I doubt I would go into Starbucks for the way they treat their farmers.

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Although Starbucks uses FTC coffee only in their Cafe Estima Blend, they buy roughly 30% of all Fair Trade Coffee imported into the United States and remain the largest buyer, roaster, and distributor of Fair Trade Coffee in the U.S.

And that's in addition to the fact they pay more than the market price for all the coffee they buy, setup C.A.F.E. practices to help sustain coffee farmers in the long run, and give coffee farmers access to credit when they need it and help out their communities.

Quite frankly, I think Starbucks does a lot for a "big evil" coffee corporation. I took all of this from their CSR report they put out every fiscal year, http://www.starbucks.com/aboutus/csrannualreport.asp

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How much a small coffee now?

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actually - mcdonalds coffee has gotten VERY good - much better than starbucks.

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It's about time they lower their prices, but their regular coffee is already the lowest and most reasonably priced item on their menu. When they decide to lower the price on a soy mocha I'll be the first one in line.

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Hey Coffee Bean& tea Leaf Has been selling 1$ cup of coffee. You should take the time and try it, its doesnt have the burnt taste to it =D but still alot of people have been comeing to the coffe bean and leaf for a while and prefer it over starbucks

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ummm...mcdonalds coffee?

EW! thats so gross! just going to mcdonalds is!

starbucks is soo amazing and im glad that they have $1 drinks!

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i lovee starbucks!! i hate mcdonalds i especially love the frappachinos. i also love the retro feel and look of the stores =]

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I still buy 6 dollar coffee at Starbucks rather then 1 dollar Mckie D's Coffee. theres so much more I can do to my Starbucks Coffee then I can do to something made next to fries and a bigmac. =\

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Yay! Someone finally agrees with me that their beans taste burned. It makes their coffee so disgusting! It's so sad because then they run all the good places out of business.
When you Starbucks lovers go in for your morning coffee, take a look at the beans. They should look oily and glossy, but they never do at Starbucks. And their "premium" coffee is a mix of burned and unburned beans. For how much money that place rakes in every day, you think you'd be able to get a good tasting cup of coffee.

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Hey! Its finally the great coffe bussiness, Starbucks, to the rescue! I would never get my coffe from McDonalds! They are a fast food bussiness!, not a Coffe shop! So I just wanted to say that Starbucks is the best!

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i would never buy my coffee at a fastfood resturant. have you seen how they make there food? how do you think they make there coffee?

Starbucks in excellant and offers a varity of tasty drinks to choose from.

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Starbucks is in serious trouble;as recession begins to grip North America people are going to cut back in their discretionary spending and Starbucks is going to be hit hard.People are going to mind their pennies and look for the best value they can find.
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Yay! Now if only they would make their maple streusel muffins $1 too...

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... anyone who would rather drink McDonalds coffee really needs to learn about coffee.

McDonalds serves the cheapest, least fresh, worst brewed most horrible coffee there could be.

I'd any day spend $1-$5 for Starbucks over even $.50 coffee from MDs

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How many of you think a Starbucks cup in your hand is a status symbol? Have you ever tried Dunkin doughnuts Lattes? They aren't that much cheaper, but they taste pretty darn good. I think I average about $35.00 a week on espresso drinks. Honestly I usually buy from Starbucks, but lately I've felt a little bit guilty about spending so much on a cup of Java being on a fixed budget(being a full time college student I need the pick me up). I know that Starbucks is making a mint on consumers and that is why they can afford to have so many employees. It's great that they hire a large number of workers and even give their part-timers insurance, but that has to be due to their high prices don't you think? I think that when I tip it's out of obligation. But I have noticed a trend lately in many establishments putting out tip jars on counters! Here is a little 411; I tried the McDonalds hazelnut iced coffee...not to bad, try it! But Don't try Burger Kings Mocha Joe, it's like drinking a "chocolate milk shake on speed" plus it has killer calories!

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