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How is the coffee at Starbucks so strong
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Date: March 21st, 2014 9:55 AM Author: Topaz aphrodisiac sound barrier A grande medium roast with no cream or sugar has me bouncing off the walls every time. I thought I made really strong coffee at home, but this is on another level (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2523544&forum_id=2#25232548) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2014 12:20 AM Author: Flirting ratface spot (starbucks rep) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2523544&forum_id=2#25237057) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2014 12:22 AM Author: passionate crotch lol srsly this. op made me grab a sbux on the way home (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2523544&forum_id=2#25237070) |
Date: March 21st, 2014 9:57 AM Author: Blue property main people Do you drink 16 oz when you brew at home?
Cuz there isn't much caffeine difference. |
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Date: March 21st, 2014 9:59 AM Author: Topaz aphrodisiac sound barrier yeah usually 12-16oz... even the tall one usually has me going bonkers. tbf i only drink coffee a few times a month (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2523544&forum_id=2#25232560) |
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Date: March 21st, 2014 10:09 AM Author: White cruise ship The coffee at Starbucks is shit. Get an americano instead (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2523544&forum_id=2#25232586) |
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Date: March 21st, 2014 10:12 AM Author: Blue property main people Americanos are shit bro. Sorry. The name is from italians laughing at american GIs.
A tall americano is 2 oz espresso 10 oz hot water. |
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Date: March 21st, 2014 10:14 AM Author: White cruise ship I know what an americano is. The point is that espresso is good at Starbucks and the coffee is bad. So if you want something coffee esque get it made with espresso (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2523544&forum_id=2#25232618) |
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Date: March 21st, 2014 10:19 AM Author: Blue property main people The espresso is just as good as their coffee - average. I always get the dark roast when I have to get Starbucks and it's fine. There's not a huge difference between their coffee and coffee from another shop. But there is an enormous difference between Starbucks espresso and good espresso. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2523544&forum_id=2#25232635) |
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Date: March 21st, 2014 10:25 AM Author: White cruise ship Well I guess we just disagree bro. There's a mom & pop coffee shop in my neighborhood that makes some 180 coffee. It's not even close to comparable with Starbucks. Even Dunkin Donuts is far above Starbucks. I find Starbuck's espresso fine though so I'll get an Americano from there if I'm in the mood for a coffee. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2523544&forum_id=2#25232651) |
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Date: March 21st, 2014 2:22 PM Author: Cerebral filthy knife theatre you're wrong about both of these things. starbucks' espresso is decent (though certainly not good), starbucks' dark roast is laughably terrible (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2523544&forum_id=2#25233793) |
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Date: March 21st, 2014 2:26 PM Author: Blue property main people Which dark roast? I like Sumatra and their seasonals a lot. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2523544&forum_id=2#25233821) |
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Date: March 21st, 2014 10:33 AM Author: walnut racy heaven indirect expression espresso at SBUX isn't that great. any cafe that serves lavazza or illy is orders of magnitude better, even most random small places tend to make better cappuccino. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2523544&forum_id=2#25232679) |
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Date: March 21st, 2014 10:16 AM Author: Stimulating brunch blood rage (filthy guido) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2523544&forum_id=2#25232626) |
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Date: March 21st, 2014 2:16 PM Author: passionate crotch lolol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2523544&forum_id=2#25233746) |
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Date: March 21st, 2014 10:31 AM Author: 180 puce state idiot Lol at retards ITT debating subtle merits of different coffee. Didnt the complete PWNAGE wine snobs received teach you anything? Your fucking palates can't really perceive the million little differences you pretend you can.
If you want to be faggy and use non-english words to order some expansive ass coffee, go ahead, but don't sincerely believe there's any difference from some Folgers shit in a truck stop. |
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Date: March 21st, 2014 10:33 AM Author: mauve casino landon (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2523544&forum_id=2#25232683) |
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Date: March 21st, 2014 2:16 PM Author: passionate crotch hey landon :) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2523544&forum_id=2#25233751) |
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Date: March 21st, 2014 10:37 AM Author: Blue property main people We're not debating whether a particular costa rican is better than a honduran bean. We're debating red v. white v. rose.
And lol if you cant tell the dif btw truck stop coffee and fresh espresso. |
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Date: March 21st, 2014 10:38 AM Author: 180 puce state idiot you and I are FRIENDS but that's precisely what the studies proved in the wine world -- that elite critics could not tell the difference between reds and whites + food coloring
lol at thinking youre better than they are |
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Date: March 21st, 2014 10:44 AM Author: White cruise ship any idiot could tell the difference between red and white wine. wtf. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2523544&forum_id=2#25232718) |
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Date: March 21st, 2014 10:45 AM Author: Blue property main people link?
I don't think that's what they tested. |
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Date: March 21st, 2014 10:54 AM Author: Blue property main people In one test, Brochet included fifty-four wine experts and asked them to give their impressions of what looked like two glasses of red and white wine. The wines were actually the same white wine, one of which had been tinted red with food coloring. But that didn’t stop the experts from describing the “red” wine in language typically used to describe red wines. One expert said that it was “jammy,”5 while another enjoyed its “crushed red fruit.”
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So this doesn't prove that they can't tell the difference. It proves that when they are lied to they accepted it and didn't think they were being tested. If you asked them to taste red or white blind I bet they would get it right. Also, it doesn't say what kind of whites he was using. Some of them can be confusingly heavy or fruity. |
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Date: March 21st, 2014 10:43 AM Author: tan organic girlfriend cumskin Drink my coffee black and, when you're not polluting it with with cream and sugar, there is a very noticeable difference between premium coffee and average stuff.
As for the OP, the reason it is so strong is because they put about 4 tablespoons of ground in for a 12 oz coffee. Do the same at home with their store bought and you'll get the same buzz (at a fraction of the price). |
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Date: March 21st, 2014 10:49 AM Author: Blue property main people But they cut it with water. If you look in their brew filters there's a metal part that pushes back the filter so that it can put more water in the brew.
This varies by region for them too. |
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Date: March 21st, 2014 10:52 AM Author: tan organic girlfriend cumskin Why would they do that? It's not like you can use those grounds again once water has gone through them.... Wouldn't it be more profitable to not water down smaller amounts of ground? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2523544&forum_id=2#25232761) |
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Date: March 21st, 2014 10:56 AM Author: White cruise ship I'm guessing maybe it's still more potent even though it's watered down? I'm no coffee scientist (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2523544&forum_id=2#25232788) |
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Date: March 21st, 2014 10:58 AM Author: Blue property main people I've never heard of Starbucks using more than 2 tbls per cup like you say. Link?
The reason they water the coffee down after brewing (or on the side) is because they don't want to over-extract the beans. I'm pretty sure they use about 2 tbls/cup. They carefully weigh each filter. I'm gonna ask next time I go in. |
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Date: March 21st, 2014 12:22 PM Author: frisky marvelous bawdyhouse mexican This is laughably false. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2523544&forum_id=2#25233247) |
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Date: March 21st, 2014 12:33 PM Author: Concupiscible point azn http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopi_Luwak (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2523544&forum_id=2#25233304) |
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Date: March 21st, 2014 12:36 PM Author: frisky marvelous bawdyhouse mexican OH GOD, OH-- (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2523544&forum_id=2#25233317) |
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Date: March 21st, 2014 2:23 PM Author: Concupiscible point azn (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2523544&forum_id=2#25233798) |
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Date: March 21st, 2014 2:09 PM Author: chocolate beady-eyed dingle berry feces Actually, this is wrong. The wine analogy does not hold up for coffee. It has been written about extensively wrt DD and SBUX and why DD has one brand and SBUX brews like three at a time. I think Malcolm Gladwell has like an entire chapeter of a book on it. There is also a HBS case study. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2523544&forum_id=2#25233708) |
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Date: March 21st, 2014 2:15 PM Author: Blue property main people Links? Would like to read all. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2523544&forum_id=2#25233740) |
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Date: March 21st, 2014 2:24 PM Author: Cerebral filthy knife theatre MALCOLM GLADWELL HAS A CHAPTER ON IT?! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2523544&forum_id=2#25233809) |
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Date: March 21st, 2014 2:25 PM Author: Blue property main people Yeah, in Tipping Point, but it's not on this issue. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2523544&forum_id=2#25233817) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2014 12:26 AM Author: lascivious pozpig (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2523544&forum_id=2#25237097) |
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Date: March 21st, 2014 2:20 PM Author: Mildly autistic big center Well Starbucks coffee is just plain burned. My palate can tell the difference between burned and not burned. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2523544&forum_id=2#25233777) |
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Date: March 21st, 2014 2:21 PM Author: Blue property main people Ask for the freshest. Also, look at the red light on the coffee box. If it's blinking it's burned. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2523544&forum_id=2#25233786) |
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Date: March 21st, 2014 2:21 PM Author: Mildly autistic big center (SBUXMFE) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2523544&forum_id=2#25233789) |
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Date: March 21st, 2014 10:44 AM Author: chartreuse judgmental associate stage Stabucks uses more grounds than you would use at home. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2523544&forum_id=2#25232722) |
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Date: March 21st, 2014 10:48 AM Author: Blue property main people He should be 2 tbls coffee per cup water and yeah this seems like a comic amount of coffee when brewing a six cup pot at home. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2523544&forum_id=2#25232743) |
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Date: March 21st, 2014 12:18 PM Author: chartreuse judgmental associate stage I worked at SBUX for several years in college. They follow the 2 tbsp per cup formula (or pretty close to it) even when brewing their big pots in the store. That, combined with the fact that most of their beans are a bit on the overroasted side, makes for a pretty strong tasting cup of coffee. I have never cared for their brewed coffee and almost always go the Americano route.
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Date: March 21st, 2014 12:20 PM Author: Blue property main people Right. The over roasting actually leads to slightly less caffeine.
Most caffeine is in the light roasts. |
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Date: March 21st, 2014 12:20 PM Author: Concupiscible point azn I always just ask them to do a nice French press for me in the morning while I wait patiently at an outside cafe table, reading le monde and taking slow, cool draws from my morning cigarette. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2523544&forum_id=2#25233235) |
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Date: March 21st, 2014 12:23 PM Author: Blue property main people I miss college. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2523544&forum_id=2#25233253) |
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Date: March 21st, 2014 12:28 PM Author: Concupiscible point azn (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2523544&forum_id=2#25233276) |
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Date: March 21st, 2014 2:16 PM Author: passionate crotch (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2523544&forum_id=2#25233753) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2014 12:37 AM Author: pale laughsome travel guidebook regret highly caffeinated tears of cornell liberal arts graduates in every cup (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2523544&forum_id=2#25237142) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2014 1:06 AM Author: passionate crotch :) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2523544&forum_id=2#25237287) |