Anonymous
04/18/2023 21:12
Subject: Starbucks baristas how are you messing up my latte ?
I don't know how they typically use one shot for a 12 oz--every single espresso shop on earth will use 2. So to me it's doomed from the start. I mean, it's Starbucks.
Anonymous
04/14/2023 08:27
Subject: Re:Starbucks baristas how are you messing up my latte ?
So many ways they can screw it up. I ordered a doppio espresso macchiato which comes in a very small cup and they gave me a giant cup of warm milk with some coffee in it. I think they basically made a “Tall caramel macchiato” without the caramel.
Anonymous
04/13/2023 18:00
Subject: Re:Starbucks baristas how are you messing up my latte ?
Used to be a latte a day person, first at Starbucks and then local coffee shops and now I never buy coffee out.
First of all, Starbucks is highly unreliable. It'd be the McDonalds of coffee shops if only McDonalds weren't extremely reliable (I don't like McDonalds but they are fine tuned to churn out the exact same product every time) Starbucks doesn't get great baristas. A lot of their staff are not competent and don't care. They're slopping out the orders without thought or consideration. Starbucks coffee is also highly bitter, which means when the drink goes wrong, it goes very wrong.
I switched to local coffee shops, who tend to have much better baristas.
But when the pandemic hit and I started working from home, I started making my own milky coffee with basic TJ coffee beans and realized I'd wasted thousands over the years getting coffee out. I make a pot of coffee and usually 2:1 ratio with oat milk and it is just like a latte. The rare times I go to a coffee shop I am never impressed with the coffee,r regardless of the form or quality.
First of all, Starbucks is highly unreliable. It'd be the McDonalds of coffee shops if only McDonalds weren't extremely reliable (I don't like McDonalds but they are fine tuned to churn out the exact same product every time) Starbucks doesn't get great baristas. A lot of their staff are not competent and don't care. They're slopping out the orders without thought or consideration. Starbucks coffee is also highly bitter, which means when the drink goes wrong, it goes very wrong.
I switched to local coffee shops, who tend to have much better baristas.
But when the pandemic hit and I started working from home, I started making my own milky coffee with basic TJ coffee beans and realized I'd wasted thousands over the years getting coffee out. I make a pot of coffee and usually 2:1 ratio with oat milk and it is just like a latte. The rare times I go to a coffee shop I am never impressed with the coffee,r regardless of the form or quality.
Anonymous
04/13/2023 16:01
Subject: Starbucks baristas how are you messing up my latte ?
Anonymous wrote:Sometimes they have a rich freshly ground coffee flavor, sometimes they don't for whatever reason. Sometimes they taste like they barely used any expresso. A venti has only two shots of expresso. A grande also has two shots. I order a grande for this reason.
Agree,
I only get grande but sometimes it is excellent with fresh coffee flavor.
I think the skills of the baristas matter even if they use semi automatic espresso machine.
Anonymous
04/13/2023 15:55
Subject: Starbucks baristas how are you messing up my latte ?
Specify the type of milk in your order and make sure they use the right kind. Whole milk instead of 2% or skim will make the coffee taste weaker.