Originally Posted by
MoAlpha
I guess so. In the interest of full disclosure, we buy Starbucks beans for home use because they're decent quality and cheap at the local military commissary. They're definitely better than Peet's which is the other brand of beans they carry. I don't notice the burntness except in the ultra-well done, French and Italian roasts, which we don't often buy.
I've bought Sbucks for drip when in VA - it's fine. I'm speaking more of their espresso roasts - ick.
Along those lines, several years ago, when my brother and SIL found out that I was in to coffee, they gave me 6-8 bags of Sbucks beans for Christmas. It was a lovely gesture, but
