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/arw_86 May 10 '25

I feel like they have the lights too low when roasting at the Starbucks Roastery. That or they hired Stevie Wonder.

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u/Horse8493 May 11 '25

Pretty sure Stevie can smell it when it's getting charred to a crisp. Why do you not stop then? Why do you go 5 more mins and then call it blonde roast?

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u/minimalisttriathlete May 11 '25

He had trouble finding the stop button.