“Sweet Smoke” the only smoke is the smoke they are blowing up my ass by calling this coffee. DISGUSTING.
“Sweet Smoke” the only smoke is the smoke they are blowing up my ass by calling this coffee. DISGUSTING.
by 4th_times_a_charm_
27 Comments
danalexa90
They do look horrible
aljoriz
and I wonder why their espresso tasted like burn rubber
chief57
Do better starburns
incuspy
I feel like r/Cafe and Starbucks is an oxymoron
PM_ME_UR_CUDDLEZ
Thats basically charcoal
Randolph_Carter_666
Charbucks.
beeboopPumpkin
It’s so cute when they put tasting notes on the bag. Especially when those tasting notes are just two ways to say “burned” lol
ukbrah
A French roast is a more developed roast in general, I wonder what their Spanish or Italian roasts are like 💀
MarbCart
I’ve never understood the appeal of French roast in general (not just Starbucks’ version). French roast just seems to emphasize bitterness and burntness? Plus isn’t it one of the least caffeinated roasts because of how processed it is? And yet it seems to be extremely popular; I’ve never understood that.
latteslingingslasher
When I worked at Starbucks, we would have to grind 5lb bullets of this for people who brought it in from Costco. Always joked that the notes should include charred fish and wildfire smoke.
River_Odessa
It’s Starbucks.
This is like buying gas station sushi and calling it “DISGUSTING”
plutothegreat
I can’t remember as it’s been a few years. But grinding French or itialian roast was the worst. Made the whole store smell like a fish market. Couldn’t tell it’d be that bad from the whole beans 💀
XMyshelX
You got French Roast … it’s the worst… beans literally smell like fish, …… if you’re going for a dark roast but want it to be smooth/sweet/smokey go for Verona On a side note French roast surprisingly taste like the coffee I had in France … the worst
Evening-Nobody-7674
It’s so burnt. My wife loves it.
velofille
Its starbucks, what did you expect?
kjgunn7
Former Starbucks barista here. Starbucks trains us to say they roast their coffee longer than most bc it “brings out the richness of the flavors” …then you find out they roast it longer so it has a longer shelf life…it has nothing to do with flavor profile but everything to do with profit
philonerd
Though Starbucks is stupid, I actually like dark beans like that.
*Don’t belittle people for different aesthetic tastes.*
Hufschmid
Starbucks bag coffee is fine. Their coffee they brew in store is ass because they don’t know what to do with it and leave it on heat too long after brewing.
Dark roasts get that almost oily look on them, never been an issue for me. Happens with better quality coffee too. If you don’t like that, don’t buy a French roast lol.
Honks4Stonks
What a way to ruin coffee
sundragonn
Their coffee is consistently poor. I used to work as a barista back in the cretaceous and we used to laugh at how over roasted Starbucks beans were. They roast the bejesus out of them to mask the poor beans.
G37_is_numberletter
Should have called that roast pike place cause it smells like fish when you grind it.
littleghost000
I remember reading that Starbucks burns the daylights out of their beans to “standardize” the flavor…. anyways, way better coffee out there, lol
roubent
I call that “busy airport runway skidmark” tasting notes.
Antique-Ant5557
Pro tip: never get anything from Starbucks.
arbalestelite
Wow look at me I bought a French Roast and complain I got a very dark roast of coffee.
What’s next, Italian roast?
chaos-and-sauce
Starbucks is good for when you wonder what the inside of a fireplace would taste like
Onyronaut
My teacher used to say, “I’m getting so much smoke blown up my ass that I’m getting butt cancer.”
27 Comments
They do look horrible
and I wonder why their espresso tasted like burn rubber
Do better starburns
I feel like r/Cafe and Starbucks is an oxymoron
Thats basically charcoal
Charbucks.
It’s so cute when they put tasting notes on the bag. Especially when those tasting notes are just two ways to say “burned” lol
A French roast is a more developed roast in general, I wonder what their Spanish or Italian roasts are like 💀
I’ve never understood the appeal of French roast in general (not just Starbucks’ version). French roast just seems to emphasize bitterness and burntness? Plus isn’t it one of the least caffeinated roasts because of how processed it is? And yet it seems to be extremely popular; I’ve never understood that.
When I worked at Starbucks, we would have to grind 5lb bullets of this for people who brought it in from Costco. Always joked that the notes should include charred fish and wildfire smoke.
It’s Starbucks.
This is like buying gas station sushi and calling it “DISGUSTING”
I can’t remember as it’s been a few years. But grinding French or itialian roast was the worst. Made the whole store smell like a fish market. Couldn’t tell it’d be that bad from the whole beans 💀
You got French Roast … it’s the worst… beans literally smell like fish, …… if you’re going for a dark roast but want it to be smooth/sweet/smokey go for Verona
On a side note French roast surprisingly taste like the coffee I had in France … the worst
It’s so burnt. My wife loves it.
Its starbucks, what did you expect?
Former Starbucks barista here.
Starbucks trains us to say they roast their coffee longer than most bc it “brings out the richness of the flavors”
…then you find out they roast it longer so it has a longer shelf life…it has nothing to do with flavor profile but everything to do with profit
Though Starbucks is stupid, I actually like dark beans like that.
*Don’t belittle people for different aesthetic tastes.*
Starbucks bag coffee is fine. Their coffee they brew in store is ass because they don’t know what to do with it and leave it on heat too long after brewing.
Dark roasts get that almost oily look on them, never been an issue for me. Happens with better quality coffee too. If you don’t like that, don’t buy a French roast lol.
What a way to ruin coffee
Their coffee is consistently poor. I used to work as a barista back in the cretaceous and we used to laugh at how over roasted Starbucks beans were. They roast the bejesus out of them to mask the poor beans.
Should have called that roast pike place cause it smells like fish when you grind it.
I remember reading that Starbucks burns the daylights out of their beans to “standardize” the flavor…. anyways, way better coffee out there, lol
I call that “busy airport runway skidmark” tasting notes.
Pro tip: never get anything from Starbucks.
Wow look at me I bought a French Roast and complain I got a very dark roast of coffee.
What’s next, Italian roast?
Starbucks is good for when you wonder what the inside of a fireplace would taste like
My teacher used to say, “I’m getting so much smoke blown up my ass that I’m getting butt cancer.”