Some disgruntled friends living in the US are complaining that Starbucks’ devotion to superb coffee products is tapering off. In my humble opinion, however, Starbucks has never been lying to us. Seeing how hard it tried to sequester coffee from its logo, we’re quite convinced that it’s now happily vending creamy, sugary admixtures of syrups, sweeteners, and whatnots but decent coffee.