frank theriault wrote:
On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 19:09:38 -0500, Graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Overroasted yes. Worst in the world? Hardly. If starbucks is the worst coffee you ever had, you are incrediblely lucky. Try any convenience store at 4pm where the pot has been sitting on the burner since 10.
Starbucks is pretty bad, made all the worse by the prices they charge, and their snootiness ("the blend of the day is a Sumatran Arabica, picked late in the season from the middle-third of the west side of the mountain, where the late afternoon rays caress each bean... blah, blah blah" - IT'S ALL CRAP!).
At 1/4 the price, I'll take the 7/11 stuff that's been sitting there for 5 hours, thanks very much.
Seriously, Starbuck's problem seems to be that they always over-roast their beans, so their coffee is always bitter. You can take the best beans in the world, and if you burn them, they'll taste bad.
cheers,
frank
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