McCafe or Starbucks?

Tuesday evening I scored am early evening's doctor's appointment. I do not often go to the doctor (the last time was in 2004) because most of the time I am not that sick and I know I will get over it. I have a dry hacking cough that is not normal for me and kind of annoying and with all the stuff that's going around school, I figured I should go get it checked out. I may have viral bronchitis, but there is nothing that can be done for it except to ride it out. I was prescribed some cough medicine that keeps me awake at night and seems to have no effect.

Anyway. As I was waiting for my prescription to be filled I walked to McDonald's to get a cup of coffee, figuring that coffee was better than no coffee and decided to try the vanilla latte. It was 3.19 and ok. It had a funny aftertaste that was kind of fake (probably the vanilla) and all in all I am not that impressed.

I cringe at the ubiquity of Starbucks and how snobby people get about it, but seriously. I would rather pay a dollar more for better tasting and better quality coffee on top of the fact that Starbucks supports shade-grown coffee, local businesses and farmers and all of that business. No clear-cutting the rainforest for them. I have said more than once that if McDonald's declared it was going to only brew the same kinds of coffees there would be a revolution in the coffee growing sector to try to meet the demand. Look at what McD's does to beef production around the world to meet the demand!

I don't indulge in Starbucks often, and I will stick to my local coffeeshops and to the independent ones when I can, but McD's will be a last resort for me.