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[–] aamram@lemmy.dbzer0.com 71 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Just don't buy Starbucks and this MF will magically disappear. It's terrible anyway...

[–] Bertuccio@lemmy.world 25 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I started boycotting Starbucks when I learned they had partnered with Nestle for store-bought products - their Sumatra and Komodo Dragon coffees were pretty good.

I send an email every year or so to let them know, since boycotts aren’t effective if the group being boycotted doesn’t know why, with predictably apathetic responses.

Anyway, if you’re a no-Nestle person then Starbucks is on the list…

[–] gentooer@programming.dev 15 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I started boycotting Starbucks since the first time I tasted their coffee. Espresso isn't supposed to taste like burning tyres. I don't understand how they can charge so much for dogshit coffee.

It's not impossible to make a chain of coffee houses that serves decent coffee, Espresso House did it in Sweden.

[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago

Most people put cream and sugar in their coffee or get one of milk based beverages.

They are not there for single origin light roasts.

[–] P1nkman@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The society in general is more about brands than good stuff. For anything...

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

No, society in general just isn't too particular about their sweet milk drinks. You don't need to use the most perfectly extracted espresso in a beverage that's mostly dairy and sugar syrup.

Edit: typo

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

It's genuinely some of the worst coffee you can get. They only specialize in drinks that are basically just milkshakes with coffee in them.

Hersheys + ice + milk + coffee beats any iced mocha they've ever made at starbucks.