Couple that with the fact that Starbucks Coffee = Seattle values.
I drink my coffee (Yuban) brewed fresh every morning by a Bunn.
I paid $1.85 yesterday morning for a large cup of breakfast blend coffee at Starbucks. I paid $1.75 at the corner convenient store for a large cup of generic coffee on Monday. The $4+ coffees are the mixed drinks they sell, such as the ones mixed with milk, cream, ice and extra shots of espresso (lattes, cappuccinos, etc.).
I don’t condone Starbuck’s political and social stands at all, but I do like their coffee. Most of the people I know around here who don’t like Starbuck’s coffee are from small towns in the Midwest, where they serve weak, watery coffee. I will also defend to my core the lifestyle and values of small town Midwestern life, but to me they serve weak crappy coffee.
Most of all, taste varies among people. Some people like bold, long-roasted coffee; some people like watered down weaker coffee. So if you don’t like Starbucks coffee, don’t buy it. But if you do like it, such as I do, you should be aware of the goofy leftist agenda they promote while your drinking that wonderful caffeine shot to your system.