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minus-squarePronell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·3 days agoWhen I was becoming a coffee fan/snob a decade ago, I’d occasionally get gifted bags of Starbucks beans. Or worse, grounds. Ugh. I eventually end up using it but it’s never good. Even my wife agrees now, although she still drinks McDonald’s iced coffee without sugar regularly.
minus-squareSkyezOpen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·3 days agoI used to work at McDonald’s nearly 20 years ago and I would huff the grounds every time I filled the coffee machine. I’m not a coffee snob so feel free to disregard my opinion but that stuff ain’t bad, especially iced and lightly sweetened.
minus-squarePronell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-23 days agoThat’s what I was implying, (poorly) that their coffee isn’t half bad, and preferable over Starbucks to me. But then when I make myself coffee it’s four to six shots of espresso with ice and half and half.
minus-squarequetzaldilla@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoStarbucks is a waste of perfectly good coffee beans.
When I was becoming a coffee fan/snob a decade ago, I’d occasionally get gifted bags of Starbucks beans. Or worse, grounds. Ugh.
I eventually end up using it but it’s never good. Even my wife agrees now, although she still drinks McDonald’s iced coffee without sugar regularly.
I used to work at McDonald’s nearly 20 years ago and I would huff the grounds every time I filled the coffee machine. I’m not a coffee snob so feel free to disregard my opinion but that stuff ain’t bad, especially iced and lightly sweetened.
That’s what I was implying, (poorly) that their coffee isn’t half bad, and preferable over Starbucks to me.
But then when I make myself coffee it’s four to six shots of espresso with ice and half and half.
Starbucks is a waste of perfectly good coffee beans.