Coffee Bean, to me, is like a less pretentious Starbucks. I've been to this location a few times and each time the baristas are always friendly and smiling. They never seem annoyed that I forgot my glasses in the car and it takes me forever to go through the menu while squinting. I've tried the pumpkin spice, cookie and cream (during the summer), caramel, and white chocolate blended drinks and I'm a fan of all of them. The pumpkin spice was especially delicious, it tasted as if pumpkin spice and egg nog had a baby. Next time I'm going to try the black forest blended drink, I read a description of it on another yelper's review and it sounds amazing. I love cherries. I've also been meaning to try their Thai iced tea but I'm one of those people who doesn't like to step out of their comfort zone but I'm trying. Overall, I can't say I prefer Coffee Bean's drink to Starbucks as I've only tried various flavors of one drink but I do prefer the atmosphere.