Gloria Jean’s Gourmet Coffee

The worst latte ever. They have no knowledge on how a latte differs from other coffee drinks. They have no idea of how it should be made, its composition or final look or taste.

Say what you want about $ 5 coffee from Starbucks — I just spent more than $ 7 for mine!
Gloria Jean’s is a more-​mainstream Starbucks (is that possible?) Their main business seems to be (from looking) flavored coffees [like, say, Caramel Nut coffee beans that come pre-​coated with a caramel flavoring and actual pieces of nuts in the coffee — as if brewing a nut is actually going to yield any flavor???) and the ever-​popular frozen mixed coffee drink.
That’s what I was going for today. Nothing sounded good for dinner, so I thought maybe a mega-32-oz.-gas-station-sized-Frappuccino-wannabe would hit the spot. With my 2 added shots and tax, it totaled more than $ 7.00.
It was good; a little thin (but I was warned).
The service was pretty unfriendly… maybe a step-​and-​a-​half above your average McDonald’s or Taco Bell kind of service. I would expect a little more from a «purveyor of fine coffee» (their self-​descriptive tag line).