Advantages: Friendly, warm and sweet IN EDINBURGH Disadvantages: Not coffee as we know it
Starbucks doesn't really serve coffee. The standing joke is that you can get anything but a proper coffee. While the chain makes its money on syrup flavoured coffees, it does make black coffee too!
This opinion is for Edinburgh!
The big attraction of Starbucks is that they have sofas and quishy chairs. Last time I counted there were six in Edinburgh, and probably more have been opened in the time it takes me to write this review. For those of you ... ...in a cup. Starbucks offers coffees with a range of syrups from seasonal ones like gingerbread, to the standards such as hazlenut and vanilla. Basically its a pick and mix affair. One of my friend's favourite is double tall hazlenut latte no whip, which translates as a small coffee with a shot of hazlenut syrup, two shots of expresso and no whipped cream on the top. It does take a bit of time to learn the lingo, but you can while away many an hour ...
Psychgirl 03.03.2002
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Advantages: Chai Latte, nostlagia Disadvantages: a bit expensive, stigma of being a big chain
***Review of Starbucks Chai Tea Latte***
If memory serves it was my best friend at the time, Hilary, who introduced me to Chai. She said they served it in all the cafes in New England, even the small town corner ones. But it was Starbucks she chose to take me to for my initiation. I've since been told by my flatmate Munira that 'Chai' is just the Indian word for tea, of which there are a myriad of varieties, but the Chai I was introduced to and ... ...milky concoction served at Starbucks and other large chain coffee shops the world over as Chai Tea Latte. As anyone who has ever been to a Starbucks knows you can get your drink of choice in three sizes, tall (small), grande (medium) or venti (large). I always opt for venti when indulging in a Chai as the price difference between sizes is something like 20p with a venti going for about £2.70 and so I opt for the largest since I'm paying a ridiculous ...
kjane2006 19.06.2006
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Advantages: atmosphere, service, next to the passport office Disadvantages: small
I love Starbucks, and this is a classic of its type.
The coffee and food is good but it is packed at lunchtime. The best time to go is at breakfast time, it opens at 7.00. Then you can sink into a big comfy chair with a long coffee and a muffin, read the paper and soak up the ambience. The staff are nice and can recognise an instant regular from a hundred paces. Worth a detour and very, very close to the passport office.
The coffee speaks for itself. ...
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