Starbucks in the hot spot

CEO Howard Schultz doesn’t appear to have a clue. Case in point, the confused stuffed animals or what maybe called Starbucks stuffed animals in the stores, what a waste of money, and of course they don’t appear to be selling. Starbucks had an easy life for such a long time that they don’t have a clue how to get in touch with their customers and make money.

Pikes Place is as pleasent as drinking yesterdays coffee grounds

Pike Peak or Pikes Place or whatever its called is HORRIBLE. I am dead serious when I say it taste like its been made with cigarette butts (actually, cigarette butts, old man feet and band-aids is probably more accurate)

Its 7-11 or Dunkin Donuts for me now

Pike Peak or whatever its called is HORRIBLE. I am dead serious when I say it taste like its been made with cigarette butts (actually, cigarette butts, old man feet and band-aids is probably more accurate)

Pike Place tatses like poop

In addition to coffee that is so burnt tasting that it is arguably defective, the service has gone so far downhill that the purchasing experience is stressful. Even if I am the only person in line, getting the order correct and in a timely fashion can be difficult, especially when the entire staff is standing behind the counter talking about personal business. Not an indulgence at all. The only reason they do good business, in my opionion, is that they overpay for great locations. Which, of course, is reflected in the nearly laughable prices.

I used to be an avid Starbucks customer, spending well over $1,000 per year on Starbucks coffee (namely, on Americano). In the past year, I started noticing a decrease in the quality of Starbucks espresso-based drinks. In the past few months, I have been having a 95% dissatisfaction rate from the quality of Starbucks-made Americano. This has not been specific to any particular Starbucks store — the experience was across the board. The problem was with my Americano no longer having crema that makes it such a wonderful drink. Every cup without crema (look it up if you don’t know what it is) tasted bitter — no better than cheap drip coffee in the lunch room of my work place. The last straw was about a month ago when I bought a Venti Americano, tasted it, and threw the full cup in the trash. It was a $3.00 Americano that tasted so bad that I could not force myself to swallow it. Fortunately, I’ve discovered a no-brand coffee shop (a shack really) just a few blocks away that happens to make the best Americano I have ever tasted in my life. They will be the ones getting $1,000+ I spend on coffee each year. I do not see myself going back to Starbucks.

“The companies say qualifying AT&T broadband customers will get free WiFi service in more than 7,000 U.S. Starbucks stores.”

So you have to be a paying member of AT&T’s service? Aren’t the days of paying for Wi-Fi spots gone?
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