Starbucks Christmas Blend

Mike682
Mike682 Posts: 2,074
edited November 2007 in The Clubhouse
Picked up a pound last night and brewed some this morning.

Very good coffee with nice aroma and medium body. Highly recommend
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,201
    edited November 2007
    Yes excellent coffee. it has a very good bite to it. **** now I have to go out and get a cup
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited November 2007
    My wife and I throw that crap out, my wife said that was like $15 wasted. But should add we're not Starbucks fans, they make awful coffee IMO. They make some nice $4 coffee specialties but for coffee it sucks.

    Now Barnie's White Christmas is Good Coffee if you can find it. :) I just may have to find some of this brew.

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  • Refefer
    Refefer Posts: 1,280
    edited November 2007
    disneyjoe7 wrote: »
    My wife and I throw that crap out, my wife said that was like $15 wasted. But should add we're not Starbucks fans, they make awful coffee IMO. They make some nice $4 coffee specialties but for coffee it sucks.

    Their coffee is mediocre at best IMO, but that no doubt is because I drink mine as black as they come and Kenya AA is where my heart is. I really think their coffee is designed to be augmented by the stuff they put in it.

    That said, I'm glad you enjoy it! No doubt my coffee would taste like motor oil to you :D

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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited November 2007
    This coffee subject comes up at work sometimes... It's felt among us that Starbucks coffee is for the under 35 group where anything else is for the above 35 group.


    I tell you what if it wasn't for the Gen X people Starbucks would have fallen on it's face in a heartbeat.


    Sorry to beat on your Starbucks love.

    Feel free to continue on.

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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited November 2007
    i don't drink coffee or espresso, or latte's, or anything that's made with coffee, or coffee flavoring. i basically hate all things associated with coffee.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,203
    edited November 2007
    Gevalia coffee is hard to beat and not too terribly expensive. Had a nice pot (french press) of Mocha Java this morning and will start drinking the Holiday Blend after Turkey Day.

    We have Starbucks Breakfast blend at work so I don't tend to buy Starbucks for home use. I get sick of Starbucks if I drink it too often. We have a nice Kona blend at work also I alternate between.

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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited November 2007
    Mike682 wrote: »
    Picked up a pound last night and brewed some this morning.

    Very good coffee with nice aroma and medium body. Highly recommend

    Does it give that great Starbucks jolt?
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited November 2007
    Mike682 wrote: »
    Picked up a pound last night and brewed some this morning.

    Very good coffee with nice aroma and medium body. Highly recommend

    Ya, I pick up a bag of full Xmas blend beans every year for home. This is the only time of year I drop a lot of money at SB, I cant get away from the Eggnog drinks. Most the time durring the year I stop in maybe a few times a week for a $2 drip.

    I think the Xmas blend is just about the best they have besides the Columbia.
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  • SKsolutions
    SKsolutions Posts: 1,820
    edited November 2007
    Love Starbucks and it's goofy 'barristas' and patrons. If you are on the road, and operate on caffein, it's like a beacon calling you home. It's also a good way to wean yourself off meth. Has just a bit less kick. Green Mountain for home use.
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  • Bubba -NJ
    Bubba -NJ Posts: 45
    edited November 2007
    It's one of my wife's favorite coffees , usaually get about 5 lbs every year around the holidays . I think it's decent . The place for really good coffee to us is intelligentsia.com . Great selection from around the world .
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited November 2007
    A note on StarBucks. My brother visited Costa Rica last year and went on a lil adventure to a large coffee plantation. The plantation owner was talking about how all of their best product gets shipped out to the world and the low/medium quality beans stick around for the local country. He was telling my brother how SB actually buys the medium quality stock unlike most exporters *who get the higher quality stuff). Thought that was pretty funny. Explains how every so often I get a skunky blend in my daily drip :)


    I still like SB better then most coffee I drink. It can be over roasted sometimes but over all I’m usually never dissatisfied. Lot better then the free crud at work that I get stuck using in my personal maker at work. When I put SB beans in it, still tastes good.
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  • wodom1
    wodom1 Posts: 1,054
    edited November 2007
    Peet's is where it's at
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited November 2007
    Starbucks is horrible coffee IMO. One of the ladies in the office brought some in and started making the office coffee with it. Nearly started a riot. People were complaining about the terrible coffee. She was absolutely dumbfounded that not everyone thought it was "The best coffee ever".
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  • Mike682
    Mike682 Posts: 2,074
    edited November 2007
    Starbucks coffee is definitely not for everyone. My wife hates the stuff, but actually enjoys the Christmas blend this year. I really like Starbucks better when I brew it at home. I use half the recommended amount of grind (1tbsp vs 2tbsp per cup) and it comes out much better with no burnt taste to it.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited November 2007
    I never had their coffee at home, I've had it made at the store and thought it was pretty damned good but I use a sweetener and cream. We bought boxes of it to the GA Polkfest and it seemed to go as fast as the booze!:D I do know that it definitely gets the heart kick started.
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  • Mike682
    Mike682 Posts: 2,074
    edited November 2007
    oh yeah hearingimpared, to answer the question earlier, the Christmas blend does have a nice kick to it

    As for buying Starbucks, I usually grab a cup at Starbucks on the way to work in the mornings to save time and then make my own at home on the weekends.
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited November 2007
    Joe we're all drunk ;)


    But for the record I didn't remember touching it myself... But if you seen me please take above in account. :)

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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited November 2007
    I like coffee that makes me break out in a sweat!!!
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited November 2007
    disneyjoe7 wrote: »
    Joe we're all drunk ;)


    But for the record I didn't remember touching it myself... But if you seen me please take above in account. :)

    LOL! I got a kick out of the really drunk guys.:D
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited November 2007
    The only kick I remember of Christmas Blend was.....





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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited November 2007
    Must agree, Starbucks does not do it for me either. Way over priced for well below average coffee.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited November 2007
    It would be overpriced EVEN IF IT WAS GOOD coffee.
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited November 2007
    shack wrote: »
    It would be overpriced EVEN IF IT WAS GOOD coffee.

    TRUE.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited November 2007
    janmike wrote: »
    TRUE.

    Hey now I thought you liked the Starbucks we drank at Polkfest.
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited November 2007
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    Hey now I thought you liked the Starbucks we drank at Polkfest.

    I had one of those Ice Cap things. Never drank any of the coffee.
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited November 2007
    Joe, I had a hard time drinking coffee in 90+ degree weather. HOT LIKE HELL. :D
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited November 2007
    janmike wrote: »
    Joe, I had a hard time drinking coffee in 90+ degree weather. HOT LIKE HELL. :D

    LOL I forgot about that. I drink hot coffee all day, all night. . . 30 to 110 degrees it doesn't matter. Could be why my butt hole is always so tight around here WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited November 2007
    I drink it like that as well but it really hits the spot when it is -40 outside.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited November 2007
    shack wrote: »
    It would be overpriced EVEN IF IT WAS GOOD coffee.

    Like it or hate it, I have to dispel the myth that Starbucks is overpriced. Their "specialty" foo foo drinks are overpriced, for sure, but their coffee is average price. Dunkin Donuts is the gold standard of the working class coffee for most New ENglanders; a medium coffee at Starbucks is a few cents LESS than a medium coffee at Dunks. The difference is no one ever just gets coffee at Buckys.

    As for me, I gotta be in the mood for Starbucks... it's much stronger and more flavorful than most coffees.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited November 2007
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    it's much stronger and more flavorful than most coffees.

    . . . and makes your ears ring!
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