@Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
Post #2742817
2026-05-21 07:10 UTC
Replies (4)
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@Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-05-21 12:45
Having lived in multiple of those countries, lets just say that most of those greens aren’t anywhere as green as in a few others and even the most green of all (probably the UK) aren’t as green as the US. For a lot of those countries (which have long traditions of good coffee), Startbucks have only a handful of stores in one or two major cities, mostly frequented by tourists since the locals can get better coffee from local coffee places and its way cheaper. (Were I am now, Portugal, there’s a coffee place just about in every corner in any city, plus restaurants, all serving perfect expressos from Italian made expresso machines, with the most expensive cup in a place like Lisbon costing about €1.20) You’re seriously deceiving yourself if you think there being and handful of Startbuck stores in touristic areas in a country with a strong tradition of coffee drinking is Starbucks being “a thing” there.
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@tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 2026-05-21 13:00
I don’t understand why anyone goes to Starbucks Me neither. I still can’t figure out why they burn the fuck out of their beans, or who likes that flavor. Outside of some bottom of the barrel instant shit it’s literally the worst coffee I’ve ever had.
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@FrChazzz@lemmus.org 2026-05-21 18:20
I have this conversation with my wife. Her reply is that Starbucks has better ordering infrastructure where she doesn’t have to get out of the car when she has the kids. I get that. I live in Hawai’i. We have locally grown coffee. We have chains that sell said locally grown coffee, located in malls. And you STILL see people lined up at the Starbucks. Branding is a powerful thing. Notice that people who get Starbucks will say “I need a Starbucks” and not “I need a coffee.” They’ve become conditioned to look for that green and that logo.
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@zeroConnection@programming.dev 2026-05-21 09:18
What does the map show?