F-ing StarSchmucks!

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OK, I dunno if you guys know, but in Australia, we like coffee... as in, we REALLY like coffee. I read somewhere that we actually consume almost as much tonnage of coffee beans as the USA.

Anyway, I figure I'll swing by StarBucks this morning.
Not because I actually like their coffee (it's way too sweet), but because I like their muffins, and I had a $5 muffin+coffee coupon so I figured why not...

Why not indeed! As it turns out, no one there understands what the hell a "flat white" is, even though it's clearly on the menu.
(For those not in the know, flat white is your basic espresso coffee shot + milk and the foam can go screw itself). I get served something that's foam maybe a 3rd of the way down.
I tell the counter guy that this is wrong and ask him to make it again. It comes back the same... So I ask him if he's aware of what a "flat white" is, and how it should be made. He says the manager told him that "it's just a latte with less foam".

Never mind the fact he's served me enough foam for this to almost be a cappuccino, IT IS NOT A FREAKIN "LATTE WITH LESS FOAM"!!! :mad:
So I quickly googled "flat white how to" on my phone and came up with this:
http://www.espressocoffeesnobs.com/espresso-drinks-with-milk/how-to-make-a-flat-white.htm

He looks at it. He calls the manager... They confer... Manager comes up to me "Sorry sir, but that's not how WE make them"
Me → :eek:

So, moral of the story, StarBucks is not only crappy coffee, they don't even know how to make a cup if the machine doesn't have a button for it.
I'm going back to my local cafe, even if the cups are half the size and the staff are uptight Greeks with their black coffee.
 


Love coffee, never really liked starbucks. More like TENbucks, lawlz0r.
 
HarveyJ said:
OK, I dunno if you guys know, but in Australia, we like coffee... as in, we REALLY like coffee. I read somewhere that we actually consume almost as much tonnage of coffee beans as the USA.

Anyway, I figure I'll swing by StarBucks this morning.
Not because I actually like their coffee (it's way too sweet), but because I like their muffins, and I had a $5 muffin+coffee coupon so I figured why not...

Why not indeed! As it turns out, no one there understands what the hell a "flat white" is, even though it's clearly on the menu.
(For those not in the know, flat white is your basic espresso coffee shot + milk and the foam can go screw itself). I get served something that's foam maybe a 3rd of the way down.
I tell the counter guy that this is wrong and ask him to make it again. It comes back the same... So I ask him if he's aware of what a "flat white" is, and how it should be made. He says the manager told him that "it's just a latte with less foam".

Never mind the fact he's served me enough foam for this to almost be a cappuccino, IT IS NOT A FREAKIN "LATTE WITH LESS FOAM"!!! :mad:
So I quickly googled "flat white how to" on my phone and came up with this:
http://www.espressocoffeesnobs.com/espresso-drinks-with-milk/how-to-make-a-flat-white.htm

He looks at it. He calls the manager... They confer... Manager comes up to me "Sorry sir, but that's not how WE make them"
Me → :eek:

So, moral of the story, StarBucks is not only crappy coffee, they don't even know how to make a cup if the machine doesn't have a button for it.
I'm going back to my local cafe, even if the cups are half the size and the staff are uptight Greeks with their black coffee.
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WHY GOD, WHY?!?! WHY IS LIFE SO HARD?!?!
 
Why not just get your own machine so you can make whatever you want however you want it? If you like coffee that much I'd imagine it'd save you a lot of money in the long run. I understand your venting though. Just being a problem solver...
 
I live in a place where there are more great cafes within 500 m of my house than perhaps anywhere on earth.

When you come up to sydney, give me a shout and i'll show you. ;)
 
This one time, I totally yelled at a Barista at Starbucks for putting too many sprinkles in my Italian Soda, it was bad ass.

I was all like "AHHH, SPRINKLES."

And he was all like "OMG SORRYZ LOL!111"

The end.
 
i feel you.

i once felt the same way when they refused to fill my chilli cup all the way to the 'FILL' line at Wendy's. i was ready to shank the manager.
 
Deliguy said:
Why not just get your own machine so you can make whatever you want however you want it? If you like coffee that much I'd imagine it'd save you a lot of money in the long run. I understand your venting though. Just being a problem solver...
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Exactly...

If I hadn't bought my own espresso machine a year ago I could have spent $1750 on coffee from places like starfucks. But so far Ive only spent somewhere around $600 on coffee this whole year and every single one was perfectly made by me, at home, with no traveling required.:D
 
Don't have a witty or sarcastic response, but I'm in total agreement, HarveyJ. Crappy coffee. Though, not just Starbucks; seems any chain, even the coffee chains (Gloria Jeans comes to mind) have similar quality problems. Little anonymous cafes and holes-in-the-wall seem the way to go, especially in any built up area.

Gotta love the Australian tall-poppy-syndrome inspired culture.
 
8. Manager Who Refuses to Recognize the Words Small, Medium, and Large
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I FUCKING HATE THAT

 About 2 months ago I went there and asked for a large frappuccino and the bitch looks at me and says "do you mean venti?". The way she said it was belittling, and rude (probably because I wear casual clothes?). Anyway I pulled out a wad of cash and paid.. Fucking bitch, I sure showed her!


oh yeah, another funny Starbucks story. Awhile back they had that "training day" thing where all Starbucks were closed. I drove there, and they had a car blocking the drive-through. So I laid on the horn and kept honking (while keeping a straight face, making them think I'm retarded) until the entire staff came outside, then left. BASTARDS
 
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I think Starbucks coffee is OK, but not great and way too expensive here.

The coffee I make at home can't be beat anyways.

::emp::
 
Agreed - WTF is it with people and Starbucks? "I'd like to pay £5 for a pint of coffee-flavoured milk please".

When I go in to these places, I get a double espresso in a large cup with a jug of hot milk on the side. You normally have to send it back once or twice before they understand what they're supposed to be doing, but it means you end up with proper coffee AND they only charge you the espresso rate, so £1.65 for a halfway decent drink = result :) (plus I just like to be difficult)
 
Got a machine and make flat whites all day long. No more standing in line. No more "oops sorry sir...". Perfect espresso shots every day every time. Breakdown and get a machine.

-che
 
ive always wondered how a person finds out what they like at a starbucks...i dont go there because i am afraid that if i get a latte but no extra shot of something it will taste terrible. so the people that have to take 5 mins to say what they want to drink, how did they get to that point??
 
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