[MississippiMan]

I knew Starbucks had to be a liberal creation. Created by liberals for liberals, became the "in" thing somewhere and took off due to sheer herd mentality. I find it hard to believe that it grew on quality of product. I like strong coffee, but theirs is about like motor oil.

Want good coffee? Order whole beans from Dunkin Donuts. Utterly splendid, and not expensive, either.

MM

[Betis70]

From suggestions on another FR thread (I forget which one) I have taken the plunge and started roasting my own coffee beans. Will take a little adjustment to get the roast right, but it sure brews a tasty cup of coffee.

[mupcat]

"I knew Starbucks had to be a liberal creation. Created by liberals for liberals,"

You know, I'm not too sure about this. We live in a very small coastal area of northern California ( about 6,000 in immediate area), and just got a Starbucks this year. After an initial "Wow" factor things settled down and got back to normal. We have quite a few mom and pop coffee places, but so far everyone seems to be doing just fine. On top of that I worked at our local Republican headquarters this past election and Starbucks contributed coffee and also let us use their store for a local function.