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Originally Posted by melvbot  I used to like Starbucks as it was about the easiest way to get a decent coffee in the UK. McDonalds coffee was terrible, anywhere else was instant crap like Nescafe then you could have a tall creamymoccachinowhippy so it was a no brainer. Over here I brew my own, wouldnt touch Starbucks anymore. Its like the Budweiser of coffee to me now, bland and tasteless. |
It always was like that!!
as for the UK, before Starbucks, there were hundreds of small, often Italian, coffee shops selling excellent coffee in London. If you were in some small town, then maybe it would have been more difficult, but still possible.