Costa or Starbucks?

[AlwaysSomethingThere]

Never been one to think of popping in somewhere to have a coffee but I did yesterday as I was tired, cold and my train was hours away. I had some fancy caramel thingy. Oh my word... it was amazing! But I think both shops can be a little on the pricey side.

Which one is better? Do they both have reward \ point cards?

Flat white from costa

Costa for me. I have one once a week as a treat on my day off work. They are expensive but it's just a little luxury that I look forward to. And they have loyalty cards.

IMO Caffe Nero is much better than those two.
They have a loyalty card where every 10th drink is free

I prefer Costa to Starbucks but tend to support locally owned coffee shops rather than chains. There is Costa and a Starbucks near the station that I change in and will always pick the Costa over the Starbuck (both within walking distance).

Costa for coffee for me, Starbucks for hot chocolate with a preference when possible of pret

Wow I'm surprised you've not been in a Costa/Starbucks now and I say that as a non coffee drinker.

I prefer Costa to Starbucks.

Costa. Love the praline hot choc at the moment. Its like melted ferrero rocher.

Nero for the freebies

I prefer Costa, but we have a subsidised Starbucks at work so I tend to have that more these days

Costa all the way...

Nero.

I'm really surprised by these answers. I can't drink Costa coffee at all it's rank. I'd have a Starbucks if I had a choice.

Nero is the best loyalty schem, Costa is the best coffee. Starbucks is really bitter tasting.

Starbucks is really bitter tasting

Definitely this

Hate hate hate Costa. Something not right about their blend. Starbucks is better, but much preferred the US version.

I had a hot choc from Starbucks this week (usually go for Costa if I have to choose) and it bloody horrible.

It was*

Starbucks for me. Their loyalty scheme is a free drink every 15 purchases. Costas I think 5 points per £1 spend with each point worth 1p towards a drink. Both you can have the membership card on your phone.

Starbucks has a gold tier of membership after you buy 50 drinks in 12 months which gives you free syrup, cream, extra shots etc making any combination of coffee the price of a cheap basic one.

Costa.

And they have a rewards point thing

Costa.

Costa. I find Starbucks sickly sweet, especially their hot chocolate.

Starbucks. Costa is fast becoming crap.

I always used to go costa, then converted to Nero. The loyalty scheme is good if you go often enough, every 10th drink is free. I think with costa I’d get enough points for a free coffee after buying 20-30 coffees to build up points. I agree with pp that Starbucks is really quite bitter.

Costa had a horrible bitter coffee from Starbucks the other day.