Best of the fast food / fast coffee places

MissHoneyBun · 01-02-2009 12:52AM

Gran Hermano wrote: »

No shock at all, taste tests in the USA in 2007 ranked both McDs and Dunkin Donuts ahead of Starbucks.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003554556_coffee03.html

McDs have long seen their McCafes as a nice little earner and a way
to diversify away from their usual MRM on a bun offering.

It amazes me how people view Starbucks as a proper coffee establishment.

Ya know it's interesting you say that about Starbucks because the more coffee I drink elsewhere, the more I'm starting to wise up to that crowd. I still love buying the beans there to use at home in my french press but I'm increasingly disappointed with the stuff they make themselves. Lately I've found their coffee very mediocre.

I think with them it's all about Starbucks "the brand" as opposed to the actual quality of the coffee. I reckon the reason they do so well is largely because it's trendy to be seen in Starbucks or carrying one of their cups around. Kinda sad that people are that concerned with appearances but there ya go.. Capitalism at it's best huh.

Lafortezza · 10-02-2009 04:44PM

If you are in Dublin airport the Centra-type shop in the short term parking building opposite the Arrivals door does pretty good cappuchinos and black coffees. Preferable to any of the Starbucks and others upstairs at the food court.

Sparks · 10-02-2009 05:21PM

MissHoneyBun wrote: »

I think with them it's all about Starbucks "the brand" as opposed to the actual quality of the coffee. I reckon the reason they do so well is largely because it's trendy to be seen in Starbucks or carrying one of their cups around.

Actually their marketing plan is to produce the lowest common denominator of coffee, as consistently as possible with the lowest amount of training for their staff, and to saturate the areas around coffee shops with their shops. The idea is that if you have to walk for an extra three minutes to get to coffee shop A, you won't do it if you can just immediately walk into a starbucks and get a cup of coffee that'll taste 70-80% as good as in shop A.
The only way for shop A to compete is to have better tasting coffee, and since taste is so subjective, they can't appeal to as broad a base that way (you might get 10% of the market to think you have the best coffee on earth, but the other 90% will be very meh about it and some may even hate it).

The other thing is, starbucks is the Sunday World of coffees. Places like Caffe di Napoli might be the Irish Times. And while the Irish Times is what everyone wants to look like they read, the Sunday World has several times the sales that the Times has. Commercial reality versus actual product quality

Slaphead07 · 10-02-2009 06:58PM

Sparks wrote: »

if you can just immediately walk into a starbucks and get a cup of coffee that'll taste 70-80% as good as in shop A. (

But it's not. It's similar, or worse, to instant 'coffee'.

Gran Hermano · 10-02-2009 07:11PM

Slaphead07 wrote: »

But it's not. It's similar, or worse, to instant 'coffee'.

Most Irish people think instant coffee is 'coffee'.

Sparks · 10-02-2009 08:17PM

And most people think the floor sweepings in Barrys is 'tea' as well. *shrug*. It's the nature of things - the number of people who want a good cup of coffee or tea or for that matter a good anything if it involves effort, is always going to be a minority of the overall group.

jam_mac_jam · 11-02-2009 10:19PM

Butlers is nice, Caffe di Napoli would be better. I dont really get the Starbucks thing at all, very weak and crappy, and I hate their stupid names for things, anywhere that needs instructions for you to order is just wrong.

leoly · 24-08-2015 03:05PM

24th August 2015.

This morning I went to Café Java in Sandymount Village and ordered a Full Irish Breakfast, it includes a Large Latte and other coffees or tea. I asked for a flat white and was very disappointed when a small coffee in a glass with no handle arrived (this glass is very unsuitable for hot coffee).
I always try not to complain so I decided to let it pass, however when it came time to pay I was charged an extra €2.75 for this miserable small flat white.
I asked about this and was told that only Latte etc were included - this is really in very bad spirit as there is so little difference in a flat white and a latte.
I work for a large multinational company and I will not recommend Café Java to any of my fellow workers and send them elsewhere.

Thanks,
Leo.

Mr Magnolia · 24-08-2015 04:43PM

leoly wrote: »

I always try not to complain...

But yet here you are. You'd be much better served speaking up at the time then coming to post about it here.

Your post has nothing to do with original topic and has bumped a 6yr old thread.

Please don't bump old threads needlessly. Closed.

Best of the fast food / fast coffee places

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