Comments on: Starbucks’ Light Roast: A Dumb, Blonde Joke?

By: Wholelier than thou

Wholelier than thou — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 16:50:09 +0000

But maybe the OPer poured it on the thing by the easel.

By: Knancy

Knancy — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 17:51:52 +0000

When does a cup of coffee ever last 10 minutes!?

By: Jack

Jack — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:54:00 +0000

The roast is only part of the process. I went out of my way to sample this coffee and it exceeded expectations for an insipid cup. Dull, baggy, as you cite, watery and no finish.

By: old skool

old skool — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:45:00 +0000

i had the chance to cup both roasts last week alongside a variety of other coffees. the veranda blend was quite clearly almost entirely brazilian, not very drinkable. the willow blend on the other hand i’m fairly certain had a good chop of ethiopians in there. i agree it was surprisingly good and even worth buying!

By: Pedrogabba

Pedrogabba — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 09:59:00 +0000

Drink the roast… get the girly girl. It’s embarrassing that coffee is still marketed this way. This aspect alone tells me that *bucks know their product isn’t strong or competitive enough to market it on its merits. Perhaps they feel that it just sin’t good enough without the cutsey girl. If they must perhaps this new *bucks would feature a happy, normal same sex couple. I could live with that… an edgy, street level, hip to the game *bucks.

By: Jeff Hoeppner

Jeff Hoeppner — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:21:00 +0000

I asked them a couple questions on the youtube post. It’s great that they’re starting to realize that dark roast isn’t king. The thing is, now they need to start purchasing better coffees. This was before my “coffee enlightenment”, but I do recall one black apron coffee from years ago. It was a single estate Ethiopian and it was absolutely astounding. That coffee wasn’t roasted to near ash, and it had explosive flavour. IF they went to coffees like that on a full time basis, they might be able to get some of my respect back, but not with fluff garbage marketing like that. That was just stupid.

By: Rwesterfield

Rwesterfield — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:55:00 +0000

palate = tongue
palette = artist’s tool for mixing paint
pallet = wooden slat thing used in shipping

Sorry, that mistake bugs the crap out of me more than eXpresso.

By: fups.

fups. — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:22:00 +0000

sorry to say, but that looked more like a toilet paper commercial than anything…