>It is mystifying to me how people think Starbucks is anything like a 'perfect' cup of coffee. It's fast-food coffee. I would have expected this line to be "I a

>It is mystifying to me how people think Starbucks is anything like a 'perfect' cup of coffee. It's fast-food coffee. I would have expected this line to be "I abandoned my quest for the perfect cup, because Starbucks was good enough to fill the role and easy". I think you misread that paragraph somehow.