Posts Tagged ‘Starbucks’

Why Stealth Starbucks Coffee Shops Aren’t Local

Friday, November 27th, 2009

Local is hot.

First Frity-Lay uses its “Lay’s Local” ad campaign to make us think its potato chips — produced at a rate of 10,000 bags per hour — are local. Now Starbucks®, the maker of bitter and burnt coffee, is unbranding itself by opening “Stealth Starbucks.”

What’s a “Stealth Starbucks”? It’s a Starbucks coffee shop that passes itself off as a local, independent coffee shop… Continue reading | 1 Comment

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Why Starbucks Coffee Tastes Bitter and Burnt

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

Starbucks Coffee

Have you ever wondered why Starbucks coffee tastes bitter and burnt? A lot of people have. And it’s not just ordinary “Joes” (pardon the pun) like us who think Starbucks coffee tastes bitter and burnt, either.

In March, 2007, Consumer Reports reported a tasting that compared… Continue reading | 16 Comments

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