Are you a coffee snob?

I used to frequent them both before I had an Iced Turtle from a locally owned shop. It became my go-to and when I tried to sway back to Starbucks or Dunkin I found them both undrinkable. Have to say my favorite cup these days is the one I brew at home. I make my own creamer flavored with almond extract and it’s a little slice of heaven in the morning.

I guess you could say I am. I have a mom/pop shop within walking distance of my home that has the cutest little outdoor patio/garden seating area. Love being able to support the locally owned shops in my area.

I am not a "coffee snob" but neither do I want to be short-changed by paying a lot of money for a load of froth, choolate powder and opaque porcelain hiding the cup being barely half full of the beverage.

Nor am I taken in by pseudo-Italian names and the general "It is American so must be sophisticated or fashionable" argument. Note the "or": the two adjectives are not synonyms!

Plain coffee is not even "American", "~o" or not. Coffee drinking predates the USA by centuries.

So chains like the Mactuckycostalottabucks shower, do not attract me. I use independent cafes instead and have about four favourites in my nearest town - though probably drink more tea than coffee.

("Costa", or "Costalotta" as I call it from motorway services experience, was originally British. It started in London but when it expanded, Macdonalds bought it. Its products are probably no worse than any other major chain's, but no better either.)

That's exactly how I learned about good coffee...I did the same thing and hated Starbucks coffee.
So in my travels around the area for work I started stopping at all of the privately owned coffee shops on a regular basic and got to know all of the kinds that I liked...which country had the best tasting coffee and all about the roasting process.
My fav is coffee beans from Brazil, Italy and Nicaragua

I'm not. I prefer a basic coffee which I make at home with a regular coffee maker. I brew up some for work every morning and bring it in a large mug. I will grab a cup every now and then from a shop right across the street from my job.

Probably, in the fact I'm not sure I personally see much of that stuff as "coffee". Yeah there is some coffee in there, but there's a lot of other stuff (often sweets) in there. I still enjoy just the simple black coffee from the drip coffee maker on my counter.

Friend's local shop preferences when out w them, but a good coffee at home guy otherwise.

I look for a Wawa, Sheetz, Tim Horton's, Panera or couple other places w consistently decent coffee for the price if my mug/thermos run out before my need for coffee does out and about or on a road trip.

I love a hot Mocha. But I do realize it is a sweet treat.
Our local coffee shop roasts their own coffee beans and sells it. Oh so good. Love real fresh coffee. Can never go back to store bought coffee. Folgers is undrinkable now.

I like a good cup of coffee, and can be fussy about what I drink. I make most of my coffee at home and grind my own beans with an Oxo Conical Burr Coffee Grinder. I drink my coffee black. I like a medium roast coffee. Sometimes I may have a flavored coffee, like hazelnut or french vanilla, and the beans are roasted with the flavor, no syrups.

Yes there are many good local roasters. I found that I like Stumptown Coffee and Intelligentsia coffee. I also like the Eight O'Clock Coffee Colombian Peaks.

I didn't and couldn't drink it before. But the more I worked, the more I feel I crave it haha. I still don't drink it plain though. Always with milk and sugar, or some other things with flavor and syrup when ordered from store.

I have been to Starbucks once in my lifetime and all I can say is never again.

I don't like this brown dish liquid like beverage that they, together with a bunch of other fast food companies offer. I could no swallow that stuff and I think my plants refuse to have me pour it in their pot.

I go to real coffee shops with real Arabica coffee that is percolated by portion directly from the bean container sitting atop of the real Italian coffee machine. I add a tad of coffee cream (not milk or creamer) or then a real espresso with sugar but no cream.

Please support your local coffee houses, boycott Starbucks especially!

I either brew my own coffee or support local businesses too

i usually make my coffee at home. if i am out and about, i will pick up a coffee occasionally. i try to do patronize local coffee shops when i can find one, if i cant, then usually Dunkin. Starbucks is a last resort.

I make much better coffee than Starbucks and a lot cheaper. I haven't been to Starbucks in over 25 years. I am definitely a coffee snob.

I"m not around Dunkin' but won't walk in a Starbucks. One of the many on my boycott list. Local is always better anyway.

i don't drink coffee but i do love Starbucks hot chai tea latte and i buy iced tea at Dunkin. i am a water snob and love to drink fiji..

I am certainly not a coffee snob but I do appreciate a good coffee when I am served one.

I refuse to buy coffee in coffee shops. I buy packages of coffee grounds for $5.99 and get about 30 cups from a package using a reusable K-cup.

I guess I'm a bit of a snob in the sense that I think most people don't really like coffee when they add 5 sugars, low fat, soy milk, pumpkin spice, whipped cream with chocolate sprinkles

Since I don't do caffeine or lactose, I have to be selective
with 2% lactose-free milk and sugar infused with vanilla bean pods.

Heaven in a cup 🤤

Same here

I used to go to the chain coffee shops but now I prefer any independent coffee shops. The coffee is better

I make coffee @ home when i want it & NEVER Starbucks or similar

I try to use independent shops where I can

Somewhat, I mainly don't want robusta beans (only arabica) or instant coffee, I don't want any roast but dark, I don't want any additives like milk or sugar (I want coffee, not a "coffee drink"), and I make my coffee myself at home (feeding the landfill with the retail coffee bag is enough for me, I don't need to feed it with single-use containers from a coffeeshop nor pollute the air idling in the drive-thru lane)

And I'd like to see Earth's human population passively culled by 2/3 so that we don't eventually have to give up arabica coffee, as climate change is reducing the amount of land where it can be grown

Wasteful Keurig-like devices should be outlawed by every country too

I prefer coffee shops with a cozy atmosphere so that leaves out most chain stores. The coffee is usually better too

Make my own coffee at home. I use Ethiopian coffee whole beans, heavy cream and melted caramel werther's original

Absolutely YES!!

On a different note. Are you always busy?

Lavazza Qualità Rossa @home, with a French press, and I-don't-know-what-it-is at Uncle Ernie's. ☕

Yeah ...i Don't like popular coffee chains tho ...

The little coffee I drink I am a snob. If a bag of coffee lasts several months it better be good

I think McDonalds has better coffee than Starbucks. I dint drink the foo foo drinks.

Absolutely , lol 💅🏻

I am a coffee snob. Not even gonna lie.

I actually like Starbucks white chocolate mocha frappechino. So far I haven't found anyone else who can make it near as well as they do.

Has anyone tried Black Rifle coffee or Kitty Town ?

Yes, it's Maxwell House Instant or nothing!

Nah i will drink anything coffee wise

No I don't have a fancy coffee machine of any kind.

Folders or Maxwell House works for me and has to be black no sugar