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   From: recscuba_google@huntzinger.com   
      
   On 1/4/26 18:44, WolfFan wrote:   
   > ...   
   > I’ve never so much as set foot in a Starbucks. Ever.   
   > ...   
      
      
   I have, although usually not when there's an alternative choice.   
      
   Likewise, I've eaten at McDonald's when in Rome, Tokyo, etc.   
      
   Starbucks coffee is generally vile because they favor a very dark roast,   
   which allegedly is from the preferences of the Pacific Northwest.   
      
   But a good dark roast can be performed without over-cooking the beans,   
   which is what SB does all too often, probably in no small part because   
   overroasting is an effective business strategy to cover up bad taste due   
   to using cheap, low quality beans.   
      
   Of course when one then doses the drink with a pound of sugary syrups,   
   the only thing the coffee is doing is providing color - - Kingsford   
   charcoal briquettes would do the same without changing the flavor.   
      
      
   -hh   
      
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