This week’s poll is “Are You A Starbucks Fan?” It seems like people either love or hate Starbucks?
Loading ...I’m somewhere in the middle. There’s somethings that I really love about Starbucks, like their Dark Cherry Mocha. However, I’m not always a fan of their coffees. I’m more of a medium to light roast drinkers and their coffees are definitely aimed at people who like a darker brew.
Plus, there is the whole over saturation of Starbucks and I’ve seen them push some smaller coffee shops out of business when they open up on the same block. However, they were one of the first “gourmet” coffee shops that I ever visited and were my gateway drug to my coffee obsession.
So what about you? What’s your opinion on Starbucks and why?
Last week’s question was “Do Labels Like Fair Trade Matter To You?“
There was some great discussion over on the post, lead by Coffee Nate so make sure you check it out.
The results were close with the “Yes” answer leading with 39% of the vote. “Sometimes” and “No” were tied with seven votes each.
Melody said:
You can open up a can of worms with your blog post on this topic, but I am of the belief that there is more than one way to skin a cat. A coffee can be ethically sourced absent a special ‘fair trade’ label which requires the farmer to pay a licensing fee to Fair Trade Association. Some coffee roasters are moving away from FT to “direct trade” (Intelligentsia, Stumptown), and Starbucks as CAFE Practices and Shared Planet.
Nate said:
Do they matter?
OF COURSE THEY DO!Fair Trade Certified ensures a certain set of standards, I won’t go into all of the details, but I did cover them all in a recent post. While it is true that simply being certified FairTrade does not ensure quality, that is up to the buyer/roaster/consumer!
Karen @ Blazing Minds said:
As long as the coffee tastes nice, then I don’t really care to be honest, but I suppose I’m upsetting someone, somewhere, which that comment
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