if you go to Starbucks

“ Last year Schultz met olive oil producer Tommaso Asaro, who introduced him to the practice of consuming a tablespoon of olive oil each day.”

Thanks, but I’m choosing to add it to my salad greens! ; )

If you choose coffee from Starbucks in Italy you deserve what you get.

If you choose coffee from Starbucks in Italy you deserve what you get.

Well said. McDonalds is where it's at

StarBUCKS = overpriced and overrated coffee

After finding wonderful coffee and espresso inEurope in the early 70’s, coming back to not so good coffee at home was such a disappointment! Enter Starbucks. At least for a few years they were it and it was far better than just a coffee somewhere, anywhere else.

I don’t go there any longer as there are better choices now and having a decent espresso machine at home, I don’t need to, but when I read that Starbucks is hoping to entice a more Italian side to their coffee by adding olive oil-wow! The Italians don’t, so why do they really think that will be good? Amazing. I will NOT be trying it.

On the list of "dumbest things" Howard Schultz has done, this may displace selling the Sonics to Clay Bennett and believing they would stay in Seattle.

Oily coffee? .. really?

I'm with Jean, olive oil belongs on a salad, not in a drink.

I'm with Jean, olive oil belongs on a salad, not in a drink.

I'm intrigued, but then I firmly believe that pineapple on pizza is a culinary delight.

Allan of course you do, it's a Canadian invention by a Greek immigrant of all things.

It's also a crime against humanity.

it's a Canadian invention by a Greek immigrant of all things

Must have been homesick and had way too much ouzo and in his delirium tried it as a hangover remedy

Italy Magazine’s take on the new Starbucks addition:

“Starbucks strikes again.

When you’ve been on the “Italy beat” for long enough, you learn that Seattle-coffee-in-the-bel-Paese is one of those topics that gets readers riled up (and, admittedly, clicks firing off) like few others. That’s why I appreciated Phoebe Hunt’s tongue-in-cheek yet tempered take on the new “Sicilian-inspired” olive oil-infused coffee line that the conglomerate has just debuted in its Italian outposts.

After speaking with Italian coffee experts and an olive oil sommelier —Starbucks reps declined an interview, for what it’s worth — Phoebe gave the “Golden Foam” cold brew a try (please note “Golden Foam” is their name, not mine). No, it’s not what you’re looking for when you come to Italy. But yes, it’s a hot-button flavor-of-the-week, ripe for discussion with coffee purists and those of the Italy-must-remain-uncontaminated-by-global-chains school. (On the latter point, it doesn’t take much more than a stroll down the main shopping drags of Rome, Florence, Milan, and even Naples to see that Starbucks is far from alone in its encroachment. The generic global names dominating your average Via del Corso might be more cause for concern than a single strange beverage that at least nominally pays tribute to Sicily.)”

the first thing I noticed when I started watching travel vlogs was just how homogenized shopping and eating are in Europe now, it's all brand names. Five Guys burgers all over London! Not just the expected Mickey D's but Burger King and KFC and Dunkin Donuts. H&M and Sephora everywhere. When I was in Zurich a Starbucks every few blocks.

Apparently this is a "thing" in the US too...at least according to Good Morning America yesterday!

https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/food/video/starbucks-rolls-drinks-olive-oil-97411047

I love Starbucks coffee. I don’t like olive oil, so no, no olive oil in my coffee, yuck.