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Starbucks Pike Place Coffee Review


[spoiler title=’Click here to read the transcript. ‘ style=’default’ collapse_link=’true’]- Hey, welcome to Coffee Coffee Coffee, your place for average Joe coffee reviews. Today’s coffee is from Seattle, but thank the Lord it’s not raining.

– Alright today we are reviewing Starbuck’s Pike Place Roast, which is supposed to be smooth and balanced. It’s a medium roast. And on the bag it says basically that you shouldn’t really have to pick out any, or you can’t really pick out any particular flavors.

– Mmmm hmmm.

– Everything’s supposed to just be consistent and harmonious. But then also, it says that there are flavors of cocoa and toasted nuts.

– That’s weird.

– Yeah.

– It’s like why name flavors. How about this is a no label flavor society.

– Yeah.

– Why point out those flavors if you’re not supposed to be able to taste them.

– Right.

– Separately. But what did we taste? I don’t know.

– Right, so this is a 12 ounce bag, and the price was, what?

– Expensive. Nine something, so it was like 12 something a pound. Which is on the higher end for average coffee.

– Yeah, 9.50 a bag. Apparently was not on sale.

– No, it was on sale. That’s the regular.

– Oh.

– We bought it for like 6.99.

– Uh yeah.

– So it’s not as…

– We never pay full price for coffee.

– Not as bad, but if you’re gonna get it normally it’s gonna be nine dollars a bag.

– Mmm hmmm.

– Our thoughts on this

– Mmm hmmm.

– Are…

– Yeah.

– As follows.

– So to me, it’s bitter and burnt tasting.

– Yep. Not burnt chocolate either.

– No no, not the pleasant kind of burned or kind of bitter.

– Right.

– There’s some bitterness sometimes like in Pete’s Coffee and stuff that’s kind of nice but…

– Mmm hmmm.

– This is just kind of burnt and bitter

– Yeah.

– And I don’t really enjoy it at all.

– And on the bag it says to use two tablespoons full per six fluid ounces

– Mmm hmmm.

– Of water. We did that the first time we drank it and it was not as good as even this with one and a half

– Yeah.

– Tablespoons per six fluid ounce cup.

– Yeah.

– So we made it a little better by reducing the amount of coffee

– Right.

– we put into the cup, but it’s still

– Yeah.

– Is not to our liking.

– Yeah, yeah.

– Especially at that price.

– Yeah, at that price.

– Well, even then, even if it was less I wouldn’t

– Yeah.

– I don’t think I would.

– Yeah, even if it was less I’d be like no thanks. It’s not one I want to buy again. Donut rating on this? Two and a half?

– Yeah, maybe a two and a half.

– Yeah, I mean, cause I feel like as you get further in the cup it’s like meh

– Yeah.

– Some of the burnt taste kinda goes away.

– And you may be able to adjust the amount to kind of help with it, but so yeah, two and a half donuts. Well, as we found, and as other people commented, Starbucks coffees typically have a burnt kind of over-done flavor.

– Over roasted.

– Over roasted.

– I just made that up.

– Yeah. But if you feel the same way, or you feel differently, reply to us in a positive manner on how you feel differently.

– Yeah.

– And thanks for joining us. And until next time.

– Keep drinking.

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Review Recap

Brand: Starbucks
Roast: Medium
Price per pound: $12.67
Flavors we detected / other notes: Burnt, Bitter
Overall rating:
Would we buy it again? No

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