I drink coffee from the moment I get up until lunch time, then have a cup or three when I get home from work in the evenings.

Our staple is 8 O'Clock coffee and we regularly get packages from Gevalia. Dunkin' Donuts has some good coffee too.

Know where I can get some Kopi Luwak? It's like Starbucks, only more expensive.

Okay, I'm being facetious, but I can't drink Starbucks; it tastes like battery acid to and has the same effect on my stomach. Dunno why.

As a regular at Seeing the Forest and a Coffee lover (addict?) I think your onto a winner here. All the best with the website!

Now for my whinge...I hate coffee chains with a Passion, overpriced and little else but bells and whistles. In fact, half the staff at any of those places wouldn't know a decent brew if it were poured scolding hot all over their stupid faces.

There are countless small PRIVATELY OWNED coffee shops. Find a good one and you will give Starbucks and McCafe the proverbial boot to the curb very quickly.

Please don't support these Multi Nationals.

I want to compliment Starbucks on its diversity in their products and selections provided to the public. It's a wonderful business strategy to have so many store locations and wide-range of coffee-related products which only serve to push the name of "Starbucks" to the public and make it a household name. All these years, to be frank, I've always felt if only Starbucks could complete their well-known customer service and product with a genuinely great tasting coffee.

I do enjoy all the mixed coffee drinks; especially the blended frappucinos in the summer are fun. But do I ever feel I'm getting a great tasting cup of coffee? That's not what Starbucks is known for, unfortunately. For years I've had to use a coffee for home and office use that I consider to be the perfect cup of coffee, Graffeo's Coffee Roasting Company headquartered in S.F. Their coffee is the very best in coffee, with a rich full flavor that coffee should have. Not to mention they have a chemical free decaf (a swiss water process is used) which is healthy and has the full flavor of regular coffee, unlike other decaf coffees.

I wish Starbucks would use the same coffee, which would perfect their company! Starbucks is convenient, you don't have to go far to find a store nearby, but it is the MacDonald’s of, supposedly, coffee drinks. The coffee has no "punch" or good flavor when tasted without the camouflage of sugars and flavors. If only Starbucks would try Graffeo's coffee and then see if they could use the same coffee, they'll be impressed and then I can purchase real coffee from Starbucks each morning when I'm desperate for the real thing! This would even help you eliminate competition now and in the future. Not to mention, not being laughed at by the Europeans whose coffee is one of the epicurean delights of their cultures that many of us imitate.

I love the convenience of Starbucks, but I love Graffeo's coffee. How do I conveniently have both?

Thanks.

Lan

I want to compliment Starbucks on its diversity in their products and selections provided to the public. It's a wonderful business strategy to have so many store locations and wide-range of coffee-related products which only serve to push the name of "Starbucks" to the public and make it a household name. All these years, to be frank, I've always felt if only Starbucks could complete their well-known customer service and product with a genuinely great tasting coffee.

I do enjoy all the mixed coffee drinks; especially the blended frappucinos in the summer are fun. But do I ever feel I'm getting a great tasting cup of coffee? That's not what Starbucks is known for, unfortunately. For years I've had to use a coffee for home and office use that I consider to be the perfect cup of coffee, Graffeo's Coffee Roasting Company headquartered in S.F. Their coffee is the very best in coffee, with a rich full flavor that coffee should have. Not to mention they have a chemical free decaf (a swiss water process is used) which is healthy and has the full flavor of regular coffee, unlike other decaf coffees.

I wish Starbucks would use the same coffee, which would perfect their company! Starbucks is convenient, you don't have to go far to find a store nearby, but it is the MacDonald’s of, supposedly, coffee drinks. The coffee has no "punch" or good flavor when tasted without the camouflage of sugars and flavors. If only Starbucks would try Graffeo's coffee and then see if they could use the same coffee, they'll be impressed and then I can purchase real coffee from Starbucks each morning when I'm desperate for the real thing! This would even help you eliminate competition now and in the future. Not to mention, not being laughed at by the Europeans whose coffee is one of the epicurean delights of their cultures that many of us imitate.

I love the convenience of Starbucks, but I love Graffeo's coffee. How do I conveniently have both?

Thanks.

Lan

I'd like to recommend Graffeo coffee, which I happily came across while at the Andrews Hotel in San Francisco in the 1980's. They have a website with toll free numbers for ordering from each of their 3 California locations. It's a coffee marvel.