Serious Eats: Talk  Is there something I'm missing with the
major coffee chains?  Alright folks, searching for some help
with this one - I have never been a Starbucks fan. I order black
coffee with no room, and that's it. Now, I do NOT consider
myself a coffee connoisseur... in fact I'd be lying if I said
that a cup of freshly ground folgers didn't hit the spot every
once in a while. But my problem with starbucks (a sentiment
which I've seen others share) is that it ALWAYS comes out
tasting burnt and acrid.  Now, I've come to accept this at
starbucks. Perhaps some people like it, but I find it awful... I
love a good strong coffee taste, which will inherently carry a
little bitterness, but the stuff that comes out of their drip
machines is about 3 notches too high. But that's the way
starbucks does it, and I'm ok with that.  Let it also be known
that I feel smoky, bitter, dark roasted coffee has its place,
such as Vietnamese coffees... But I don't want a straight cup of
the stuff first thing in the morning.  N