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To: RTINSC
I've purchased Starbucks beans since 1991 and haven't found better.

Really? Look harder.

I'll try just once more to clarify what I've been trying to explain to you: Starbucks sells a lot of drinks with huge margins and makes a lot of money doing it. Good for them. But their coffee, their regular black coffee/espresso, sucks. That's because they use cheap beans (margins, anyone?) and overroast them to mask the flavor, then encourage people to buy expensive variations with lots of sugar, milk and flavorings (again, margins) to further mask the poor quality of the basic coffee.

They make great money but would be gone in a week if it had to sell coffee. Just coffee.

115 posted on 12/10/2005 9:09:17 AM PST by Hank Rearden (Never allow anyone who could only get a government job attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
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To: Hank Rearden

Your comment suggests you have issues with Starbucks that have nothing to do with the quality of their beans. Why should you care what others do or buy, or for that matter, care what Starbucks sells or how much profit they make? Starbucks was successful selling only beans long before offering drink variations, which by the way, is apparently what their customers want. Don't buy Starbucks if you are so bothered by their success.


116 posted on 12/10/2005 9:37:04 AM PST by RTINSC (Being Offended is the Natural Consequence of Leaving Your Home...)
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