So, are you saying that Starbucks makes bad coffee because people are buying froofroo coffee drinks at their stores? If it's awful, why are you frequenting Starbucks stores?
No, I'm saying their coffee is awful. How many people do you see buying their coffee? What they're buying are the tarted up "coffee drinks" - those vaguely coffee-flavored sweetened milky concoctions. You could make those with the oil drained from my lawnmower and wouldn't be able to tell the difference because of all the masking flavors.
If it's awful, why are you frequenting Starbucks stores?
A couple times in the last 5 or 6 years isn't "frequenting", and I ordered plain black coffee (or espresso) because I like coffee, not froofroo whipped-creamy nonsense.
Their coffee was horrid - cheap beans, burned and priced high.
I'd love to have their margins in my business, but their coffee is bad.