I find these days Starbuck business not so good anymore. They are not so crowded anymore when compare with CoffeeBean. Maybe I observed at the wrong times?
Nevertheless, I prefer Coffeebean for the food, especially their Break'O'day.

My favorite coffee is Lavazza. We do have illy but nothing beats a freshly brew 100% Arabica Lavazza!

Have you tried the Laos mountain coffee?
Some people like thick and dark, other light and smooth but all of them insist and swear by the aroma of freshly brew coffee!
You know sometimes even if same product from the same factory, the coffee also taste different!
There are a lot of factors affecting it like different handling and storage which is why different Starbuck also have different taste!

kjisdaman - thanks for the education. Will be on the lookout for Starbuck with old machine, no need to pay extra for better coffee!

Is that their selling point?

They use to have very good imported dairy creamer from aussie.
These days they are passing off dried oil-palm derivative as creamer!

McD position themselves as having premium coffee but gives lowest quality creamer!

MrTommyTan, hi ya some ppl like black, other white. All ppl cannot have same taste if not this world sure boring and all females sure nobody wants