Starbucks Cups -- Friend to the Environment?

re: Starbucks Cups -- Friend to the Environment?

dressagefreak — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 01:27:00 GMT

Slightly OT, but Teechino has been a good substitute for coffee for me.

re: Starbucks Cups -- Friend to the Environment?

kpatricia29 — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 23:54:22 GMT

One thing really upsets me about Starbucks, besides the fact that their regular black coffee is gross, they only offer soy milk that has been flavored with vanilla and has added sugar. I DONT want sugar or vanilla in my coffee. I also don't like having to pay extra for soy milk, it's not my choice, regular milk makes me sick. just venting.

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curious7 — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 23:16:56 GMT

It is a dollar up, and most of us do not pay close attention to such things. Big companies know we are more concerned with Hollweired, so any spin goes unnoticed.

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jabdip — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:40:08 GMT

Another Seattle based coffee company is doing a bit more in the way of social responsibility than Starbucks. Tully's uses fair trade certified organic espresso and fully compostable cups, www.tullys.com/.../green.aspx. Unfortunately they only have stores in the western US, www.tullys.com/storelocator.

Starbucks has given a discount for the use of personal cups for years. If I take my Starbucks paper cup back in later the same day, I can get a refill of brewed coffee for 55 cents. (Yes, I'm probably ingesting additional toxins from the coating but as a Harley rider I'll most likely get run over by some SUV driving soccer mom yakking on her cell phone before I succumb to Starbucks-coffee-cup-coating induced cancer)

Those who vilify the Starbucks corporation because of their personal taste should be ashamed of themselves. If you don't like Starbucks coffee don't drink it. That doesn't make them evil. Google Ron Paul for a lesson on liberty. As the slogan states, "you life is not my fault; my life is not your business".

And for the illiterati out there, Starbucks is named after the first mate in Herman Melville’s "Moby ***" and the logo is a siren, not a mermaid.

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Komic Kaze — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:32:20 GMT

You know what? Every time I drank anything from Starbucks, which is usually one of those frozen coffee drinks loaded with sugar and HFCS, I feel like absolute ***. So, I keep asking why I go back, and it is more likely through habit and routine and the image that company puts out. They're very trendy and in order to retain your trendy identity, you need to stop at Starbucks for a Frappuccino. I'm not even a coffee drinker anyway. But Starbucks has such a following, I just had to try it. At least I don't go anymore. I don't go to any of those coffee shops. They get you hooked with the sugar and caffeine, not to mention the psychological addiction. It's kind of like the tobacco companies, but less evil.

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Rebecca_ Toy — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:50:59 GMT

Just like everything in life, it's all about personal choice. Being from Seattle Washington and used to Starbucks way back when it was in it's infancy, I have fond memories of it. (I still have the old heavy porcelain mugs with the original mermaid on them.) I always knew when a restaurant served Starbucks coffee because it was obvious from the first sip that it was distinct in flavor and better than any other coffee out there.

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mosskat — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:18:46 GMT

It's times like this I'm really grateful I live in Jamaica and have access to just about the best coffee in the World (Blue Mountain). The taste is completely different from any other Coffee I've ever tasted and we have country folk out here who drink a cup of that every morning and are living up to 100 years old. (I'm not saying its the cause of their long life but the fact they've been drinking it so long with no adverse effects)

Hell they have folks songs about it...

Starbucks taste like pisswater (pardon my language), I don't even know how Americans or anyone else for that matter stomachs that dreadful stuff. Ych.

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emm76 — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:51:28 GMT

We are currently living in the Dallas area and were told by an "insider" that in the stores they use distilled water and that that is why it tastes different than when you make their brand of coffee at home. But also remember that Starbucks has only one coffee that is organic. All of their other coffee is not. We, on occasion, purchase their organic coffee at the grocery store and make it at home with our own filtered water. It is pretty good and is not "bitter" like all of their other coffees. Lack of pesticide???

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sophiesue2 — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:49:46 GMT

The good ol' rumer that Starbucks burns its coffee on purpose is complete rubbish. They have a wide WIDE variety of roasts from very light to very very dark. And I find it to be a matter of OPINION as to the coffee's filthy nastiness, and believe my coffee connoisseur status is very much intact, thank you very much. Starbucks does an unbelievable amount for those it comes in contact with, paying a huge amount over market to its farmers for their beans. Someone needs to boycot Maxwell House, who pays the smallest amount possible to farmers. I get so tired of Starbucks bashing. They embody corporate resposibility for a corporation that size. Nothing is ever good enough.

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HAPPY LADY — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:24:35 GMT

ONE OF OUR FRIENDS WAS BEHIND MY HUSBAND TO DRINK STARBUCKS COFFEE. IT'S THE BEST YOU HAVE TO TRY IT . SO HE FINALLY DID AND SAID IT WAS THE MOST DISGUSTING COFFEE HE EVER DRANK.. NO STARBUCKS FOR HIM!!!!!!!!!!!

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pacruz — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 04:36:08 GMT

I drink a cup or two of starbuck's regular coffee a week, but for a real cup of coffee, I brew a heaping tablespoon of Bustello expresso to a cup of water in an unbleached filter at home--That's coffee! And believe it contains less caffeine than the maxwell house variety grinds.

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GregB777 — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:51:09 GMT

Whether you like coffee or not, I will give Starbucks a great deal of credit for providing health and dental insurance to even its PART TIME employees. It is one of the few large companies to do this. I think, at least in that area, it should be applauded. Since the US government doesn't seem to feel that taking care of the health of its people is its job (there is no universal health insurance here,) and since most companies only provide insurance to full-time employees, this leaves millions of Americans uninsured. I think Starbucks has really stepped up to the plate and has done the right thing by its employees.

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Magnolia — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:01:08 GMT

You guys are going to crucify me for this but I do drink Starbucks. They are the only place around that will make decaf espresso strong enough for me. I make it at home when I have time in the morning but many days my mornings are rushed. I have my own thermos mug so don't use cups. I like it very dark roast and drank it that way long before Starbucks came along. I use an espresso machine or French press at home. We have a roaster in town so can get fresh roasted beans, roasted dark. Its all a matter of taste. ;)

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DizzyIzzy1 — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:14:33 GMT

Starbucks is disgusting anyway, everything there seems to taste like it was drained via a tar pit. Horrible stuff, I can't believe all the self-proclaimed 'coffee conoisseurs' who bang on about how amazing it is. No, it's filthy, nasty, misleading, propaganda-led consumerist rubbish.

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Vicki Marie — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:41:06 GMT

Starbucks should offer a discount to anyone who brings their own clean cup from home. Save them money, us money, and helps the environment.