To each his own; I've been drinking Starbucks since its inception. Was a long time customer of the store in the Public Market (THE first one in existence). Sb is much better than anything you get in the mass market grocery store and far and away better than most of its competition.
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To each his own; I've been drinking Starbucks since its inception. Was a long time customer of the store in the Public Market (THE first one in existence). Sb is much better than anything you get in the mass market grocery store and far and away better than most of its competition.
I guess I'm the only that uses the Dutch Senseo system....
Give Me Senseo by RedTail_Panther, on Flickr
No you're definitely not the only one. Although I have several I use (just) one as well. The Dutch offices were running on these devices!
Cheers,
Huub
Blackbird686
SOH-CM-2025
The Missus has a Keurig, but I use the old fashioned drip coffee maker and I grind my own beans each morning. My mother is Native American, and she always said that the Apache Indians liked chicory in their coffee... I tried it and I kinda like it. It's tasty, and BOLD.
BB686
BB686
Panther_99FS
Retired SOH Administrator
Alright Huub!
Might need you to send me another one since The Borg (Keurig) have pretty much pushed us Senseo users out of the US market...
paiken
SOH-CM-2023
Long time Starbucks drinker here. Had the great pleasure of visiting Seattle back in October and visited the original location. We then went to the roastery and tasting room. Quite an experience, and the coffee was the absolute best I've ever had.
SPman
Charter Member
Perhaps I should have said "Starbucks in New York, has nothing that resembles drinkable coffee to someone from Australia/New Zealand. Starbucks in the Antipodes and even in China, has drinkable coffee, although there are far better coffee shops around and they don't have a particularly good reputation. Also, the US coffee culture is greatly different to the NZ/Aus coffee culture, which is more French/Italian expresso based. In NY, we found a little coffee kiosk in the Sony Building, that did quite a pleasant brew.
At home, I've got a Rancilio Silvia expresso machine and grinder (my wife, being basically lazy, has got a Nespresso machine.....)
nigel richards
Charter Member
The Missus has a Keurig, but I use the old fashioned drip coffee maker and I grind my own beans each morning. My mother is Native American, and she always said that the Apache Indians liked chicory in their coffee... I tried it and I kinda like it. It's tasty, and BOLD.
BB686
MMMmmmm! Now THAT sounds like COFFEE, BB.
Naismith
Charter Member
FWIW, Bought a fancy fandango Keurig (forget the model), it worked for 1 week and died, returned it, got another, worked for 2 pods and died, returned it and got another, worked for a couple days and then stopped. Canadian Tire refunded the money no problem. Went to the Hudsons Bay and bought a Hamilton Beach model which was a) way cheaper b) adaptable to just about every machine out there c) has an adapter to accept fresh ground coffee as well as pods. It may not be a trendy make but it has been running seamlessly for 6 months. 
Well, got my first pkg yestidday. First cup brewed this morning; not bad atall. Has a fairly nice, smooth "mouth" to it and at $0.38 a cup ya cain't really beat it. If ya get the 80 count or "I think" there's a 120 count the cost goes down a bit more than that. Plus, I really appreciate the fact that there isn't any old world coffee in the blend.
I'm happy to hear you are pleased with it. I assume you opted for the "Fog Chaser" blend then? It surely chased my fog away in the morning!
Huub that is definitely a coffee cup with character. I knew a US Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer once whose coffee cup was jet black on the inside (I wonder what his innards looked like?). He refused to wash it out and guarded it jealously, never left it where any other staff member could touch it. I think he would have lobbied for that to become one of our cases if it had occurred!
I'm happy to hear you are pleased with it. I assume you opted for the "Fog Chaser" blend then? It surely chased my fog away in the morning!
Yes, Fog Chaser is what I ordered. I am gonna try some others from them. I did note that they have a large variety pak; not sure if I wanna go that far.
Believe it or not, but I can fully agree with this guy, because coffee actually tastes much better from a cup like this!
I'm not a great Starbuck fan. I love coffee and I think people shouldn't be allowed to call the fluids they sell coffee. Starbuck has been popular in the Netherlands, but be more as the place to be (seen) than for the coffee they sell. In my opinion they sell water and milk with coffee flavour. Coffee should always be straight, no milk or sugar added.
In the past we used Buisman (burned sugar) as coffee extender in the Netherlands. Its still available, but I wonder who still uses it
.Cheers,
Huub