I've never had a good cup of coffee from Starbucks or any convenience store or fast food joint. In my opinion the only difference is that Starbucks costs more.
While staying in a luxury hotel in Seattle I tried some Torrefazione Italia Coffee, Perugia Blend. Believe it or not this is made in the USA by Starbucks, but their over the counter stuff is mere swill compared to Torrefazione's nectar of the gods.
Available from Cooking.com and some gourmet shops. Not too expensive and you can brew yourself a wonderful cup of coffee for much less than Starbucks or even 7-11 rotgut will cost. Any extension of this particular coffee experience to the cost/quality of shotguns is at the risk of the reader.
Terrafazione used to have a coffee shop in downtown Portland before Star Nazi's bought them out. That truly is the nectar of the gods, and it was my favorite coffee shop anywhere. I hate Starnazi.
As to the gun metaphor, I have champagne tastes on a beer budget. I just bought a Lefever H, and had to sell a gun to do that. But guess what? It's sweeeeet, and I love it.
