Starbucks prices are Starbucks prices but coffee is coffee to a certain extent. You go to Timmie's or Dunkin Donuts or anywhere and you'll get a cup of coffee. However, Starbucks has been around for a while so there's gotta be something to it. Still think that Timmie's (which has been around longer) is way better though.

Very true.

I went with my Godson the other day and felt like an idiot because it's really just common sense.

You just don't want to believe me.....it's intentionally burnt, overpriced blended coffee.

You are correct DC. They over roast their beans so people buy all that sweet crap to top it off. Anyone who is dumb enough to buy a $6-$8 cup of coffee every day has no right to complain about the price of gas (or the size of their waistelines).

I pay 1.75 for coffee at Starbucks, I woudln't pay $8/cup lol

F**k Starbucks!

My kids bought me an espresso/cappucino coffee maker for my birthday!

What kind DC?

A BRAUN TASSIMO / Espresso / Cappuccino coffee maker. I love it!

My mother-in-law drinks coffee, but her husband doesn't. She hates to brew a pot just for herself, so I bought her a Tassimo. She ended up returning it because she couldn't figure out how to make a cup of coffee.

She wound up returning it because YOU bought it for her.

Well, DUH!

Edit: Great top of the page for that one...

I stopped at Dunkin Donuts for an apple crumb donut this morning. I think their coffee is MUCH better than Starbucks. And if money is an issue for you, it's half the price.

Oh, that apple crumb donut? Keep them away from me, because I could literally eat half a dozen at a time.

I just had Dunkin Donuts' coffee for the first time last weekend. It is very good and much better priced than the "designer" coffee houses like Caribou and Starbucks.

I feel the same way about their blueberry muffins as Pizzaboy's description of the apple crumb donut. Any of their donuts can be consumed in mass quantities.

We have a local grocery store, whose bakery makes such giant, delicious doughnuts that Dunkin' Donuts relocated a few years ago. The doughnuts are also $0.39 each. They also sell fresh coffee, but I don't like coffee, so I can't vouch for it. My wife says that the Dunkin Donuts coffee is far better.

She also likes the coffee at McDonald's, and pumpkin cappuccino, which is sold in the Fall and Winter at a convenience store. She's not a big fan of Starbuck's.

I guess the expression "dollars to donuts" has become antiquated.

I'm going to have to stop for doughnuts today with all this talk about them.

To me, it's a no-brainer. If you sell doughnuts (as your main item) you MUST have good coffee.

I'm not much of a coffee drinker anymore, but I love DD's coffee.

Today, I think, is National Doughnut Day.

Starbucks is like Subway - only good for one thing - skimming.

Is Dunkin' Donuts a regional chain? In NY and NJ they are very popular, and yes, good coffee. I just bought a giant bag of DD medium roast at Sam's Club. Starbucks is too bitter. I just read that they are closing 600 more stores.

Just today I hear they are closing over 600 Starbucks throughout the states (due to the economy and low sales).

Myself, I've never been a Starbucks person. For me, regular ol' black coffee is just fine. I can't see paying 5 bucks for a dessert coffee or whatever. I'll get a milkshake or sundae or something else fattening if I want dessert.

Anyway, I know my daughter is familiar with every Starbucksin the area. As long as there is one still standing in her area, she'll be happy though. She doesn't go daily, but she goes a lot.

TIS

Starbuck's is the type of retail establishment that would be a front line casualty of sluggish economic times. People are budgeting their money more carefully, and the first place to save is on that $4 cup of coffee each day.

Yeah.... you could use that coffee money to buy a gallon of gas.

I've never seen the attraction of Starbucks. 7-11 and Dunkin' Donuts have better coffee and their sooooo much cheaper.

That's really sad for the employees that will be losing their jobs because of this. But one would have to be blind not to see this coming. Starbucks went a little nuts opening up stores on almost every corner and inside almost every major department store. A little bit of overkill on their part if you ask me. Poor planning.

Couple the overabundance of stores with their $4.00++ cup of "burnt" coffee, throw in a very bad economy, and it adds up to only a matter of time before they had to start cutting costs, closing stores and laying people off.

I don't know about anyone elses area, but there are a couple Starbucks that I know of that are practically across the street from another Starbucks. Geez!!


But yea, I feel for anyone who loses his/her job.


TIS

They should've reduced their prices and partnered up with similarly-fated Krispy Kreme donuts for an ultimate experience!

That is pure marketing genius, JG! I'd go there, if only for the donuts.

A KK opened and then closed in nearby Bricktown, never even got the chance to go there. But when I was working in the city I loved bringing home a couple dozen now and then (and smelling up the bus with the beautiful aromas (I'm surprised I wasn't mugged!) )

Funny that you said this Geoff. Krispy Kreme is EXACTLY the company that I was thinking about when I read the Starbucks story. Too much franchising is what ruined Krispy Kreme. And such great donuts too!