Why do you drink Starbucks?

[Diver0001]

My wife: Why do you drink Starbucks coffee?

Me: I was watching people today and it occurred to me that the Buddhists are absolutely right. There is a point at which holding on to what you have causes you to lose more than letting it go. There is a point at which a person can not become any more fatigued by the struggle; claiming, grasping, hoping, fearful of change -- the meticulous torsional grind that compresses and erodes what you once thought of as your self image. We hold on to a fantasy and allow ambition, intelligence and creativity to be replaced with a mottled viscous imperceptibly rotating waste product that can only be temporarily hardened enough to support life one day at a time by drinking a Starbucks coffee with an extra shot.

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Actually, in all honestly, that's a copy of something I wrote on Facebook. She got me thinking with the question why I drink Starbucks coffee. The really funny part of this story is that I had it copied to the clip board because I was thinking about emailing it to a friend and accidentally ctrl-v it into Google. What made that funny was that the first link it showed was the wiki page for Friedrich Nietzsche.

I had to laugh

 

[The Chairman]

I had my first Starbucks in over 6 months today. It was a peppermint mocha in a bottle at Publix. I was disappointed with the first sip, but I did drink it. I'll go back to brewing my tea at home.

 

[flyboy08]

I'm a DD kind of guy...in more ways than one. I think Starbucks coffee taste burnt, but the stock has been very very good to me.

 

[rhwestfall]

We grind Gold Coast or Yukon Starbucks beans each morning, and brew in a French press. I drink no other coffee for the balance of the day. I truly enjoy that morning pot. Substitutes do not meet my expectations.

 

[undrwater]

Starbucks is more a social habit than a good cup 'O Joe.

The best coffee is brewed in my home.

Coffee paired with philosophy is heaven.

 

[Eric Sedletzky]

I like Starbuck's, just a Vente dark roast house coffee please, no room.
Peet's is too bitter, and Wolfe is just plain battery acid, nasty!

 

[J322Y]

What is the sound of one lip sipping......?

I roast beans at home, grind and brew one cup at a time in an Aeropress.

But I drink it in a Starbucks insulated travel mug!

 

[Chilly_Diver]

I think Tim Hortons coffee is superior, though some prefer the taste of smug...

 

[J322Y]

I'll add that part of the reason I roast/grind/brew like I do is about the health benefits of coffee. The theory is that the benefits are maximized in fresh roasted.

I would drink coffee even if it wasn't good for you, but I like the idea that it's beneficial.

 

[CuzzA]

Starbucks tastes like pine bark marinated for a week in a pig pen.