I cannot function before my cup of coffee...and it HAS TO BE STARBUCKS.....nothing else satisfies me. I don't care for the specialty coffees, I just like certain blends of their coffee but it HAS to be strong...my husband says it is burnt...if he has a cup, he has to put tons of sugar and cream in it. He loves the Lattes but he can drink any kind of coffee, to me any other coffee is really yukky....when we go on trips I like to find out if there is a Starbucks and if there isn't I will always take mine cause I have a little French Press, satisfies my need. Although I did have a "good" cup of coffee in Hawaii....the real KONA coffee., but even that was after Starbucks....lol