Comments on: Is Starbucks Evil? http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/is_starbucks_evil.html Talk About Coffee is a must visit site for all the coffee lovers out there :)) Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:10:39 +0000 hourly 1 By: Samantha http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/is_starbucks_evil.html/comment-page-2#comment-3692 Samantha Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:31:59 +0000 http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/?page_id=33#comment-3692 I think that starbucks is canceling out many small businesses. I cant tell you if it is good or bad but i think that they should stay out of small towns and stick to bigger cities with more people to have to the money to go and shop there. :) I think that starbucks is canceling out many small businesses. I cant tell you if it is good or bad but i think that they should stay out of small towns and stick to bigger cities with more people to have to the money to go and shop there. :)

]]> By: Jeffrey http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/is_starbucks_evil.html/comment-page-2#comment-3280 Jeffrey Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:05:09 +0000 http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/?page_id=33#comment-3280 If you want to know just how evil Starbucks really is...check out what I found in my freakin can of Starbucks... Feel free to repost this... please repost this link... Thanks... Jeff http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=385pohwjSf8 If you want to know just how evil Starbucks really is…check out what I found in my freakin can of Starbucks… Feel free to repost this… please repost this link… Thanks… Jeff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=385pohwjSf8

]]> By: Ohcrap http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/is_starbucks_evil.html/comment-page-2#comment-3256 Ohcrap Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:06:03 +0000 http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/?page_id=33#comment-3256 All we have for coffee is a local 7-11, Sheetz, Shoney's and McDonald's. So what, coffee is coffee so long as someone remembers to turn off the pot before the joint burns down (The local courthouse caught on fire that way. We also burn down the local surveyors joint. Oops, didn't mean to blurt that out;) By the way missy, the fathers of heavy metal are Black Sabbath and Dick Dale. Yeesh. Youngins. Always think they started it. All we have for coffee is a local 7-11, Sheetz, Shoney’s and McDonald’s. So what, coffee is coffee so long as someone remembers to turn off the pot before the joint burns down (The local courthouse caught on fire that way. We also burn down the local surveyors joint. Oops, didn’t mean to blurt that out;)

By the way missy, the fathers of heavy metal are Black Sabbath and Dick Dale. Yeesh. Youngins. Always think they started it.

]]> By: kellygreen http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/is_starbucks_evil.html/comment-page-2#comment-3194 kellygreen Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:29:59 +0000 http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/?page_id=33#comment-3194 As a consumer I will say...where I live in Southern California I find no "ma and pa shops" that sell coffee that tastes as good as starbucks!! Maybe if this were NY that would be a different story. I'm not going to buy from a little coffee shop somewhere just to help them stay afloat, make better coffee and I will most certainly buy it!! The service is unbeatable and the taste is exquisite. As a consumer I will say…where I live in Southern California I find no “ma and pa shops” that sell coffee that tastes as good as starbucks!! Maybe if this were NY that would be a different story. I’m not going to buy from a little coffee shop somewhere just to help them stay afloat, make better coffee and I will most certainly buy it!! The service is unbeatable and the taste is exquisite.

]]> By: NCbarista http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/is_starbucks_evil.html/comment-page-2#comment-3074 NCbarista Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:20:22 +0000 http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/?page_id=33#comment-3074 I work for a SB competitor and more than anything, I'm upset with the way SB seems to bastardize and rape, mix and match, every Italian-sounding coffee word out there. Seriously, a "caramel" macchiato? Not every blended coffee drink that vaguely resembles a milkshake is a "Frappuccino" (for God's sake, the word itself is demeaning to tradition). And trademarking the word "venti?" It's the simple fact that I don't want someone ordering a SB drink in my cafe. Sure, it's a customer faux-pas as opposed to Illuminati-esque planning, but no one would order a Whopper at McDonald's, would they? Not unless they're ignorant of the product which they're buying. It boils down to the fact that consumers have allowed themselves to be brainwashed into believing that coffee is coffee is coffee. I don't care whether a person prefers my latte prowess over that of Trevor the latte boy; just don't tell me I made it incorrectly (as compared to the way it tastes at SB). A Big Mac doesn't taste like a Whopper! I work for a SB competitor and more than anything, I’m upset with the way SB seems to bastardize and rape, mix and match, every Italian-sounding coffee word out there. Seriously, a “caramel” macchiato? Not every blended coffee drink that vaguely resembles a milkshake is a “Frappuccino” (for God’s sake, the word itself is demeaning to tradition). And trademarking the word “venti?” It’s the simple fact that I don’t want someone ordering a SB drink in my cafe. Sure, it’s a customer faux-pas as opposed to Illuminati-esque planning, but no one would order a Whopper at McDonald’s, would they? Not unless they’re ignorant of the product which they’re buying. It boils down to the fact that consumers have allowed themselves to be brainwashed into believing that coffee is coffee is coffee. I don’t care whether a person prefers my latte prowess over that of Trevor the latte boy; just don’t tell me I made it incorrectly (as compared to the way it tastes at SB). A Big Mac doesn’t taste like a Whopper!

]]> By: julie http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/is_starbucks_evil.html/comment-page-1#comment-3028 julie Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:19:41 +0000 http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/?page_id=33#comment-3028 The only reason I buy coffee at Starbucks as opposed to a mom and pop locally-run cafe is because the coffee is almost always weak and lousy at the mom and pops. I live in Denver. I find this sad- I would support the local businesses but they charge me the same as starbucks for a cup of lousy coffee in a dirty mug. I guess I'm just paying for a seat and wi-fi access, but after my last cup today, I think I'll just plug in at Starbucks. Too bad. The only reason I buy coffee at Starbucks as opposed to a mom and pop locally-run cafe is because the coffee is almost always weak and lousy at the mom and pops. I live in Denver. I find this sad- I would support the local businesses but they charge me the same as starbucks for a cup of lousy coffee in a dirty mug. I guess I’m just paying for a seat and wi-fi access, but after my last cup today, I think I’ll just plug in at Starbucks. Too bad.

]]> By: Darryl http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/is_starbucks_evil.html/comment-page-1#comment-2990 Darryl Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:51:13 +0000 http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/?page_id=33#comment-2990 Maybe there's something wrong with my browser but I must have missed the 'Positives' section. Also - requiring any business to guarantee an absence of GMOs in 2009 is ridiculous so that one is invalid. Corn is a GMO - so are banana's, dumb-ass. Maybe there’s something wrong with my browser but I must have missed the ‘Positives’ section. Also – requiring any business to guarantee an absence of GMOs in 2009 is ridiculous so that one is invalid. Corn is a GMO – so are banana’s, dumb-ass.

]]> By: Matthew http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/is_starbucks_evil.html/comment-page-1#comment-2874 Matthew Mon, 04 May 2009 16:51:46 +0000 http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/?page_id=33#comment-2874 Starbucks is not evil...it is capitalist. They are doing what so many other companies have done in the past. I do not agree with their business model which is why I choose to buy from local vendors. I choose not to support the "machine", whether Starbucks or WalMart. You can control the behavior of Starbucks by choosing where to spend your dollar (or, $3 in this instance). Starbucks is not evil…it is capitalist. They are doing what so many other companies have done in the past. I do not agree with their business model which is why I choose to buy from local vendors. I choose not to support the “machine”, whether Starbucks or WalMart. You can control the behavior of Starbucks by choosing where to spend your dollar (or, $3 in this instance).

]]> By: Alaskagram http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/is_starbucks_evil.html/comment-page-1#comment-2791 Alaskagram Tue, 07 Apr 2009 01:53:48 +0000 http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/?page_id=33#comment-2791 P.S. There are almost no SB's in Alaska and I will step across the street to get a more personal experience.FYI you can find espresso on the road system more often than fuel,it's even known as Christian crack by some. P.S. There are almost no SB’s in Alaska and I will step across the street to get a more personal experience.FYI you can find espresso on the road system more often than fuel,it’s even known as Christian crack by some.

]]> By: Alaskagram http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/is_starbucks_evil.html/comment-page-1#comment-2790 Alaskagram Tue, 07 Apr 2009 01:49:15 +0000 http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/?page_id=33#comment-2790 Evil? They got started small like everyone else and did something right to get here.I remember in the 70's going to Starbucks at Pier 70(I think,the 70's were a blur)for hot chocolate when they had only one roaster in the 'back'.It was the only location.Perhaps its because they spread out of Seattle and not some more traditional spot like L.A. or New York,perhaps this inspires the east coast paranoia. Evil? They got started small like everyone else and did something right to get here.I remember in the 70’s going to Starbucks at Pier 70(I think,the 70’s were a blur)for hot chocolate when they had only one roaster in the ‘back’.It was the only location.Perhaps its because they spread out of Seattle and not some more traditional spot like L.A. or New York,perhaps this inspires the east coast paranoia.

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