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[seonsengnimble]

I'm usually not too fond of starbucks inside starbucks. If I take a bag home, I can make a decent pot of coffee, but usually when I get it in the store it's weak, stale and/or burnt. I personally like really really strong coffee, no sugar no cream.

One thing I do like about Starbucks here though, is that unlike many of the other coffee shops, they know the difference between a latte and a cappuccino.

[PatrickGHBusan]

[Dev]

I never go to Starbucks because I can't buy the idea of gourmet coffee that they're selling. $5 for a late? Their regular "coffee of the day" tastes like it's been sitting in the pot all day. Too strong - tastes like a 5 year old made it.

Other people argue, "Well, you're paying for the atmosphere." Fine. You go and pay for the atmosphere.

There's a Korean chain in Daegu called "Davinci" where you can get a good late for 2,500 won. For me, that's sounds fairer.

[xpat]

You want good coffee, go to McDonalds; Lavazza coffee starting at around
2,500 won.
Oh wait, you don't care so much about the coffee as you do about the "atmosphere" so you don't mind paying 5,000 won.

[beercanman]

Met some people at Starbucks in one not really big (2-3 mill people) city (in China). There really weren't a lot of us around so it was a good spot to feel sort of normal, maybe talk to some people, hear some English. In another city of about equal size with no Starbucks, I miss that. I call it the Starbucks factor. If nothing else it can be a place to go to feel a bit normal in some strange Asian city. Couldn't say this applies to Seoul so much, where there must be over 100 of them. But a city with a small western population and very little English, if there is one Starbucks then it can be comforting.

[Illysook]

In Poi Pet, there was an imitation Starbucks inside one of the casinos on the Thai border and even that was sorta comforting.

[young_clinton]

[mishlert]

At Costco I buy the Starbucks Espresso coffee beans and take it to Starbucks where they grind it for me. I can't see any Starbucks doing that back home.