[Arny Krueger]

"John Stone" wrote in message

On 8/8/07 6:53 AM, in article
,
"Clyde Slick" wrote:

On 8 Aug, 13:14, Trevor Wilson
wrote:



**AFAIK, none. All the serious coffee drinkers I know,
shun the place. Apparently, they sell crap coffee, in
large containers.



I don't know about the actual coffee quality, but the
roasting of it is hideous.
burnt.

Such blanket statements are ludicrous-as is the
comparison with McDonalds. McDonalds has exactly 2
varieties; regular coffee and decaf. Starbucks has many
different varieties, some of which are very dark roasted,
and others that are very mild. Some are too "burnt" for
my taste, but some are quite well balanced. I guarantee
you can make a good cup of coffee using Starbucks beans,
if you buy the right ones, grind them yourself, and brew
the coffee properly. I've done it many times. They aren't
my favorite coffees-those come from local roasters-but to
say they are "hideous" is ridiculous, especially since
most of these comments come from people who don't even
drink coffee.

There's over 13,000 Starbucks outlets worldwide (89 in
Australia) They must be doing something right.

Note that the McDonalds in the U.S. are now serving a wider variety of
coffee products.

If you look here under beverages, and skip past the three kinds of plain
coffee, you'll see the dozen or so permutations of iced coffee:

http://www.mcdonalds.com/app_control...on.index1.html