating the people behind the counter like humans, not background props. Until they figure that out, the strike makes more sense than the marketing.
As a lifelong Seattleite - get em. Fuck Starbucks - you're coffee is gross and you mainly peddle sugar, whipped cream and the hint of espresso along with your corporate greed and predatory behavior towards small businesses. Okay...breathe...that's been festering for a bit. Hooray french press at home!
We not only have one French press in the pied-Γ -terre and another at the pied-Γ -nuage, we have an all steel model for travel (got it after the glass broke in a hotel room and we had to make coffee in a Mason jar). Apart from that, we only drink organic coffee, and one cannot get that at Starbucks.
I have six coffee shops within a 4-block radius (yay, Brooklyn.) Guess which one has the crummiest coffee? Turns out that "give me your best price on 220 tons of arabica" is not the secret to producing a great product at the counter.
You guys remember when things didn't suck so bad? That was awesome.
https://youtu.be/iK-04wOy2BM?si=cfCAqq7Je1jrIIQ8
Starbucks needs to treat their workers fairly.
That said, fuck Starbucks. Support your local independent coffee shops; you'll support a local business and you'll get better coffee.
Make your coffee at home (super cheap) then decant into a thermos and take *that* to the coffee shop. Youβll still get your coffee shop experience, plus youβre stickinβ it to the Man.
Win/win/win!
I've got one of those $9.99 Wally World coffee makers, so I don't have to stand in line with every Karen* in town just to get a cup of coffee...
*you don't have to be female to be a Karen
They will no longer get my money on the one or two times a year I feel like spending a ridiculous amount of money on a liquid that tastes like burnt mud.
I do go to Caribou and Dunn Brothers now and then, but they actually have good coffee.
I get most of my coffee from the ice cream/coffee shop I can walk to. In walking to it, I pass the local roaster/distributor, who literally lives in the other half of my duplex.
Since I have semi retired I have gone from buying two to three cups of coffee a day, to buying less than one a month. So at this point I am all for baristas making eleventy million dollars a week.
I get the authentic coffee experience by making my cat eat and shit out the beans and only brew it while wearing a stick on beard and ponytail.
Intrepid pioneer, setting the bar high for the rest of us!
Love me some Verve Coffee in Santa Cruz. Streetlevel is a solid medium roast. I have a big bag delivered every month. Beats Starbucks' burnt crap all to heck.
Ta, Robyn. Solidarity forever. And I loathe burnt coffee. I drink my coffee black and unsweetened, and the taste of char is not part of the experience.
As does my wife, but than she is naturally bitter.
If I am going out for a coffee or tea, I am going to one of the cute local places that have baked goods from local bakers. One has a room with sofas, tables, cozy chairs, and games. They even host live music on occasion. As we passed the Starbucks coffee farm in Costa Rica, I said, "so they grow perfectly good coffee here just to burn it during roasting, how sad." The tour guide agreed.
Even their medium roast is burnt. How the F do they manage that????
Funny how a billion dollar brand can organize a nationwide frenzy over bear mugs and red cups, but somehow canβt organize enough hours for workers to qualify for the benefits it brags about. That tells you everything. If Starbucks wants loyalty, it starts with treating the people behind the counter like humans, not background props. Until they figure that out, the strike makes more sense than the marketing.
Asshole boomers: if you want to afford things, stop paying $5 a day for coffee.
Starbucks employees: fuck you pay me.
As a lifelong Seattleite - get em. Fuck Starbucks - you're coffee is gross and you mainly peddle sugar, whipped cream and the hint of espresso along with your corporate greed and predatory behavior towards small businesses. Okay...breathe...that's been festering for a bit. Hooray french press at home!
We not only have one French press in the pied-Γ -terre and another at the pied-Γ -nuage, we have an all steel model for travel (got it after the glass broke in a hotel room and we had to make coffee in a Mason jar). Apart from that, we only drink organic coffee, and one cannot get that at Starbucks.
Good for the baristas! Companies making huge profits shouldn't nickel and dime their employees to death.