Their coffee is crap. And I worked at a ‘gourmet ‘ coffee house years ago. I was known as a ‘server’. Not a pretentious ‘barista’.
This is one of the interesting problems that Starbucks has run into as it tried to settle into Germany. This gourmet coffee ‘taste’ simply didn’t sell well. If you walk into a regular cafe or German bakery shop....they had fine coffee at regular prices. It didn’t make any sense to hype up Starbucks because it’s just regular coffee, for a higher price.
I use a family owned coffee shop in Ocean Springs, MS. Good Christian family, proud Trump supporters and no problem with concealed/open carry in the shop.