2018 Starbucks - Don't forget what they done
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I first tasted Starbucks coffee (it was their Sumatra variety, and it was bitter, tasted like they'd burned the beans in the roasting process. Never went back if their quality control is that piss-poor. So "boycotting" Starbucks is not applicable for me, I would never buy their overpriced, foul-tasting coffee ever again anyway.
Now if anyone here truly loves coffee the way I do, buy a cold brewer (they run about $20 to $25), grind the beans almost to espresso size, put it in the fridge overnight, and you'll have an almost acid-free coffee syrup that you WON'T want to drink straight. Pour about 1/2-inch in a cup, top off with water (you don't want to be able to see the bottom of the cup...if you can, it's too weak), microwave 2 min., and you've got the best coffee you will ever taste, made right in your own refrigerator.
Gotcha, I'm pretty serious about my coffee and love cold brew. Also never understood why people think they like burnt beans but whatever. I do love my Aeropress though! Gotta be the next best thing besides cold brew! Only $30 for espresso style press. I did find a fella that was a mega connoisseur talking about how the coffee trees are grown very unnaturally (of course) with pesticides and mildew...but also how like all food, the extra GOOD stuff dies within a week of being harvested no matter what space aged packaging it has. I'll have to look him up...Ted talk maybe?
they "love" it because it's basically a candy bar by the time they drink it.
if i can't drink it straight black im not touching it
I'm a tea drinker & never liked or really drank coffee, except for one brand of beans made in Italy that actually wasn't half bad because it wasn't overtly bitter & had some floral notes...
But maybe I've just never had good coffee.
I can't tell if it's that or if it's because my tongue is overly sensitive to the bitter elements found in coffee beans. I'm apparently a super taster, which means I can taste bitterness that other people can't. So maybe that's why I am still not overly fond of even the "good" coffees. I can't even enjoy mocha or coffee flavored smoothies or ice creams. Even if it's just a tiny bit of coffee flavor, it ruins it all for me because the bitterness of coffee just overpowers every other flavor for whatever reason.
So I'd rather have a plain tea over even the sugariest coffee candy drink because the bitterness is a different kind/smoother & the other flavors are stronger & able to show through.