If you haven’t noticed the crowds by your local Starbucks, they were giving out free coffee today (starting at different times at different locations), their new Pike Place Roast. I asked Lon to pick me up a cup on his way home from work if the wait wasn’t too long, and by around 6:30 PM, there was no one on line. The Pike Place Roast tastes less burnt than their regular coffee but it’s still very acidic. It’s still not something I would buy. That’s just my two cents. Here’s what a lot of others think….
They seem to be using their old logo again, but the words are different, reading Starbucks, Fresh Roasted Coffee. I’m kind of turned off by the fat mermaid but more importantly, I’m still turned off by their coffee.
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I’ve always thought it was funny how they tried to turn the accidental burning of their first roast to their ‘trademark’ flavor.
Every year or so I go in and see if they have improved it at all. I went in today to check out the new roast, and well, like you, I’m still waiting…
Starbucks coffee is the biggest con in the business. How they convinced their customers that burnt acidic coffee is “good” amazes me.
I stopped in the local Starbucks by work and gave the new pike place roast a try. Besides having an annoying name, the coffee was as everyone has said…blah. Its definitely better than the burnt crap they usually serve, but its still crap. I’ve been craving the coffee I had at Gramercy Tavern, but now I’m dying to have a cup to make it up to my poor taste buds.
I guess Starbucks is one of those BIG American brands which still haven’t come to India. So the way I look at it quite different. I fortified myself for an afternoon of shopping at Singapore yesterday with a Starbucks Frappuccino at the Millenia Walk at singapore
Wow, can’t believe Starbucks is not in India. Are you sure?
According to their website they’re not in India. That is really hard to believe. I wonder if their could be an actual reason to not setting up shop their, or if they just haven’t spread to that part of the world.