The Coffee Wars
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I can't stand Timmy's coffee.
Starby's for me. Latte.
At home I use a fair-trade/organic dark roast (store brand or Saltspring Island roasting company) and make it super strong.
Starby's for me. Latte.
At home I use a fair-trade/organic dark roast (store brand or Saltspring Island roasting company) and make it super strong.
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We don't have Tim Horton's around here, and I'll only have Starbucks as a last resort. Which has almost never happened. I frequent an indie shop Monday through Friday, and buy Archer Farms beans from Target (fair trade/organic) for the weekend. If I go out for coffee on the weekend, it's another indie.
Dunkin' Donuts.
Starbucks and Timmy's aren't bad, but I really prefer DD's coffee over everything else.
Starbucks and Timmy's aren't bad, but I really prefer DD's coffee over everything else.
Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf (LA-area only chain I think?) kicks Starbucks' ass up and down the universe. And I often have to OH THANK HEAVEN and go to 7-11--a 24 oz coffee with all the trimmings for 99 cents! But some of the little independent coffee shops do way better than any of those. All the coffee I make at home turns out nasty 
Dunkin Donuts over Tim Horton, though Tim Horton's isn't bad. Anything over Starbucks. You couldn't give it away to me; I won't drink that mud. Oh, wait, someone did. I was at a computer convention in San Fransisco and one of the perks was coupons for a free cup of coffee at Starbucks. I gave mine to a homeless guy walking past me. That is how much I despise their coffee.
At home I used to drink Gevalia. It has gone down in quality so I switched to Paul Newman's organic hazelnut. It is very good.
At home I used to drink Gevalia. It has gone down in quality so I switched to Paul Newman's organic hazelnut. It is very good.
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I live in The Middle of Nowhere, Iowa and it would take way too much effort to go to Starbucks or any other chain coffee place from here. I usually brew at home, and am saving up for my very own espresso machine because I developed a serious taste for latte when I was working as a barista at Barnes & Noble. Which, come to think of it, means Starbucks. 
*Waiting for an eggplant bloom smoothie joke*
I prefer Starbucks. I absolutely can't stand Gevalia unless you use most of the bag to make one pot--their beans are too weak, or something.
I prefer Starbucks. I absolutely can't stand Gevalia unless you use most of the bag to make one pot--their beans are too weak, or something.
I went to a mexican restaurant in Palm Springs a couple months ago.....HAD THE BEST CUP OF COFFEE EVERRRRRR. Meant to ask them what they had brewed...but didn't. BEST.COFFEE.EVVVVERRRRR.
answer the question, jennifer.... Oh, Kay...I love and have been loving for some time now, Kopiko Coffee singles. Coffee mix with cream and sugar already in it, just add hot water. FABULOUS.
answer the question, jennifer.... Oh, Kay...I love and have been loving for some time now, Kopiko Coffee singles. Coffee mix with cream and sugar already in it, just add hot water. FABULOUS.
I'm a coffee addict. When I get up the brewer is the first thing that goes on here in the morning.
I've tried most of the brands available in the supermarket for use in an espresso machine, and think Illy is the best. We go through one can a week. It's yum yummity yum yum.