zxcvbob wrote:
> notbob wrote:
>> one other virtue. Since Starbucks uses predominantly cheaper robusta
>> beans, its coffee has a high caffeine content. Even I used to drink
>> it, with lots of milk and sugar, to stay awake in late afternoon when
>> I started to nod at my workstation. A 16oz cup of that stuff *will*
>> wake you up!
>>
>> nb
>
> Is Starbuck's really Robusta coffee? That's would explain why they
> dark roast it, but everyone complains that it tastes burnt. I dunno,
> I've never had Starbuck's.
>
I like dark roast too, in fact I have an excellent dark roast from
Stockholm. It never tastes burnt

> I like dark roast coffee. But when I'm driving cross-country I can
> live on nothing but McDonald's coffee and ice cream cones. McD's
> coffee is consistently not bad. You never know with truck stop
> coffee.
>
I have to agree McD's is consistent. But as Dora pointed out, you don't
want to order it at lunch time!

Jill