04-22-2014, 10:10 AM
Hank-
I personally feel that Starbucks over-roasts their coffee. It is not on par with Peets IMHO. My friend owns a independent shop here in town, he only sells locally roasted fair trade coffees. I think I like his brew since the beans were all roasted withing the last week, and therefore very fresh. In my kitchen I have to tone it down (even using my friends excellent Sumatra beans) since my wife does not like the coffee as strong as I do.
So I would rank them as follows:
Roasted Tea and Coffee (my local shop)
My kitchen
Starbucks (I rank Peets higher here, but they are not in my part of AZ)
I personally feel that Starbucks over-roasts their coffee. It is not on par with Peets IMHO. My friend owns a independent shop here in town, he only sells locally roasted fair trade coffees. I think I like his brew since the beans were all roasted withing the last week, and therefore very fresh. In my kitchen I have to tone it down (even using my friends excellent Sumatra beans) since my wife does not like the coffee as strong as I do.
So I would rank them as follows:
Roasted Tea and Coffee (my local shop)
My kitchen
Starbucks (I rank Peets higher here, but they are not in my part of AZ)
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