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I love coffee, though apparently all the wrong kinds. I like Starbucks dark roast. And around the house, it's all instant, all the time, either Walmart or Cafe Bustelo instant espresso. Half and half, no sugar, maybe sugar-free chocolate syrup (I'm diabetic). At work, we have a remarkably good machine that puts out a variety of coffees. No overcomplication for me.

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Gross lol. But more seriously, there's nothing "wrong" with liking what you like. The overcomplicating crowd these days is more into catching the complexities of various growing regions and processing methods in light roasts. I've been getting into this kind of stuff lately and I'm loving it but I still also love drinking cups of overroasted coffee loaded with cream and sugar when I go to a diner.

People complain about Starbucks, yet every single one of those people I know goes to Starbucks anyway. Only your taste buds matter. Ignore the haters.

Yeah nowadays outside of my Clever Dripper (probably the simplest "enthusiast" coffee maker), it's Cafe Bustelo in a Moka Pot, McDonald's, or even NYC street cart coffee.

Same here. My brother is a coffee nut, and seeks out third wave coffees. I like over-extracted, dark coffee. I absolutely _hate_ the fruity notes in some of the hip coffees of today.

I looooove fine-quality beans with all kinds of delicate flavor complexity (I don't buy them much because they're expensive, but I love them when I get them).

But the ones where "sugar" or sweet-bright berries make there way into the tasting notes, I usually like less than, say, Kirkland-brand beans. Just gross to me.

I tried one recently (Mojito Washed) that claimed to be lime flavored. …It was, but I don't know why you'd want that.

See, I totally agree with you, and yet we apparently "need to try Coffee lemonade" [0].

[0] https://www.eater.com/drinks/2016/8/3/12358318/coffee-cold-b...

I like starbucks dark roast too. For me, it requires quite a bit of work to make it work, but when you succeed, my oh my its phenomenal.

We buy the Starbucks Espresso roast for home use because of the price (through Costco's Kirkland brand), it is quite dark but can be pretty solid if you prep it right.

Conversely, I cannot stand the drip coffee made at the actual Starbucks locations. Bitter horseshit. I tested the "blonde" roast last time just to have something more drinkable, and that was terrible as well.

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