Starbucks has decent coffee - but I like strong and slightly bitter coffee. I normally drink it at Barnes and Noble, since I like to sit and read and the atmosphere at the Starbucks store is a bit frenetic (too many 16-year-old girls with their $5 lattes). At $1.35 (US) for a fill of my 16oz cup, it is reasonably priced.

BTW, Starbucks never "got the Border's franchise" - at least not in the US. Borders started selling 'Seattle's Best' coffee, a different brand that was bought up at the corporate level by Starbucks, Inc. a few years ago. Not at all the same stuff...some prefer it - I don't.