Starbucks, Caffè Nero or Costa?

[Urban Cragou]

Favourite coffee chain?

[ChristmasNeeve]

McDonalds :hee:

[Santa's NaughtiNess]

Caffe Nero.

[ChristmasNeeve]

Not toffee lattes though, black coffee from McDonald's

[Urban Cragou]

There was a time when I was practically living in Costa. Headphones in, vanilla latte connected and sat at the back for the best part of 3 hours.

[Santa's NaughtiNess]

I usually get decaf. And it's just as good.

[Urban Cragou]

Costa > Starbucks > Caffè Nero > McDonald’s, in that order from best to worst, for me (although the worst is still decent).

The toffee latte thing was just a sugary example. If black coffee with your McNuggets or McPancakes is your thing, just as valid as far as this poll goes. The point is that you like McDonalds coffee (if you do).

[ChristmasNeeve]

Costa > Starbucks > Caffè Nero > McDonald’s, in that order from best to worst, for me (although the worst is still decent).

The toffee latte thing was just a sugary example. If black coffee with your McNuggets or McPancakes is your thing, just as valid as far as this poll goes. The point is that you like McDonalds coffee (if you do).

McMuffins :hee:

[Urban Cragou]

McMuffins :hee:

McPancakes >> :hmph:

[ChristmasNeeve]

Ugh I'd love a sausage egg McMuffin now and a hash brown

[bots]

If you are looking for somewhere to fill in some time or get out of the cold/rain they are all pretty similar. I wouldn't make a positive choice to go to any of them

[Urban Cragou]

If you are looking for somewhere to fill in some time or get out of the cold/rain they are all pretty similar. I wouldn't make a positive choice to go to any of them

They’re pretty different.

[user104658]

I'm going purely by the coffee itself and not the ambience, very rare that I'm sitting in. But for the coffee itself, Nero is the best high-street coffee by a considerable margin.

Nero < Starbucks < most independent cafes < McDonalds < Home made instant swill <<< Costa.

Now don't get me wrong; the sausage breakfast roll from Costa is the GOAT... but their coffee is weak, watery, fruity piss. Really just unpleasant. If I absolutely have to get a Costa due to lack of availability... I get it with oat, soy or almond milk because then at least it has some sort of flavour.

[Ammi]

…I rarely drink coffee but for an occasional takeaway, Greggs coffee is not too shabby as Arista would say…


…my OH says that MacDonalds flat white is one of his favourites but I’m not sure they do decaf, so I haven’t had one from there…

[Gusto Brunt]

Sorry but I have a kettle at home. Sugar and coffee, milk.

All the coffee I need is at home. I've never bought a coffee at any of those places. :p

[Urban Cragou]

Sorry but I have a kettle at home. Sugar and coffee, milk.

All the coffee I need is at home. I've never bought a coffee at any of those places. :p

I feel like coffee’s best enjoyed in all its flavours and varieties. The people who have more of a rightful claim to coffee (starting with Ethiopia and including Italy) don’t drink it the boring way at all.

[In the Drunk Tank]

Nero is my favourite coffee by some way and I like the ambience in their stores. Starbucks is okay but they always feel a bit cold and sterile. Costa is fine. Tbh I do find Greggs coffee no worse really and their breakfast is amazing value compared to the other chains who microwave a cheap bacon bap and charge you like £4 for it

[Urban Cragou]

There’s a certain quiet ambience of coffee shops that introverts crave in our loud, noisy world. People-watching or listening to a podcast in solitude after a bit of small talk with your lovely barista or maybe bringing your laptop into Starbucks to get on with a bit of work and just chill is something especially people who like their peace and quiet just mutually understand.

Hashtag the power of coffee shops in a world that just can’t stop talking.

[Christmas Lights]

I don't care what anyone says ,Caffe Nero is the best .

[Oliver_W]

None of those, anything at the end of a chain should be on the end of a rope :hmph:

I only go to Independent coffee shops.

[James]

Only have a Costa near me.

I would probably go to Greggs though, and I would get tea, green tea or hot chocolate.

[Time to Sleigh]

Don't often go to any coffee shop. But out of all of them I think I've used Costa more. But I'd take my own cup of tea over any of them

[Alf]

Support the independent small business. F these big chains.

[Alf]

These big chains pay their employees more or less minimum wage and work them to the bone by under staffing them. That's because they can get away with it. If they could get away with paying them less, they would. If they could get away with full on slavery, they would.

[Urban Cragou]

Don't often go to any coffee shop. But out of all of them I think I've used Costa more. But I'd take my own cup of tea over any of them

Quality home-made brews are indispensable but we’re talking about coffee here.

[Merry Mockmas]

I've only really tried Costa out of them three.

[Dogeatdog]

I went to a Starbucks for the first time last week. I ordered a double chocolate chip Frappuccino and it was amazing. Can’t believe I used to hate Starbucks so much, I’ve been missing out man.

[Zizu]

Never been in any of them or McDonalds or KFC or Nando’s


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[Urban Cragou]

Never been in any of them or McDonalds or KFC or Nando’s


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How even is that?

[joeysteele]

Caffe Nero for me

[UserSince2005]

I was getting obsessed by Starbucks Matcha Lattes when I was living in Tokyo this year. But they were only £2 a pop so it was okay. I refuse to pay U.K. prices at coffee shops.

[Urban Cragou]

Starbucks doesn’t come cheap so that puts a damper on how often I can afford to go there. No fake pretentions over being able to afford pumpkin mochas every day with almond milk to keep the calories away from an already overstuffed beer or wine belly. We’re being real here, folks.

But the coffee’s nice. It’s just that Costa has the cosy homeliness if not the variety.

[Zizu]

How even is that?


???

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[Oliver_W]

Never been in any of them or McDonalds or KFC or Nando’s


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A man of principle :love:

[bots]

i dont visit coffee shops unless i am at an airport or similar or waiting on a train. I see a visit to these places as a time passing exercise rather than an opportunity for a fine coffee.

I have spent years trying various coffee beans at home, I now have my preferred coffee beans with a bean to cup coffee machine. A coffee shop cant compete with that