Just so. They don't even have the excuse of higher quality product because they take fairly good ground coffee and turn it into a drink that invariably tastes bitter and over-extractedWho knows? I wonder why Starbuck's is in business. I think it's absolutely insane to pay $5.00+ for a cup of coffee and I would never go there. Some people are just more gullible than others? I think P.T. Barnum had something to say about those folks.
My personal theory is they are a coffee shop for those who don't like the taste of coffee, specializing in FooFoo concoctions where any hint of coffee flavor is overwhelmed with sugar and artificial flavors as well as allowing the virtue-signaling use of soy milk or almond milk yada yada
The coffee equivalent of mixed drinks
Edit: subtle but pleasing change to your avatar. New gun or just new picture?