Maybe the caffeine isn’t roasted out, but I can’t stand the burned flavor at Starbucks, even if you can bring your guns. Remember that the French roasted cork to produce ersatz coffee in WWII; when your roast is THAT dark, you’re basically percolating charcoal briquettes...
I heard that some people roast their own beans at home. Maybe that would solve everybody’s problem, from Mrs. Olsen to poor Organic Juan Valdez down there.
P.S. Folgers will do, but I like Farmer Brothers...
I imagine it isn’t all roasted out, but there is less caffeine in dark roasted beans than lighter roast.
I love Starbucks, and any other coffee shop that can give me something close to the coffee I remember in Europe, especially France.
I wouldn’t go so far as to try to roast my own beans; my oven probably doesn’t have the fine temperature control needed. But I buy the darkest roasts I can, with beans so dark they look like dark chocolate.
I can’t tolerate most coffee that comes in cans.
I use a popcorn maker to roast coffee. It usually turns out quite good but its too smoky to roast inside and doesn’t work in cold weather.