Starbucks Coffee

If you are a coffee lover like I am, you have probably tried almost every single type of coffee there is out there on the market. I grind my own coffee at home, but when I am away, I want to know that there is somewhere I can go to get a good cup. Though I think that Starbucks coffee is somewhat overrated, and I hate the yuppie-like ordering techniques some use while there, I do like that it is decent and that I can find it almost anywhere I go.

When I book a hotel, I often feel like I have gotten a bonus when there is a Starbucks coffee right there in the lobby. Not all hotels have this, of course, but if you can find it, it’s a great thing to have. I drink a lot of coffee, and you can only sit around in the hotel restaurant for so long before they tell you that it is time to give up your seat for someone else. This is when Starbucks coffee, as overrated as it is, comes in handy. I know I can walk in and buy a cup when I need one, even though I know I am being ripped off. Sometimes, you just have to bite the bullet.

When I walk in and buy Starbucks coffee, I ask for a large. This has thrown many Starbucks employees. Apparently, I should be calling it a ‘tall’ or something else equally annoying. I’m all for a little pretension here and there, but I find some of the people that buy Starbucks coffee to be a little too much. What happened to small and large? Why can’t you just ask for a latte with skim milk instead of using some foreign language. Perhaps that is all part of some coffee house culture that I don’t understand. They seem to figure out what ‘large’ is, however, and I walk away happy.

You can get Starbucks coffee at your local grocery store now too. I found it in my store, and was happy to see you could buy it in whole bean form. I thought it was a little pricey, but it was great once I got it home, ground it, and ran it through my coffee maker. Perhaps I am just easy to please, I don’t know. What I do know is that when I am away from home, I can always find Starbucks coffee to make me feel a little more at home. Now, get me a ‘large’ please, and make it snappy.