Starbucks is: expensive. complicated coffee-related or coffee-adjacent well marketed.
It can be a good place to sit (some have comfy chairs) and "free" wifi used to be a good thing (with modern mobile data plans, becoming irrelevant)
Coffee from a proper machine, a good barista, and made with proper roasted beans and good milk (or milk substitute) is completely different - but Australian Starbucks can make a drinkable version of an Australian latte.
-- "I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday January 19 2022, @04:28PM (2 children)
I am the one to blame for this poll. Since I don't actually drink Starbucks, I didn't know. I just observe the way others seem to regard it.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Thursday January 27 2022, @01:52AM (1 child)
Starbucks is:
expensive.
complicated
coffee-related or coffee-adjacent
well marketed.
It can be a good place to sit (some have comfy chairs) and "free" wifi used to be a good thing (with modern mobile data plans, becoming irrelevant)
Coffee from a proper machine, a good barista, and made with proper roasted beans and good milk (or milk substitute) is completely different - but Australian Starbucks can make a drinkable version of an Australian latte.
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 3, Touché) by DannyB on Thursday January 27 2022, @02:34PM
So, . . . uh, like, it's the perfect place for Apple users.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.