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There are three good reasons to avoid Starbuck's:
1. the drinks are overpriced 2. the drinks are crap 3. you could be supporting a local merchant instead.
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For the most part, Starbucks coffee is too bitter. When I do go, I always ask for extra room for milk. On the other hand, I can't stand the taste of sweetened coffee, so milk pretty much has to do it.
In all honesty, I prefer tea, but getting a decent cup of tea in the United States (outside of certain ethnic establishments and places that specialize in that sort of thing) is next to impossible.
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I go to Starbucks when I can afford to do so. They're really no more expensive than other coffee places, local or otherwise. As for their coffee being bitter, I'm not enough of a coffee connoisseur to be able to tell the difference. I do like their Java Chips (coffee with chocolate chips and whipped topping), however.
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I don't go to Starbucks at all. I have been known to buy espressos when I'm out and about (I can't stand milky coffee, and "normal" coffee has always tasted watered-down to me), but I don't drop into Consumer Whore
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You'd think a company that loaded could afford a sense of humor. [snerk] But I kid our benevolent multinationals. Thank You. I'll be here all week.
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Tim Horton's used to get quite a bit of my cash, but the two here in town are always WAY too busy for me to go. 20 min lineups are insane
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Twenty minutes?! They must be really good, then. (I don't think there's a Tim Horton's around here.)
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Never been to Tim H.'s, because I'm not anywhere near Canada. However, I remember reading in some business rag that they trounced the snot out of Krispy Kreme when it tried to expand up there. For that, they have my eternal gratitude. Because Krispy Kreme is foul.
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We have a pastry in the South called Apple Uglys. And they are.
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I've never heard of an Apple Ugly. I do know Krispy Kreme and I was very sad when they withdrew from my city, although not having them around is better for my waistline.
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Krispy Kremes flopped in this area too. They were sold for a while in my supermarket, but I think the appeal was getting them hot right from the oven.
Dunkin Donuts still dominates here.
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Shipley's is the dominant doughnut shop here, followed by Southern Maid. Dunkin Donuts is creeping in, but mostly on the strength of its coffee--certainly not on its doughnuts. Krispy Kreme actually did pretty well, but the franchisee had a falling out with the company.
What I miss from when I lived up Quis's way is the independent doughnut shops. I wonder how many of them even still exist.
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