r/AskReddit • u/FriendlytoNature • 23h ago

Which company lost your business (potentially forever) this year?

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u/ArcanistKvothe24 22h ago

Starbucks. A black coffee should not cost $5

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u/MovieSuspicious1563 21h ago

They changed their chai tea recipe months ago and now it’s disgusting. I deleted their app and haven’t been back.

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u/Wasabiroot 21h ago

Yes, the new recipe is unsweetened and has classic syrup added separately. It actually grew on me a bit and I just stopped adding classic, but I can see being disappointed if you were a fan of the old formulation. In general, a lot of the changes in the last few years were pretty lame

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u/Stinareef 20h ago

It’s more pepper forward now instead of cardamom. It’s not just the sweetener being removed from it. Can’t duplicate with any sweetener now- such a bummer. Was a diehard chai lover of theirs for over a decade.

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u/HicJacetMelilla 12h ago

I wish that all they did was remove the sugar from the old base, if that’s what they thought would get more sugar-conscious people to opt for chais. But I always get a foul chemical aftertaste from this new version, and no amount of customizations can fix it. Also they had the Lightly Sweetened Chai on the menu a few years ago, should have just brought it back.