Starbucks recently changed from their "coffee of the day" (a rotating blend) to a standardized "Pike's Place roast." Search for that on Google and you'll see lots of reactions to it: some like it and some think it's disgusting.

One thing about Starbucks' brewed coffees: I think they artificially enhance it with extra caffeine (maybe so people get addicted to it...sounds familiar...) or otherwise have the beans genetically enhanced for extra caffeine. Grab one of their nutrition brochures and look at the caffeine content of just the regular brewed coffees--it's absolutely flabberghastingly impressive. If you want to be jolted awake, get a Venti brewed coffee--it's got 400mg of caffeine.