Starbucks

I like Starbucks

Clean, friendly staff, and most important my green tea latte was made to perfection.

I had an issue with this particular Starbucks making drinks that tasted like sour milk. I suspected they were either leaving the milk out on the counter unrefrigerated too long or not throwing it out when it expired. Through many experiments, we eventually discovered the source of the problem was the whipped cream. Either it was not being kept cold enough, or the person who was responsible for cleaning out the whipped cream canister was not cleaning it properly, so there was old cream residue left behind that imparted a sour taste. When the whipped cream melted on a hot drink, it made the entire beverage taste spoiled. This problem persisted for months. I started avoiding this location for that very reason (I've never been to another Starbucks that had that problem). After giving them a few more tries recently, they seem to have gotten better. I'm not sure if the person who was responsible for the whipped cream no longer works there or if they just improved their food safety and refrigeration practices, but I haven't had a sour drink from here in the past few months. That being said, I like the location, but they started closing at an unusually early hour on Sundays, making them useless if you want coffee in the evening. And unlike other locations, you have to ask an employee for the code to unlock the restroom.