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Their coffee has become quite mediocre as well. I remember when it used to be fairly good. There are several locally owned coffee shops where I live that serv
by jcadam 7y ago
Their coffee has become quite mediocre as well. I remember when it used to be fairly good. There are several locally owned coffee shops where I live that serve much better stuff.
- tim58 7y agoI think this is a problem with scale. Starbucks has to make sure all of their coffee in all of their stores tastes the same. That's a lot easier to do with a locally owned coffee shop than it is with an international chain.
- jcadam 7y agoThere's probably a lot of truth to this. I've heard that they have to source their beans from many different suppliers and resort to over-roasting to ensure a more consistent (albeit, burnt) flavor. Most of the smaller shops source their beans from local roasters, or even do the roasting themselves.
- hn_throwaway_99 7y agoTheir coffee was never very good, hence the "Charbucks" nickname for their tendency to vastly over-roast their beans.