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I'm not surprised some Starbucks drinks have a ton of sugar, but the 3 cans of Coke worth definitely puts it into perspective. I grew up drinking my coffee wit
by DarkTree 11y ago
I'm not surprised some Starbucks drinks have a ton of sugar, but the 3 cans of Coke worth definitely puts it into perspective.
I grew up drinking my coffee with sugar and cream, but eventually stopped using sugar, and then ultimately drinking it black. If you can wean off adding compliments to your coffee, you will most likely acquire a taste for the bitterness of coffee.
Once you begin loving the true taste of coffee, it becomes a much more fun experience to try different types of coffee, it's much healthier, and taste much better to me (now).
- agumonkey 11y agoMy body rejects processed foods nowadays, I'm somehow forced to eat raw everything. It's funny how so many tastes there are. Now I now there's enjoyable tastes outside the usual junk food. But, I miss the feel of carb + sugar + fat, it really does push all your brains button :)
- hissworks 11y agoHow do avocados fare as a substitute?
- agumonkey 11y agoPretty fine, but it's not a common thing to eat though. Raw salad, carrots and tomato, with a pinch of salt and vinegar. A bit of meat. One thing I recently discovered is that whole grain mueslies do feel nice on your mouth without triggering pain in my case. Maybe more fibers that help feeling satiated.
- miseg 11y agoI've tried weaning myself off strong milky coffee, but I like the taste of the milkiness. I get what you're saying, and will try to reduce the milk content over time.
- baldfat 11y agoI put a ton of sugar in my tea, but tea is so diverse I enjoy all the different kinds. I think I am now down to only one teaspoon per 8 oz.
- TarpitCarnivore 11y agoThe amount of sugar you were putting in your coffee is probably not close to comparable to that in these drinks. > Once you begin loving the true taste of coffee The "true" taste of coffee is how you prefer to drink coffee. Don't forget that a lot of people like to drink milk based drinks (latte, cap, macciato, etc) which are technically not showing the "true" taste of the coffee being used. Yet for someone reason no one thumbs their nose at them.
- davidw 11y agoItalians find people who drink a cappuccino after about 11 in the morning a source of amusement. It's a dead giveaway that the person in question is a foreigner. The good side: they're amused but not rude or snotty about it.
- Rainymood 11y agoI once ordered a cappuccino after 11, I got something else instead (I believe an espresso/americano?) and I was really confused as I thought the barista had misheard me. Then someone explained it to me afterwards and I felt kind of silly
- talmand 11y agoWhy is that something to feel silly about? I would think that if it is your harmless custom it is rude for someone with a different custom to make something negative out of it.
- acangiano 11y agoSome of us gave up the fight and will now have a cappuccino whenever. (Paese che vai, usanze che trovi.)
- cvwright 11y ago> Yet for someone reason no one thumbs their nose at them. You should come to Portland sometime. :)
- stuaxo 11y agoIt helps to have coffee that is actually decent, which you don't get in Starbucks. A lot of low quality food and drink seems way less satisfying, so people make it up with quantity.
- Someone1234 11y agoI don't drink Starbucks (too expensive for me) so this is a legitimate question: I thought Starbucks coffee was meant to be good/high quality? If it isn't why are people spending over $3/cup when McDonald's and others has $1/cup coffee? I'm legitimately asking, I'm not into the whole Starbucks scene.
- pkaye 11y agoI'm not a coffee drinker but I guess people go there for the convenience and consistency.
- navait 11y agoIf you are really into coffee, mass produced is cool to hate on, and the best is what you make yourself. I enjoy the coffee, but it's not the best I ever had. Of course, in my area it's the only option over Dunkin Donuts or Mcdonalds, which I do not like.
- stcredzero 11y agoHacker Dojo used to have Dunkin Donuts coffee, along with a precise posted procedure for brewing it, which seemed to work quite well. ("How to brew coffee like a BOSS!") For me, for DIY: Aeropress and recently roasted beans. Grind yourself.
- mattdotc 11y ago>If it isn't why are people spending over $3/cup when McDonald's and others has $1/cup coffee? I can't speak for every Starbucks customer out there, but I always assumed the reason is that it's a status symbol. To some degree, they want to be seen with the cup. They haven't tried the competitors, so they assume Starbucks must be very good to justify the price. If they really enjoyed coffee for coffee's sake, they'd probably be going to an independent shop for their drink. I think Starbucks' coffee isn't terrible, but I definitely prefer to brew it myself or spend the same amount at a smaller cafe, preferably if they roast their own beans.
- syntheticnature 11y agoMind you, if you like the taste of coffee, Starbucks isn't that great, unless you like burnt flavors even in your medium roasts. I've heard their new Clover machines, at some locations, offer better flavor -- but Starbucks' regular coffee seems tailor-made to at least drive you to their espresso products, if not well into the land of sweetened drinks.
- acchow 11y agoThe Clover is phenomenal, but if you're stuck using Starbucks beans on them it's still not gonna taste great...
- syntheticnature 11y agoI'm given to understand the way to have it is to get single-origin beans with the Clover. I haven't given it a try yet.
- agentgt 11y agoI would have to sort of disagree that black coffee is always going to give you more of a "true" coffee taste. Adding fat and sodium for most things generally exemplifies the taste and flavor (not sugar). For example adding tarragon mixed with butter and you can really taste that tarragon. I have noticed this with coffee. Adding a little bit of cream definitely brings out more subtle flavors in the coffee (depending on the coffee and also no where near the level that starbucks adds.. just a little will do). But I generally drink my coffee black as well for health reasons.
- stcredzero 11y agoIIRC, the amount of sugar a typical drink has in it has gone up by 100% since the 80's. I'd swear that soft drinks had about 20 grams of sugar in them back then. Now there's typically almost 40 grams in a soft drink, and Honest Tea passes as a "lighter" drink with only 19 grams.