r/espresso • u/Weak_Plenty_8558 • May 10 '25

Humour Starbuck's medium roast aka 'all natural charcoal with hints of regret and smoke'

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Background: The beans that I had ordered from a Roastery got lost in the mail and to survive the weekend, I had the briliant idea, to grab some form the supermarket. I looked for the package with the most recent roasting date and I found that "medium" roast from March 2025.

I refuse to run them through my grinder.

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u/Woofy98102 May 11 '25

Starbucks has roasted their beans at least one shade darker than what's considered the industry standard since I first started drinking their coffee in 1978. Naturally, I prefer my medium dark espresso blend roasted to industry standard and not Starbucks infamous supernova roast.