[BrexitBen]

Starbucks is a great racket. High prices for sugared coffee drinks.

A cup of freshly ground, organic coffee, brewed at home, is much better, and much, much cheaper.

[max americana]

I think I’m the only who brings his own coffee to work. I really dont get why you have to pay $6 for a “small” size coffee from that overrated place.

Here in L.A. I know ALL those places that closed down. It didnt surprise me one bit. Those locations are ground zero for violent homeless/antifa to do their thing. The only locations that I know of are “safe” are the ones INSIDE GROCERY CHAINS like Target and Vons..

[entropy12]

I don’t even buy ground coffee with Starbucks brand.
Why anyone would pay 6 bucks for any coffee drink?

[DAC21]

“Starbucks is a great racket. High prices for sugared coffee drinks.

A cup of freshly ground, organic coffee, brewed at home, is much better, and much, much cheaper”

Yeah, but no one sees you drinking superior coffee at home. Being seen, and therefore being cool, is all that matters to tens of millions of losers paying their $4 for 14oz. of burnt coffee.

[Republican Wildcat]

yeah, but you don’t get a cup with that cool logo ... that will be thrown in the trash.

Honestly a small town coffee shop is far superior to this place. Starbucks has certainly done well with branding, however, to get people coming into a mediocre shop.

[Dr. Sivana]

A cup of freshly ground, organic coffee, brewed at home, is much better, and much, much cheaper.

It is, but that's not what they are selling. They are selling things that sometimes have a dozen different ingredients, and if you drink it there, high speed WIFI, open restrooms, and what many find as a pleasant environment to work with their laptop for a few hours on the road or as part of a SOHO or remote work operation.

If you get it to go, on the way to work, or for driving with in your car, you are paying for the convenience of someone to buy the half dozen ingredients in the specialty drinks, possibly a latte maker or something else that costs a couple of hundred dollars. If you like a different specialty drink every time, you wouldn't have room in your fridge and kitchen for all the caramel, spices, chocolate sauces, creams, fruits, etc.

It isn't hard to have to pay $6 for a milkshake these days, either (Five Guys, Shake Shack). If you like their specialty drinks just as much, you aren't out anything.

For the record, I take my coffee from Lifeboat Coffee, with cream, and it is better coffee than anything Starbucks makes. Lifeboat also has specialty coffees for those who want them, and the prices are better. Lifeboat, unfortunately, is not on every third street corner, has no drive through and comparatively restricted hours. I'm just saying that one can choose a Starbucks type experience because it provides a product and experience that making a cup at home does not match for some people.