Starbucks Via
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- TheBlueOne
Just trying this new instant stuff out. Not too bad, not too good...but fuck, I think they spiked it with an insane amount of caffeine...
- satogami0
do the beans taste burnt on this batch?
- not so much, but I might have used a bit too much waterTheBlueOne
- Starbucks beans always taste burnt. How can you tell otherwise?ETM
- harlequino0
So that's what that thing is, a packet of instant? Do you buy it there at the Starbucks, or in another store?
- TheBlueOne0
The only reason I really frequent starbucks is that I hardly ever carry cash, so it's more convenient to stick the $2 for the coffee on my debit card, which I cant do at the local Snooty Cafe.
- Same here. If the little guys took credit cards I'd be in there every day.Josev
- Is that even legal anymore? Accept cash only...FredMcWoozy
- The little shops should get PayPass.ETM
- satogami0
i use my debit at every regular deli... debit means cash, there is no difference... and businesses recognize that... stop paying triple for coffee when you can pay on the card anywhere of your choice, it is nyc, you cant say starbucks is the sole proprietor of debit billing coffee now... besides their coffee is wack burnt beans tasting.
- agreed about burnt. but some banking networks charge for debit withdrawls.baseline_shift
- not all businesses recognize that, satogami. that's why he goes to Starbucksmonospaced_III
- exactly. alot of those places want a $10 min charge..TheBlueOne
- wha?? where you guys going??
i never have that issue anywhere.satogami - When I buy coffee at 6am the only places open are Starbucks and the corner grocer...TheBlueOne
- Maybe you're in different cities, bro. For example, Philly –– the city where cash is king and cards can fuck off.dMullins
- no we are both in nycsatogami
- and I'm talking what's open at 6-7am in my neighborhood...TheBlueOne
- ahh ok 6am starbucks then...satogami
- hate getting stuck behind someone paying for a 2 quid drink on a cardmust_dash
- Little shops hate small debit purchases because they pay a small fee on each transaction.ETM
- k0na_an0k0
starbucks uses inferior beans mixed in with a very small amount of the premium coffee beans. (the shit beans take very little time to grow so they can mass produce them faster, the premium beans take longer and they can't make them fast enough for the demand), so, they mix the two beans together and actually burn the beans for a more 'uniform' taste.
that's why all starbucks coffee has that good ol' burnt taste. it's shite!
i know this because i designed some comps for a luxury brand off coffee a few months ago.
ps... dd for the win!!!
- starbucks sell more milk than they do coffee - cos all that froth covers up the shite burnt coffee taste. no coffee lover goes to starbuckshans_glib
- not if you just order coffeemonospaced_III
- why would you order coffee from starbucks - it's shite! 95% buy latte/cappucino milky shithans_glib
- TheBlueOne0
Yeah, i agree,,,starbucks is pretty much shit tasting,. i drink it for pure utilitarian purposes. Need. Caffeine. Now. You. Open. Here. Ok. Buy.
I used to love Dunkin Donuts, but once I switched to just drinking my coffee black, no sugar a few years back, DD lost it's appeal..great with whatever cream they use though...
There are a couple of Snooty Cafes I go to when I actually want to enjoy the coffee..
- satogami0
best coffee in NYC is Porto Rico
http://www.portorico.com/store/
- TheBlueOne0
I counter your Porto Rico with Abraco
- TheBlueOne0
Oh and Gimme!...
- dibec0
Bought some as well. Not too bad for instant. Great for pack-backing, IMO.
- Did you get a caffeine rush as well?TheBlueOne
- nope. just a hard on.dibec
- j/kdibec
- SuperSport0
I'm interested in trying this too, although the marketing is confusing to me - I thought they brought down the brand a bit by saying in their message that the instant is as good as fresh brewed. Nevermind what one thinks of Starbucks but telling everyone your instant product is the same as your main product seemed a bit silly to me.
- well, when the bottom line starts shrinking, brand philosophy goes out the window in a mad scramble, no?TheBlueOne
- maybe? I bet people buy coffee no matter what the economy, shit I gotta stay awake!SuperSport
- no starbucks had consecutive losses of about 75% of their profit, that'll scare anyoneSugary
- dibec0
just had another cup. it's kinda freaky but it kinda tastes like the brew. herm.
- I like it better than their usual burnt stuff myself. Will have another cup after lunch.TheBlueOne
- hans_glib0
hahahah
starbucks always made their coffee to taste like instant, as that was the flavour most people knew. that's why it tastes so bad - instant coffee is shit and so is starbucks.
and now they've come full circle by selling instant starbucks. it's the more of the same old inferior rubbish. you get what you deserve by going there.
make sure you carry cash in future
- TheBlueOne0
Let me clarify. I leave my apartment at 6am in the morning. There are two places open between me and where my car is parked. A Starbucks and a little Korean grocery that makes four different flavored imitiation Green Mountain coffees like Hazelnut and Mocha, and they interchange machines and filters at will so ALL the coffee their tastes like mildly flavored shit. It's actually worse than Starbucks, because it's all weak and tastes distinctly of hazelnut even if it says "Columbian". That, on top of the cash issue, is why I grab an overpriced, burnt cup of coffee at Starbucks.
- hey, i don't care. i don't have to drink it :)hans_glib
- make your own? takes 5 minutes.acescence
- and costs 1/10th the priceacescence
- move closer to work LOLBIGGESTDOGINTHEWORLD
- prophet0NE0
- i just had a cup of the stuff on the left. i'm hooked.SteveJobs
- t_rock0
How does they increase margins... offer instant coffee!
- Point50
Shit ... Via is delicious. Not only the best instant coffee ever (because they all pretty much suck) it's better than a lot of ground/brewed coffees out there! Though Starbucks is not at the top of my favorite coffee list (but far above that horrible brew that Dunkin Donuts puts out) I think it's a bit ridiculous to get super-picky over a caffienated high. And I personally like the burnt flavor, but I'm also a big fan of whiskey, bourbon and scotch. I might actually assume that most of you breakfast blend sorts probably enjoy cape cods and piña coladas as well
- c'mon..there's a difference between smoky and burnt. I drink Laphroig for fuck's sake..TheBlueOne
- but the Via is pretty good.TheBlueOne
- I don't know TBO ... that shit is burnt! that's why you still drink the bux urr'day, you love it!Point5
- I say Smoky. :)TheBlueOne
- orangecrunch0
Eldorado Coffee is dirt cheap for a brick of it and its pretty tasty. Came across it in my bodega in BK.
- katekelly0
ohhh man. i actually have to work this weekend, at the dreaded sbux...and do a taste-testing table outside of VIA and other instant coffees. when we were being 'trained' on via, we were told that we weren't allowed to use the words 'instant coffee'.
- i think it tastes pretty terrible, but is def. better than other instant coffees.katekelly
- you can't say thatmax_prophet
- Hah, I had to work the table. I still used the word "instant coffee".ke_pmk30