I'm not much of a coffee drinker, so I don't buy coffee out, either at Starbucks or any other place. I make two cups of cappucino each morning via my own pump espresso machine. It's not an expensive machine, but it serves. I do experiment with whole bean coffee. Starbucks is pretty good, but expensive. Trader Joe's French Roast is very good at less than half the price. The organic French Roast at Basha's (Arizona supermarket chain) also is pretty decent.