• Redtrax@lemmy.ml
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    9 hours ago

    It’s sad to think there are people in the world that think Starbucks coffee is nice.

    • JcbAzPx@lemmy.world
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      3 hours ago

      The original Starbucks was pretty good and even for a while after they started the franchise they were still a bit above average quality. They’re crap now, but that was a slow decline over the last decade. So they can coast on the reputation the original built and rely on their current customers either not ever having had good coffee or not noticing the slow incremental decline.

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      6 hours ago

      It’s “coffee” for people who don’t really like coffee and want to drink something warm with cream, sugary syrup and artificial flavoring.

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      8 hours ago

      Yeah, Starbucks finally has a few places here in Copenhagen, but that was after a few years of simply not getting a hold anywhere; shops that opened, stayed for less than a year, then closed.

      The competition here is Joe and the Juice, a local company, and various small privately owned baristas.

      Starbucks has some permanent places right now, but they’re still not big. Haven’t heard many people say positive things about them.