• m-p{3}@lemmy.ca
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    4 months ago

    You’ll always make a better cup of coffee at home for less.

    But people pay a little extra for the convenience of not doing it. Starbucks however is banking on their reputation to overcharge, which seems to be finally backfiring.

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      4 months ago

      The coffee is better at home, sure. But I can’t make what is essentially a specialty milkshake at home without going out and getting the tools and ingredients.

      Sometimes I can have little a of Starbucks, as a treat.

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        3 months ago

        I just found a local place that makes a bomb chocolate coffee shake (I mean uhh. A blended mocha) and support them.

        The worst part is that I can get Starbucks anywhere but only get my local stuff near home.

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          3 months ago

          In my town one of the two coffee shops closed down but they opened like 4 more Starbucks, we have 4 within a quarter mile on the same street it’s wild

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      4 months ago

      I will never understand people who get drip coffee at Starbucks… back when I got things from there it would just be the occasional over the top milk shake. Starbucks legitimately has the tools to produce ridiculous drinks with far less hassle then it’d take at home.

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        3 months ago

        I don’t like candy bars or milkshakes. If I’m going to a Starbucks its at 3am in an airport, it’s the ONLY option, thus I’m willing to tolerate burnt to fuck drip coffee.

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      3 months ago

      No not always. I knew this Turkish immigrant who had his own little coffee shop you could not make close to the stuff he made let me tell you. God I miss him.