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avidamoeba@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Starbucks uses local imports. The biggest problem is that they burn the shit out of the beans to normalize it down to the same flavor. So, the big appeal of using locally-sourced beans is wiped away by the way the need for a consistent “flavor”.

  That’s why Starbucks coffee tastes like shit.

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  • Bubs12@lemmy.cafe ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The pike roast is the only one that is halfway decent in a pinch. It’s their “light” roast.

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    • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      ah, i didn’t know it had a name. I always go light or medium, just enough oat milk to change the color, and i’m happy enough at Sbux

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    • Cethin@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah, it’s not the worst, but it’s still shit compared to any other light roast. It’s good for Starbucks, but that’s a low bar. They often don’t even have it available.

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  • trolololol@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Local beans? Does it mean they don’t sell coffee in Canada and Europe?

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  • fallaciousBasis@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They have blonde roasts.

    Wtf are you on about?

    I personally love a good French roast.

    You sound like my stupid cunt of a mom that does coffee enemas. Bitching about the flavor of coffee when her colon doesn’t even have taste buds. Wtf.

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• watson387@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It always has a burnt aftertaste IMO.

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  • Tujio@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That’s because they burn it. It’s a branding thing. Massive companies demand uniformity in flavor. McDonald’s puts huge amounts of effort into making sure that a big mac in Maine tastes exactly the same as a big mac in LA.

    Coffee beans are unpredictable, though. Beans from the same farm from the same crop can taste different month to month. So to make it uniform they overroast (burn) the beans.

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    • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It also helps keep some of the coffee flavor when you put in a quart of milk and sugar and flavoring.

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      • Cethin@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It keeps some of the coffee flavor if you think coffee flavor means burned. It doesn’t though. Good coffee has fruity or flowery notes. None of that remains with Starbucks coffee.

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      • SW42@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Eew. No.

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    • JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Amazing. Never thought of this explanation but it makes sense.

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    • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Massive companies demand uniformity in flavor. McDonald’s puts huge amounts of effort into making sure that a big mac in Maine tastes exactly the same as a big mac in LA.

      this is also why in-n-out expanded very slowly for a while. it’s about making sure your supply chain can handle the growth and you can train the employees to keep the culture of the chain.

      when they expanded too fast, their burgers got soggy. they haven’t fixed that.

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• socsa@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s ok coffee. It’s like Chifila - in 1998, when your mall got its first Starbucks, it was head and shoulders above the other options, which were 7/11 and IHOP. However, now that chicken sandwiches are taken seriously, basically everyone who tries beats whatever soggy shit CFA has on offer.

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• Sharkticon@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  They certainly have non sugary drinks, whether they’re decent is another question.

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• abbadon420@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That is absolutely coffee, but iwhether its decent is subjective. Both times I went to starbucks it wasn’t much better than gasstation coffee.

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  • avidamoeba@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I should have qualified - decent as in quality in comparison to the other fast food options.

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    • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      McDonalds coffee is way Bette, and its $1

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• Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  No, even their regular coffee is awful.

  McDonalds coffee is better than Starbuck’s, and its $1.

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  • fallaciousBasis@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    McDonald’s coffee?

    Bro how much crack you smoking?

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• HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  yeah, they’re better than the coffee that’s been sitting all week in the urn in the outreach hall whatever the name is i forget at the church i play music at. that shit’s nasty but free coffee’s free coffee

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• starlinguk@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  They do not have decent coffee.

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