Starbucks coffee

b-as-u-r · Post by **b-as-u-r** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 7:49 pm

Not too long ago we had a thread about what businesses we'd like to see on STJ and there was a lot of discussion around a Starbucks. Well, I just booked this very last-minute trip (leave on Saturday) and will be staying at the Westin. The Westin website says they serve Starbucks coffee at the Mango Deli. So, for all the Starbucks junkies, the fix has been on island the whole time.

RickG · Post by **RickG** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 8:48 pm

Starbucks? Not to be too grumpy, but I get rancid coffe too often on the mainland. Coffee starts going down hill about a week after its roasted. At the end of a long commercial hotel supply chain... Ugh.

The best coffee on STJ? My home roasted organic Chiapas freshly ground!

Cheers, RickG

mbw1024 · Post by **mbw1024** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 8:53 pm

can you ship me a few pounds right around thansgiving?

RickG · Post by **RickG** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 10:23 pm

mary beth wrote:can you ship me a few pounds right around thansgiving?

Easy done, but you have to drink in one week!

rody · Post by **rody** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 11:46 pm

in heavens name why would anyone want a coffee chain on st. john ??? for myself, i come to st. john to get away from the chains/fast foods etc. i don't care how good some think the coffee is( i'm a dunkin lover )....it's not something i want to see...a starbucks shingle hanging in cruz bay as the ferry pulls in !!!

Xislandgirl · Post by **Xislandgirl** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 7:44 am

I confess that I love an eggnog latte at the holidays but I can not drink Starbucks coffee otherwise. It is way too bitter for me.

Back in the 80's a good friend had a college roommate from VT. Over the summer we all got together in CT and had a big sleepover. In the morning she handed my friend's mom some coffee and said that her family roasted it themselves and had a very small business in VT called Green Mountain Coffee Roasters. My how the times have changed.(and so has their coffee)

MrB · Post by **MrB** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 8:48 am

Rather than start a new thread, I've given this one a bit of a bump.

On the subject of coffee...

How much do you take? We are going to be on isle for 2 weeks this time, and as Rick said, after a week, my home roast has gone downhill. I can roast a pound and take it with, but that will only cover the first week.

Also...how about brewing? Do you take your Santos Vacuum with you? a press? or just 'rough it' and use the villas drip machine? (after a nice vinegar bath).

I'm thinking about taking a pound of unblended home roasted Kona with us this year as a splurge, And maybe an FTO organic Costa Rican, sealed, for week 2.

I love all of STJ Spices SPICES, but almost cry seeing all those roasted beans in unsealed glass jars at about 5 lbs

Hmmm.....STJ Coffee Roasters??? How's that for a niche to fill!!

bj · Post by bj » Fri Apr 06, 2007 9:04 am

Helpful Hint: If you put enough Baileys Irish Cream or Kahula in your coffee it is deliciouse even if it is not fresh or gound or rancid or Starbucks.

Home made fresh gound roasted organic Chiapas. Wow, that sounds good!

flip-flop · Post by **flip-flop** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 9:12 am

I will admit to a bit of a starbucks addiction, but for those of us who actually like starbucks the "Starbucks brewed here" places are NEVER the same. Starbucks has a whole protocol/training for their baristas for brewing, making the frou frou drinks, etc. that the in hotel, Barnes & Nobles ,etc. don't have.

Regardless, I never jones for the 'bucks or coffee in general while in STJ. Not sure why because I am GRUMPY without my morning fix at home (she says as she sips her last drop).

Now a yummy frappachino might be nice from time to time on island, but who needs that when you have the smoothie truck and the cocoberry shake in Cruz bay?

AnyTing · Post by **AnyTing** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 9:21 am

Flip-Flop's right. Unless it's an actual STARBUCKS, you may as well buy a bag of Starbucks at the grocery store and make it yourself! But it's still good to know there is something Starbucks-like on the island, in case I just have to have it. It's a good thing there is no Starbucks drive-through on my way to work or I would be buying a $4 cup of coffee every morning.

flip-flop · Post by **flip-flop** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 9:25 am

OMG VICKI. You are scaring me. Your quote in the signature is on the bulletin board by my desk! You are freaking me out woman!

AnyTing · Post by **AnyTing** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 9:30 am

This is getting scary. Maybe we should compare birth dates....

flip-flop · Post by **flip-flop** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 9:39 am

I am a cancer. You?

Ron_L · Post by **Ron_L** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 9:59 am

I'm an Aquarius.

We were only there for a week, so i didn't have to worry about what to do for week two, but I have stretch coffee out to two weeks in the past. For brewed coffee I think two weeks is OK. For espresso I don't use it past a week. We normally go through a pound a week at home, so I took a pound with us to STJ and we came back with about 1/4 pound left. I roasted it on Saturday so when we used it on Monday it had only two days rest, but it was still pretty good. I took a Brazil FTO Poco Fundo that is a real chocolate bomb.

As far as prep, I took my turkish mill hand grinder and my Aeropress, which are part of my normal travel kit. I cleaned the villa drip machine and used that every morning for Amy's coffee and used the Aeropress for "Aerocanos" for me. (The Aeropress can be used to make something that is close to espresso).

AnyTing · Post by **AnyTing** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 10:43 am

Leo. But that DOES mean our birth dates are within a month of each other! I wonder if we're the same age. Since you have "Blister in the Sun" on your playlist, I am guessing we are close! Although the song came out when I was in junior high, it hit it's true popularity when I was in high school.

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