Kailani Aguigui
Staff writer, Co-Editor-in-Chief for 2024-25 school year
Around 575 A.D. coffee was discovered by an Ethiopian legend, goat herder Kaldi. Legend says the goat herder Kaldi first discovered the potential of the coffee beans from a certain tree when his goats became so energetic that they didn’t want to go to sleep. Obviously, that’s when it started to come out and he wanted to show other people. It expanded from there. Nowadays, we have companies such as Dutch Bros and Starbucks where they have expanded the diversity of coffee. These two companies are going head to head with competing which one is better.
Art teacher Ms. Tenorio in room 113, prefers Starbucks over Dutch Bros.
“Dutch Bros drinks are a lot sweeter and thicker,” Ms. Tenorio said.
There is some debate between the two companies if their drinks are too filling or not. Tenorio prefers the more simple and smooth drinks where she doesn’t have to squint about how sweet it is. She believes that Starbucks has the most variety in their drinks and they can make anything you want. The logos of both of the companies have two good solid colors but Tenorio shares she prefers Starbucks logo due to how classy it is.
Isabella Gough is a student here and she has the opposite of these other two interviewers. She believes that Dutch Bros is the better coffee place. She loves the sweetness Dutch Bros brings to the table and the variety that they serve. Her favorite drink at Dutch Bros is the “Golden Eagle” that has vanilla and caramel mixed into it. Gough says that Dutch Bros drinks are also cheaper than Starbucks. An example of this opinion is a medium golden eagle freeze is $4.25 at Dutch Bros but the price of a very similar medium (grande) sized drink at Starbucks is $6.19. You can clearly see the comparison in money terms.
Jocelyn Joyner, a student athlete on campus and she also prefers Starbucks over DutchBros due to the whole vibe of Starbucks. Her favorite drink at Starbucks is an iced white chocolate mocha. She enjoys getting it in the morning whenever she can. Joyner loves the fact that Starbucks has an indoor place where you can go sit down and enjoy but would also like to see DutchBros do an indoor as well to convenient her better.
A poll was made out of 40 students which coffee company was better overall. You can see the diagram on the bottom right. Out of that 40, 24 students chose Dutch Bros over Starbucks. They have many reasons why it was better coffee, better variety of drinks, and that it had a better logo. As you can see from casted votes, Dutch Bros is certainly increasing in popularity. If you didn’t know, Dutch Bros started in Oregon, 1992. Right as of this moment, Dutch Bros has over 900 locations throughout the U.S. but here in Texas, we have 193 locations.
Both of these companies are great and serve well to everybody but there is no wrong answer on which you think is better. As long as both companies are doing great and still thriving to stay up and going, the debate has no wrong answer. You may want Dutch Bros one day and Starbucks the other so you can get both worlds, but it all matters on what you want and what makes you happy. So enjoy what each company is bringing to the table and just drink and enjoy.