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Chatted with a barista at Starbucks on 3rd and Main, and it wrecked my whole roast preference
I was waiting for my usual dark roast, and this kid behind the counter goes, 'You know, we burn those beans so bad they taste like ash, right?' He handed me a sample of a medium from some local roaster in Portland, and I couldn't argue. Now I'm sitting here with a bag of Ethiopian Yirgacheffe I spent $18 on, questioning 10 years of black coffee. Anyone else have a stranger completely flip your go-to order?
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margaret_jackson7314d ago
wrecked my whole roast preference" is the most relatable thing I've read all week. Same thing happened to me at a farmers market, some guy handed me a sample of light roast from a solo roaster and I literally gave my entire bag of Starbucks breakfast blend to my neighbor. Now I'm the insufferable person talking about "floral notes" and getting my beans shipped from Colorado. That happened to me two years ago and I still can't go back to dark roast without tasting straight up campfire.
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hugo82514d agoMost Upvoted
Wait, hold up - Colorado? That's where you get your beans from now? lmao that's wild, I literally just switched to the same thing after a similar experience. Some roaster in Boulder started sending me these single-origin Ethiopian beans and now I can't even look at a Starbucks without getting sad. The "campfire" thing is too real though, dark roast genuinely tastes like someone burned dinner and tried to cover it up with bitterness. Floral notes people are a different breed and I guess I'm one of them now too lol.
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