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Ok, if you're drinking chain coffee, what are you drinking?

...now awaiting for gripes as to what I forgot on the poll...

I like Dunkin Donuts coffee and when I get on the other side of town ,I like to have a Starbucks too.
I generally brew my own though, on a daily basis. I cant justify spending $20.00 or more per month on coffee.

Starbuck's is what I'll drink. When I went to Europe, I had some coffee in Vienna at Demel's..oh, sweet joy.

Starbucks. Ill drink regular coffee anywhere else, but if Im going to Starbucks, there caramel mocha frapacinos are the best!

WTF, where the heck is Tim Hortons !!!!!! CANADIANS, WAKE UP!!!


PS: My favorite is Brulerie Saint-Denis, very popular across the province. They roast their own coffee bean and usually the result is excellent.

PS(2): I used to like Second Cup (Ontario/Quebec) but now their coffee is becoming shittier by the hour.

Starbuck's is what I'll drink. When I went to Europe, I had some coffee in Vienna at Demel's..oh, sweet joy.

Did you get over to Cafe Central? Do *die* for.
(Also the favorite coffee shop of Trotsky, before the Russian Revolution... when he left, he still owed the head waiter (Jozef) for four mochas. But then, it's Trotsky. They were the people's mochas! :D )

WTF, where the heck is Tim Hortons !!!!!! CANADIANS, WAKE UP!!!


PS: My favorite is Brulerie Saint-Denis, very popular across the province. They roast their own coffee bean and usually the result is excellent.

PS(2): I used to like Second Cup (Ontario/Quebec) but now their coffee is becoming shittier by the hour.

What TF is Tim Hortons?!? ;)
(Yes! 1st complaint about the lack of options!!)

I usually go with a small local coffee company who roasts their own. If it's chain I go with Panera(most often) and finally I'll get Starbucks (occasionally).

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www.timhortons.com

Tim Horton's is another donut chain. Pretty good, and less expensive than Krispy Kreme or Dunkin' Donuts.

What TF is Tim Hortons?!?
Biggest canadian coffee chain. By far. Dunkin Donuts got a beating a few years ago, never recovered.

I agree that the best coffee is in Europe.
Up to now, the best I had was in Spain and in Switzerland, but I haven't visited Italy yet. In France I wasn't impressed, neither was I in Austria. In Croatia the coffe tastes like shit but people are so friendly that you're happy nonetheless.

What TF is Tim Hortons?!? ;)
(Yes! 1st complaint about the lack of options!!)

Canada's biggest competitor to Starbuck's. I think I'll stay loyal to Starbuck's, just to piss off my fiancee and her uncle who're both loyalists of Tim Horton's. :)


Did you get over to Cafe Central? Do *die* for.
(Also the favorite coffee shop of Trotsky, before the Russian Revolution... when he left, he still owed the head waiter (Jozef) for four mochas. But then, it's Trotsky. They were the people's mochas! :D )

Never tried that one out.

...the sludge in the kitchen/vending area at my office.

it requires lots of sugar and lots of cream.

...the sludge in the kitchen/vending area at my office.

it requires lots of sugar and lots of cream.

Not really chain coffee now is it?

I dont like coffee too much, so i usually go by what else is offered.

I like cinnabon and dunkin donuts also Krispy Kremes. But Cinnabon and Dunkin Donuts are not present in the UK. Thats why I get fatter when i go to the US. I binge eat Junk food.

I don't drink coffee

Do you not have Costa Coffee in the US?

I'm from the UK and we don't have 7-11, but I was just in Scandanavia and it's a rip-off. Expensive but dire quality. Maybe it's not expensive in the US, everything's extortionate in Scandanavia, but it was really awful stuff.

I don't drink coffee. Love the smell of it, though...

Just say NO to Charbucks. I like my beans Roasted, not Burnt.

Coffee-flavored coffee. Nothing but. (And yes, I like my sugar with coffee and cream!)

I won't drink chain coffee.

I'm a social coffee drinker, not a coffee-drinker. Same with smoking. I'm a social smoker, not a smoker.

My city has the most wonderful little coffee shops, and I go there for hours. It's just how I roll. That's when I drink coffee. They usually have the organic-fair-trade blends, and their house blends are superb as well.

I love coffee, so I try not to cheapen the experience with chain coffee. Keep it holy.
I drink coffee for the sake of the coffeeshop experience and the taste, not coffee for the sake of its boost.

*takes a sip of her Starbucks Chai tea, hot, frothy and delicious*

We would not degrade coffee by having a chain store that sells it. McDonalds is trying, but failing.

You drink good coffee from a little Italian Café on the corner in the back streets where only the locals go.

I'll have to add my own rant here, along with my fellow Canadians, and for every hockey lover everywhere...

WHERE THE HELL IS THE TIMMIE HO'S!?!?!?!?!

-ahem-

Actually I prefer my own homebrewed, special blend coffee... put a little cinnamon in with the grounds on mornings when Im not... err, waking up alone, and presto!

(no, Im not giving away my bean recipe... I would have to kill you)

Editors Note: The user responsible for this post has since been administered into a caffeine addiction clinic, and is getting the proffesional help that he so... craves...

I don't drink coffee
Why should we care?

But, back to the topic. Coffee-shop chains have realized that people don't go into a cafe to drink coffee. They go there to sit down, eat and drink something mildly caffeineous. They realize that there are people who dislike coffee that has any flavor in it, and that because people don't go into a cafe to drink coffee, diluting the product gives you new customers, but doesn't make the old ones go away. So, they're settled to some level of optimal dilution, because there is competetion. Their normal coffee should be called "coffee-like drink". Their strong coffee isn't.

As you might've guessed, I prefer lightly roasted strong coffee. Fortunately I live in a country that agrees with me on this, so there *is* a chain that has OK coffee, namely, Robert's. American chain coffee, or any hamburger chain coffee (irrespective of company origins) is more like colored tap water.

Starbucks! Wee!

ughh... i hate starbucks... all those damn fancy names for coffee that just makes it very complicated. i once went into a starbucks in the states and the guy working there asked me what i wanted and i said ' a coffee' and i swear the guy working there nearly had an aneurism

ughh... i hate starbucks... all those damn fancy names for coffee that just makes it very complicated. i once went into a starbucks in the states and the guy working there asked me what i wanted and i said ' a coffee' and i swear the guy working there nearly had an aneurism

Everyone! Point and stare at the freak who wants a regular coffee! Quick!

:D :p :rolleyes:

You drink good coffee from a little Italian Café on the corner in the back streets where only the locals go.

Bollocks!! I'm just back from Rome and I tell you, they don't do good coffee in Rome. Even in the back streets. It's OK to take out 1.50 Euros or something, but it's no better than Starbucks, and you get much less. And if you want to sit down, it's about 4 Euros!! They do neither quality nor quantity and they certainly don't do value. And then there was that extortionate cafe we got stuck in when there was a Thunderstorm, and the bill for a coffee and a tea was more than it cost to buy a bottle of Vodka from the off-licence! 10+ Euros!!

Rome's a dive. Avoid it like the plague.


Well...it does have some good sights, i suppose...actually they were very impressive....but it's still the most horrible city I've ever been to.

I recommend Budapest or Copenhagen though.

Most chain coffee is lousy and overpriced. Especially Charbucks. Give me a good town with local cafes that roast their own beans. Like Whitehorse.

Bollocks!! I'm just back from Rome and I tell you, they don't do good coffee in Rome. Even in the back streets. It's OK to take out 1.50 Euros or something, but it's no better than Starbucks, and you get much less. And if you want to sit down, it's about 4 Euros!!
1) Never try to buy ANYTHING in the old center of an European city. It's overpriced.

2) What kind of coffee did you order? You HAVE to order an espresso or something dark. Anything that comes with a biscotti is probably good. Otherwise you end up with the crap they serve to tourists.

one of the best coffee's i have ever had is Turkish coffee... supposedly very strong (unfortunately not for me). love the starbucks frappacinnos.. but would rather spend less on a large coffee coolata @ dunkin donuts.

I've only ever heard of two of the options so I'm going to say either Muffin Break, or DJs.

Most chain coffee is lousy and overpriced. Especially Charbucks. Give me a good town with local cafes that roast their own beans. Like Whitehorse.

Hey, I love my Last Drop Coffee Shop (Monroe, CT) too, but I doubt many folks in Connecticut know about it... I figured that at least one of these chains would be in most places...