As a "coffee snob" myself, I cannot STAND Starbucks coffee, it tastes burned to me. I cold brew my own (less acid, brings out the natural sweetness) and now detest any inferior coffee when I'm out in public.

Plus there is the ever-present wokeness at Starbucks that I started noticing a few years ago, before I started my cold brew process. Back then Starbucks had cultivated a sort of hip reputation, but all I really wanted back then was a simple cup of coffee, black, and a quiet place to read or use my laptop on their WiFi. Instead it was latte this, frappachino that, grande, etc, and I refused to learn their language.

Good riddance.