How it works:
You buy any of the below bags of coffee (Ground or beans) for £2.50 from ASDA/Tesco/Waitrose or Ocado and when you are finished with the bag, instead of binning it, take it to your local Starbucks and exchange it for a FREE Tall Latte - On Welcome Break Motorway sites, a tall latte is £2.75 now so they are effectively paying you 25p to buy this coffee (If you would actually pay £2.75 for a coffee)
Obviously the vouchers are available at all sites, but I mention the Welcome Break ones because they are the most expensive and most cost effective way to use them if you were buying coffee at WB sites normally. I think on Starbucks owned "Non premium" sites, they are about £2.30 each for a tall latte.
If you knew good coffee at all you'd know how crappy Starbucks coffee really is. The beans are over roasted and the baristas don't really know what they're doing which is why all their coffee has that horrible burnt toast aftertaste.
ASD007
1 Dec 153#10
so maybe you know better than the coffee tasting experts, lol
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kamenitzabrit
1 Dec 151#1
I'm a committed coffeeholic, but prefer to use chains with British roots like Costa and Caffe Nero - those who love O'Barmy can of course use American themed establishments if they so wish, this being a freeish country so far.
For packs of coffee I prefer Douwe Egberts which was founded in the Netherlands, and can be bought around a pound per 100g.
Boisterous to kamenitzabrit
1 Dec 151#21
Thanks for telling us all your coffee preferences.
Obstinate_Person to kamenitzabrit
3 Dec 15#33
You should use the non-chain, independant coffee shops and support your local economy. As a bonus they are likely to use real, freshly roasted coffee and have a passion for the coffee itself and the best way to serve it.
Costa, Nero etc is awful, stale bitter 'coffee' that is borderline undrinkable once you're used to the real thing
seanlorenz
1 Dec 15#2
cop a tassimo machine
ASD007
1 Dec 152#3
Aldi coffee is rich and aromatic and just 1.79 so way cheaper and good taste too.... It was a WHICH best buy
kev1986 to ASD007
1 Dec 15#6
I'd rather pay the extra 79p for a Latte at Starbucks and get a much nicer coffee than the dishwater the Aldi coffee makes
cjabingham
1 Dec 151#4
Cups of tea and coffee are free at Waitrose anyway once you get a Waitrose card. No need to spend any money contrary to some belief!
chenzz to cjabingham
1 Dec 151#23
How about petrol price I need to pay to get there?!
Have you read the "16 Dilemmas Only People Who Have The Free Coffee At Waitrose Will Understand" at buzzfeed? It was hilarious!
so is this valid in any store or just motorway ones?
kev1986 to blackburn_w
1 Dec 151#8
Any, I made a mess when explaining it in the OP - you can use it in any but is more cost effective to use on motorways if you would normally buy them on the motorway.
cjabingham to blackburn_w
1 Dec 15#9
Have you been to the big BM store in the Whitebirk park yet?!
cjabingham
1 Dec 15#7
BM sell 250g ground coffee Cafe de Paris. 99p.
ASD007
1 Dec 153#10
so maybe you know better than the coffee tasting experts, lol
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You buy any of the below bags of coffee (Ground or beans) for £2.50 from ASDA/Tesco/Waitrose or Ocado and when you are finished with the bag, instead of binning it, take it to your local Starbucks and exchange it for a FREE Tall Latte - On Welcome Break Motorway sites, a tall latte is £2.75 now so they are effectively paying you 25p to buy this coffee (If you would actually pay £2.75 for a coffee)
Obviously the vouchers are available at all sites, but I mention the Welcome Break ones because they are the most expensive and most cost effective way to use them if you were buying coffee at WB sites normally. I think on Starbucks owned "Non premium" sites, they are about £2.30 each for a tall latte.
Starbucks Colombian Ground Coffee (200g)
Starbucks House Blend Ground Coffee (200g)
Starbucks Caffe Verona Dark Ground Coffee (200g)
Starbucks Fairtrade Espresso Coffee Beans (200g)
These are normally £3.50 each.
Hope this helps some fellow coffeeholic's :D
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For packs of coffee I prefer Douwe Egberts which was founded in the Netherlands, and can be bought around a pound per 100g.
Costa, Nero etc is awful, stale bitter 'coffee' that is borderline undrinkable once you're used to the real thing
Have you read the "16 Dilemmas Only People Who Have The Free Coffee At Waitrose Will Understand" at buzzfeed? It was hilarious!
http://www.buzzfeed.com/scottybryan/i-just-want-my-free-coffee#.qobgXOKYd