Totally agree! Starbucks is horrid and ridiculously overpriced.
Personally I have never gone to the trouble of grinding my own beans, but I do like a good French press.
I have been doing a spin on Bulletproof coffee lately, each morning my chicory coffe (from a regular drip machine) gets mixed with unsalted butter, some MCT oil and a little French vanilla creamer, blend it all up with a hand blender, and it gives it a nice froth. This combination of fats and caffeine generally gets me through the morning without eating breakfast.