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Never tried the hot chocolates but if it's anything like their mochas I won't bother. Have you had a mocha from Starbucks to compare?
I think once when I was arrived in the states and needed caffeine but went a mocha to cover the horrible Starbucks coffee taste.
I actually found Starbucks in America to be quite nice. At least in California.
I come back here and don't even bother to redeem my free birthday coffee because Starbucks is so bad here.
How??
@pennypincher98: I was there when they launched the fw on the us menu. It was one of the worst coffees I’d had to be honest. Who knows maybe they are inconsistent and that’s the problem.
@Captain Hindsight: I don't get flat whites so can't comment there but both their mocha + latte were nice. Whereabouts in US did you try?
Maybe inconsistency is the problem.
@pennypincher98: LA I think, but have tried various coffee across USA and other countries over the years.
To be honest the only thing I got was a cup full of disappointment.
Love their coffee but hate their hot choc.
Wonder if they'll ever come to W.A.
Probably not.
too many good choices already in WA for them to bother.
I'm pretty sure the reason why Starbucks isn't as popular/high in demand in Australia then let's say America because we have a lot of cafes. I can' remember the exact video, but there was this youtube video explaining that a majority of Australians associate coffee with sitting down and relaxing/talking with a friend, rather than America where coffee is associated with "need a quick pick up drink".
Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
Was there anything about starbucks that prevented sitting around like any other cafe? Because one thing that confused me about the whole aussie starbucks situation is that gloria jeans is the exact same thing
and I doubt it's just about getting people in and out, because starbucks in Japan seems very geared towards sitting around, and especially towards people working on laptops
Doubtful. There are a heap of successful walk up coffee shops around the place.
For me, it was taste. The coffee was disgusting and bland, somehow at the same time. Only coffee I've ever returned.
A lot of cafes? 0_o
Have you ever been to another country mate?
Not only you do not have many cafes here but they also close really early.Why do you care so much? Starbucks is shit, it always will be. Don't take it personally, you have nothing to do with it.
Where do you live? Plenty of cafes in Sydney and Melbourne that stay open very late.
Perhaps asutralians can't tell, but most of Australia are accustomed to espresso based coffee not the filtered diluted crap Americans drink.
As with the general "most people" comments, sure I can make stuff up too. Most Australians think I'm sexy.. now it's true because internetz
Digging at Australians coffee tastes in an Australian coffee thread is never a good idea..
I must be in the 1% then.
Actually no, I mustn't be Australian because I like sweet drinks.Pretty sure you have no idea what you are talking about.
- you are probably right about that, but how has that got anything to do with starbucks failing here.
No, maybe the millions of people who just have freeze dried coffee at home with hot water/milk, but when at cafes people love frothy milk.
Starbucks didn't fail because we are cheapskates, they are not more expensive than our local cafes/gloria jeans.
Starbucks failed because it brought over it's shittier quality espresso and other sweet sugary bullshit drinks and tried to charge the same as our quality coffee cafes that we are already used to.
In USA Starbucks works well because its like 1-2$ a coffee and always has been, people are used to that level of coffee. they decided to come to Australia and rip people off by offering the same prices we are used to, with inferior coffee.
Stop acting like Starbucks is some premium coffee joint. it's coffee is slightly above 7-Eleven, and it's garbage to coffee snobs.
Thank you for proving me right.
It's clear to me you have no idea what you talking about
Hey guys remember when we all booted Starbucks almost entirely out of the country. Now they're trying to creep back in, so let's not buy their shit and kick them out again because it was pretty funny the first time.
That hot chocolate looks pretty good though, damn
Hilarious
Lucky now they have particular customers (students) who adore anything from the States. Just visit any Starbucks in cbd.
yeah-thought they were closing in Oz? What changed? Someone update me
This Starbucks is no longer that Starbucks. They sold the Australian branch of the company to Withers Group.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/starbucks-revival-…I would take advantage of the hot chocolate offer but I have no friends to give it to. :-(
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I'm still recovering from a starbucks coffee I attempted to drink back in 2014, so I'm not yet willing to take the risk, even for a half price hot chocolate.
I'm still recovering from the horrid starbucks coffee i had in 2008.
how mucu do these usually cost?
an arm and a leg.
Let's not let this cancerous company spread in Australia.
Agreed. Lived in USA last year and you can’t walk 50 metres without tripping over a Starbucks. Won’t lie, I bought many a coffee through sheer lack of options. My regular Aussie sized keep cup qualified as a small coffee so pretty cheap. When I ordered a Grande one day it came in a cup the same size as you would get for ordering a large McDonald’s thickshake. It was laughably huge and yes I drank it. The cashiers would always ask if I would like to add cream or spices on top of my flat white. I would always politely decline but think in my head “wtf cream/spices in an espresso is an abomination against coffee”.
Hurrrr durrrrrr Howard Shitz.
Yes. And their work culture is cancerous as well. Talking from experience.
Yeah, I mean you don't need help, you have your own cancerous companies here, right?
How does it compare to GJ's? I love GJ's hot chocolate.
you had me at BOGOF
Then lost me at Starbucks.
Maybe I've missed something… I admit, I am not a coffee drinker, so perhaps I'm not in the loop.
But… what is all the vitriol against Starbucks? As a company are they especially egregious? Do they encourage clubbing of baby seals? Or do their big steaming coffee machines emit excessive CO2 into the atmosphere?
Seriously, please explain the hatred.
It's just the coffee itself is… not great. At least not to Australian tastes, anyway.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/20/starbucks-australia-coffee-f…
"Australia’s already-thriving coffee culture also proved to be a challenge for the American brand. The Australian cafe industry is expected to hit more than $6 billion in revenue in 2018. The country has been immersed in the cafe scene since the mid-1900s when Italian and Greek immigrants moved to the continent. It was then that Australians were introduced to espresso, the key ingredient to an Aussie favorite – the flat white.
Australians also compete in barista competitions and can enroll in coffee-making classes, so they take their coffee seriously.
Starbucks didn’t fit Australians’ tastes. The company served sweeter coffee options than Australians preferred, all while charging more than the local cafes."
Thanks Angus. I hear what you are saying. And I read the link.
But the feeling I get from this (and also other comments in the past elsewhere) is a hatred aimed at the company. Not just at some of their products.
It feels (and sorry to use such nebulous terms) somewhat akin to the zealous hate directed towards Apple, or Microsoft.
Is there a trendy 'anti-US', or 'anti-big corporate' thing going on here?
And, regarding Starbucks' products: isn't it pretty clear what you are getting from the written descriptions? With all the cream, and whipped baby fat, or whatever… Does a 'sophisticated Australian coffee drinker' expect barista-quality subtle shades of Peruvian crushed snail shell beans, or whatever? From a place that is 100% up-front with what it offers?
And, further… if I was a 'sophisticated Australian coffee drinker' (perhaps I should (tm) that?) why would I feel and express such rage, anger and nastiness towards a place I would never been seen dead in, let alone consume their product?
No, Angus, I'm not sure it is to do with the actual coffee. Something else is at work here.
Personally - I'll grab a coffee from anywhere; Gloria Jeans, Muffin Break, Maccas, etc .. You expect lower quality than a fancy hipster cafe. It will need most definitely milk/sugar/chocolate/whatever to be palatable.
So wouldn't you also expect similar quality from Starbucks? To me, that was the issue. The bar was already pretty low and Starbucks couldn't even reach it. A standard latte with one tasted like dishwater.
Saying all this though, my nearest Starbucks seems to be doing great! People are flocking to it for orange mocha frappuccinos.. Rarely a "standard" coffee in sight - but that's their market, right?
Hate their coffee but love their hot choc.