{"id":4035,"date":"2014-03-17T17:03:08","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T17:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/blog\/?p=4035"},"modified":"2015-06-30T20:26:10","modified_gmt":"2015-06-30T20:26:10","slug":"starbucks-dont-get-snappy-with-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2014\/03\/17\/starbucks-dont-get-snappy-with-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Starbucks, don’t get snappy with me"},"content":{"rendered":"

Starbucks Pour-Over<\/a><\/p>\n

The pour-over method is a technique normally employed by much higher-end coffee shops, and it yields you a custom cup of coffee that isn\u2019t scalded from hours of overbrewing.<\/em><\/p>\n

It takes longer (approximately five minutes), but the result is a remarkably good cup of coffee from Starbucks. As a bonus, doing this also allows you to try beans other than whatever they have brewed at the time, and it doesn\u2019t even cost more than a regular pour.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I rarely go to Starbucks anymore as I drink Blue Bottle beans at home via my Chemex. If I\u2019m traveling, I try to find a local roaster that offers pour-over. If that\u2019s not available, I find a Starbucks with Clover machines as they grind and brew the coffee fresh. If that\u2019s not available, well I\u2019m going to a Starbucks and asking for pour-over.<\/p>\n

Their coffee is brewed every 30 minutes via the old-fashioned drip method. They charge nothing more for pour-over even though they should. The process means a barista is tied up for 5 minutes making a single cup of coffee and every one on the staff hates you.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve had baristas plead with me to not make them do it, \u201cWe have coffee brewed already\u201d they tell me or \u201cWe won\u2019t do that during busy times\u201d in fact, they have to if you ask for it sort of like asking a barista to remake your latte 5 times because it tastes bad. They hate you for it but they\u2019ll do it.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t make me feel like a criminal for asking you to do what every other coffee shop in America is doing now which is grinding and brewing the coffee fresh. The difference is huge and I\u2019m tired of the attitude.<\/p>\n

Keep in mind me going to Starbucks was my last choice. Don\u2019t make our forced relationship of me needing caffeine and you being the McDonalds of coffee any worse. By the way, the coffee you made me this morning was pretty good. Pour-over is indeed the way to go.