This is my own personal evaluation....coming from an American....and covering something that people often debate....morning coffee and 'treats'. I will be honest....if this were a simple debate over just coffee....it would be a very close call with German bakeries likely winning. In most cases, when you walk into a German bakery....they have a premium coffee machine set up and whip up a cup within twenty seconds. With most shops....I'd rate the coffee between four-star and five-star.
Yes, there are exceptions. I can name a dozen German bakeries that I've walked into and found rather poor coffee served.
On the whole.....most shops don't serve lousy coffee, and you tend to pay for the premium cup that you get (don't worry....Starbucks would have charged the exact same amount).
Then comes the discussion over the croissant or the 'treat' that you will buy with the coffee. Bluntly.....after you've had a couple of German 'treats'....you really don't want to slide back over to donuts or rich glazed items. Yes, you give up a vast amount of sugar....and step back to something slightly more healthy in nature. Germans will brag about this but let's be honest....200 percent sugar glaze versus 100 percent sugar glaze.....is a bit of a difference.
So I'm giving traditional German bakeries an edge here. Course, if you wanted thirty-three different types of coffee....then Starbucks is it. If you want ice-coffee....it's Starbucks because German bakeries will never offer ice-coffee (it just hasn't done well with Germans).
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