Starbucks Christmas Blend

[Mike682]

Picked up a pound last night and brewed some this morning.

Very good coffee with nice aroma and medium body. Highly recommend

[mantis]

Yes excellent coffee. it has a very good bite to it. **** now I have to go out and get a cup

[disneyjoe7]

My wife and I throw that crap out, my wife said that was like $15 wasted. But should add we're not Starbucks fans, they make awful coffee IMO. They make some nice $4 coffee specialties but for coffee it sucks.

Now Barnie's White Christmas is Good Coffee if you can find it. :) I just may have to find some of this brew.

[Refefer]

My wife and I throw that crap out, my wife said that was like $15 wasted. But should add we're not Starbucks fans, they make awful coffee IMO. They make some nice $4 coffee specialties but for coffee it sucks.

Their coffee is mediocre at best IMO, but that no doubt is because I drink mine as black as they come and Kenya AA is where my heart is. I really think their coffee is designed to be augmented by the stuff they put in it.

That said, I'm glad you enjoy it! No doubt my coffee would taste like motor oil to you :D

Gonna stock up this season?

[disneyjoe7]

This coffee subject comes up at work sometimes... It's felt among us that Starbucks coffee is for the under 35 group where anything else is for the above 35 group.


I tell you what if it wasn't for the Gen X people Starbucks would have fallen on it's face in a heartbeat.


Sorry to beat on your Starbucks love.

Feel free to continue on.

[danger boy]

i don't drink coffee or espresso, or latte's, or anything that's made with coffee, or coffee flavoring. i basically hate all things associated with coffee.

[heiney9]

Gevalia coffee is hard to beat and not too terribly expensive. Had a nice pot (french press) of Mocha Java this morning and will start drinking the Holiday Blend after Turkey Day.

We have Starbucks Breakfast blend at work so I don't tend to buy Starbucks for home use. I get sick of Starbucks if I drink it too often. We have a nice Kona blend at work also I alternate between.

H9

[hearingimpared]

Picked up a pound last night and brewed some this morning.

Very good coffee with nice aroma and medium body. Highly recommend

Does it give that great Starbucks jolt?

[Silverti]

Picked up a pound last night and brewed some this morning.

Very good coffee with nice aroma and medium body. Highly recommend

Ya, I pick up a bag of full Xmas blend beans every year for home. This is the only time of year I drop a lot of money at SB, I cant get away from the Eggnog drinks. Most the time durring the year I stop in maybe a few times a week for a $2 drip.

I think the Xmas blend is just about the best they have besides the Columbia.

[SKsolutions]

Love Starbucks and it's goofy 'barristas' and patrons. If you are on the road, and operate on caffein, it's like a beacon calling you home. It's also a good way to wean yourself off meth. Has just a bit less kick. Green Mountain for home use.

[Bubba -NJ]

It's one of my wife's favorite coffees , usaually get about 5 lbs every year around the holidays . I think it's decent . The place for really good coffee to us is intelligentsia.com . Great selection from around the world .

[Silverti]

A note on StarBucks. My brother visited Costa Rica last year and went on a lil adventure to a large coffee plantation. The plantation owner was talking about how all of their best product gets shipped out to the world and the low/medium quality beans stick around for the local country. He was telling my brother how SB actually buys the medium quality stock unlike most exporters *who get the higher quality stuff). Thought that was pretty funny. Explains how every so often I get a skunky blend in my daily drip :)


I still like SB better then most coffee I drink. It can be over roasted sometimes but over all I’m usually never dissatisfied. Lot better then the free crud at work that I get stuck using in my personal maker at work. When I put SB beans in it, still tastes good.

[wodom1]

Peet's is where it's at

[shack]

Starbucks is horrible coffee IMO. One of the ladies in the office brought some in and started making the office coffee with it. Nearly started a riot. People were complaining about the terrible coffee. She was absolutely dumbfounded that not everyone thought it was "The best coffee ever".

[Mike682]

Starbucks coffee is definitely not for everyone. My wife hates the stuff, but actually enjoys the Christmas blend this year. I really like Starbucks better when I brew it at home. I use half the recommended amount of grind (1tbsp vs 2tbsp per cup) and it comes out much better with no burnt taste to it.

[hearingimpared]

I never had their coffee at home, I've had it made at the store and thought it was pretty damned good but I use a sweetener and cream. We bought boxes of it to the GA Polkfest and it seemed to go as fast as the booze!:D I do know that it definitely gets the heart kick started.

[Mike682]

oh yeah hearingimpared, to answer the question earlier, the Christmas blend does have a nice kick to it

As for buying Starbucks, I usually grab a cup at Starbucks on the way to work in the mornings to save time and then make my own at home on the weekends.

[disneyjoe7]

Joe we're all drunk ;)


But for the record I didn't remember touching it myself... But if you seen me please take above in account. :)

[hearingimpared]

I like coffee that makes me break out in a sweat!!!

[hearingimpared]

Joe we're all drunk ;)


But for the record I didn't remember touching it myself... But if you seen me please take above in account. :)

LOL! I got a kick out of the really drunk guys.:D

[disneyjoe7]

The only kick I remember of Christmas Blend was.....





Tiger Piss.

[janmike]

Must agree, Starbucks does not do it for me either. Way over priced for well below average coffee.

[shack]

It would be overpriced EVEN IF IT WAS GOOD coffee.

[janmike]

It would be overpriced EVEN IF IT WAS GOOD coffee.

TRUE.

[hearingimpared]

TRUE.

Hey now I thought you liked the Starbucks we drank at Polkfest.

[janmike]

Hey now I thought you liked the Starbucks we drank at Polkfest.

I had one of those Ice Cap things. Never drank any of the coffee.

[janmike]

Joe, I had a hard time drinking coffee in 90+ degree weather. HOT LIKE HELL. :D

[hearingimpared]

Joe, I had a hard time drinking coffee in 90+ degree weather. HOT LIKE HELL. :D

LOL I forgot about that. I drink hot coffee all day, all night. . . 30 to 110 degrees it doesn't matter. Could be why my butt hole is always so tight around here WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

[janmike]

I drink it like that as well but it really hits the spot when it is -40 outside.

[bobman1235]

It would be overpriced EVEN IF IT WAS GOOD coffee.

Like it or hate it, I have to dispel the myth that Starbucks is overpriced. Their "specialty" foo foo drinks are overpriced, for sure, but their coffee is average price. Dunkin Donuts is the gold standard of the working class coffee for most New ENglanders; a medium coffee at Starbucks is a few cents LESS than a medium coffee at Dunks. The difference is no one ever just gets coffee at Buckys.

As for me, I gotta be in the mood for Starbucks... it's much stronger and more flavorful than most coffees.