but Starbucks at IFC has damn good view.

PCC is always "China style", you have to roll dice to see if you get good or bad coffee.

Starbucks is evenly average, not excellent coffee, but it's not that bad if you want something fast.  no different than 大家樂 or McDonalds.

if you want decent espresso style coffee in HK that's fastfood style, try Illy.  there's one in CWB past the elevators in Excelsior hotel, they also serve Macao's famous Lord Stow's portuguese egg tarts.  (famous doesn't = good)

澳門近澳電/海富花園左右有間檀香山(有好多其他同名店, 我只去呢間).

去過你就知"港式"既TOP咖啡係乜.  我飲開brazilian santos.  仲要加多杯"機茶" (用espresso機出既紅茶), 超正.

點解我成日針對現時既港食? 因為用心度連澳門都不如....

同樣, 新馬路噴水池Watson's樓下間Singing Bean...  入去試下佢地D蛋糕 (尤其係個CARAMEL CRUNCH).  食過就明...

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原帖由 jacky. 於 2008-5-28 09:41 發表

　
每一間 Super Sandwiches 都標榜選用illy咖啡，他們會放許多罐illy(銀色圓罐紅色字)在當眼處。套餐(三文治或意粉)可選咖啡為餐飲，加$5則轉為cappuccino，最近都試過要了一份三文治餐配Cappuccino，杯啡確實 ...

所以先要去正式illy飲....

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原帖由 Challenger 於 2008-5-29 01:01 發表
Illy is good but the coffee is roasted in Italy and shipped to here.  Taste may be affected.

In fact, freshly grinded coffee is much better.  Cova is one of the oldest restaurant with good ca ...

usually, i'll just associate what you said with:
different people different tastes

i also quite like cova, but they're not the same thing as illy, at least not in HK.  Cova has restaurants and restaurant style food.  Illy AFAIK serves Starbucks/PC style fast food coffee.  so, unless you are referring to their beans which you bring home to brew your own cup of coffee, please stop comparing the two as the same thing.

if you are talking about their beans, then i have no idea what you are getting at.  If Illy's coffee is roasted in Italy and shipped here, then wouldn't Cova do the same?  If it's roasted in Hong Kong, then i question their standards and quality of roasting in Hong Kong.


btw, on a side note, stay away from Cafe Zambra's coffee (Stewart rd. and Jaffe rd. in Wanchai, next to Tom Lee).  Quite bad and even more over-roasted than Starbucks.

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原帖由 Bond007 於 2008-6-16 01:12 發表


illy coffee 很普通、名過於實

you are entitlted to believe everything "newspaper" tells you.

starbucks coffee beans are over roasted, which bring out a stronger aroma, but stronger doesn't equal better.  i've been drinking starbucks since 1989-90 in vancouver, so i'm quire sure i've had more than enough experience with many types of beans they offer.  if purely comparing coffee beans and black coffees(eg. espresso/americano), then illy's is definitely the best of the 4 "fast food coffee chains" and Cova being a close 2nd because it's a restaurant/patissier.  however, my favourite is still Tan Heong San in Macau.  AFAIK i have yet to have better coffee in Hong Kong, obviously more partial to 港式 coffee styles, even if it's brewed with an espresso machine.  Caucasians have obviously missed out on the power of condensed milk.


ps.  i suggest not using such confrontational smilies, it only weakens your argument and make you seem immature.

[ 本帖最後由 moxfactor 於 2008-6-17 16:35 編輯 ]

lol.  this is a perfect example of a tyrant who thinks only their own opinion is allowed to be voiced.

pathetic.

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原帖由 jacky. 於 2008-6-17 21:51 發表

　
你有多久未去過KFC
約一年前, KFC 也引入即磨咖啡, 其實你可以想像一下, 舊時你可曾聽過KFC有意式泡沬咖啡賣
　
舊時, BurgerKING 袛有罐裝咖啡賣, 而現在已有即磨咖啡出售
　

everyone wants to "part a cup spoon"(分一杯羹) ma...  ^_^

now that everyone and their mother think drinking a cappucino is a fashion statement.

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原帖由 jacky. 於 2008-7-6 17:17 發表

　
上星期去了Cafe Zambra一試, 又唔覺得真係咁差, 咖啡有啡味, 在我來說, 根本沒有over-roasted 呢回事, 你看, 炭燒咖啡亦曾流行一時, 淨係聽個名, 都感覺到有幾踎 　出面話就話咖啡的Roast程度分5個級數, 但我 ...

大家味覺唔同.  我飲得出燶味, 你可能覺得好好飲...  反轉嚟講, 我食叉燒一定係"肥燶叉".
炭燒係日本既一種口味, 將咖啡豆燒得燶帶出苦味, 但係日式咖啡相對上沖得特別淡口, 唔理咖啡香飲落係唔錯.  我飲凍啡都鍾意炭燒咖啡.  但係唔可以同美國西北岸式咖啡(Starbucks系)列為一體.

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原帖由 jacky. 於 2008-8-19 23:16 發表
有時會覺得, 星巴克所有熱飲都用紙杯, 與店內的陳設構成一些異樣感覺

你可以叫佢用瓦杯....用紙杯係方便好多香港客人飲到一半要走...