Starbucks iced coffee contains too much ice, not enough coffee, lawsuit claims

[CraKaJaX]

^^

looks like the closest shop to you is Wash DC

http://www.philzcoffee.com/locations-dc

That doesn't help me. Bring me one and charge a service fee of ~80%. At least I know what the fuck I'm getting this way.

 

[thomsbrain]

I'm putting my flamesuit on, but at $1 for a large, I dare you to beat the value of McDonald's coffee (assuming not making your own). Add a "cup with ice" for free and you've got iced coffee. Way better than Starbucks for a fraction of the price.

That said, Starbucks are by far the best "on-the-road" bathroom pitstop out there. Always single-person rooms that are clean and tidy.

 

[pete6032]

LMAO @ buying coffee from starbucks.

been making my own coffee using a nice brehmor coffee maker and grinding my own beans in the morning for years. can't imagine spending $3+ a day for a cup. just LOL

Can't always be 3 feet away from fresh ground coffee and coffee maker. Also you pay for the ambience.

 

[Ns1]

I'm putting my flamesuit on, but at $1 for a large, I dare you to beat the value of McDonald's coffee (assuming not making your own). Add a "cup with ice" for free and you've got iced coffee. Way better than Starbucks for a fraction of the price.

That said, Starbucks are by far the best "on-the-road" bathroom pitstop out there. Always single-person rooms that are clean and tidy.

As an avid consumer of McD, starbucks has better coffee but McD has sausage mcmuffins.

Either way, when you're a coffee addict you don't really give a shit and you'll go to whichever one is closer.

Now that we're talking about McD, they're doing free medium fries with purchase of a premium artisan sandwich.

That deluxe chicken + free fries + $1 large drink = unbeatable value.

 

[DrPizza]

that's simply espresso with milk. If you are suggesting there is some appropriate additive to make black coffee tolerable, then I would like it know what it is if not milk.

"I don't like coffee. Therefore I will put in an additive to make it tolerable. And pay a lot for it."

Sounds logical. Carry on.
<sipping on a cup of coffee so black that when I poured it, no light could go through.>

 

[elitejp]

I could only get through the first page of this thread so maybe somebody mentioned this already. But when making any espresso based coffee you start out with a minimum of one espresso sized portion of pure coffee (depending on the coffee you order).
Then whatever additives are added to that pure coffee. So for an americano its just pure hot water, for a latte its frothed milk and milk. So iced coffee is nothing more than that espresso coffee with the additive of ice and whatever other additive you needed based on the order.

So in the process of k.i.s.s. the coffee amount(or espresso portion) is the only thing that will be a constant volume in any cup of coffee. The flavor does change based on how much of another ingredient you add and therefore how large the cup is.

She and her lawyer should be fined for pursuing such a frivolous lawsuit.

 

[Zodiark1593]

*hugs DeLonghi espresso machine*

In about a month, my espresso machine has paid for itself vs making the trip to a Starbucks for a coffee. Don't really want to buy a burr grinder though. Too expensive for an otherwise simple function, will buy pre-ground for my iced drinks at least until the weather gets cold again.

My girlfriend gets a Starbucks nearly every day though. She would own 25% of the company by now if she diverted that money into stocks instead.

 

[SKORPI0]

Without reading the link/article I'm going to bet that it's a entitled woman who is suing. :sneaky:

 

[Demo24]

people should be going to starbucks for the stuff they can't make at home - iced tea drinks & ridiculous espresso based drinks.

you ever try making a trenta fizzio passion tea lemonade at home? it's a fucking pain in the ass AND it's expensive as shit with sodastream machines.

I did enjoy the ginger ale fizzios, but apparently they are discontinued. Last time I went to one the store couldn't quite figure out how to sell one but still had some in stock, so I got the largest one for the price of some regular fizzy water.

 

[Gunbuster]

It's totally nit picking but they report nutritional information on the beverages. If they then go and produce the product with different composition they are committing fraud.

 

[zinfamous]

"I don't like coffee. Therefore I will put in an additive to make it tolerable. And pay a lot for it."

Sounds logical. Carry on.
<sipping on a cup of coffee so black that when I poured it, no light could go through.>

Let's see--I last bought coffee in early march, beans from Costco. I've currently spent $14 on Coffee going on 2 months. Will last 2.5 months. (to be fair--that's $7 because we split the cost )

I don't spend significant money on coffee. My Starbucks adventures are extremely rare.

 

[Exterous]

It's totally nit picking but they report nutritional information on the beverages. If they then go and produce the product with different composition they are committing fraud.

Given that the complaint is about too much frozen water (no listable nutritional value) I don't see how that applies. They are also given some leeway with the composition so it doesn't have to be exact either. Many things you eat don't match their nutritional content labels

 

[gorcorps]

Same here.

Also although the hot is pretty good I don't like the ice-coffee at Starbucks ... seems watery and weak to me.

they probably put too much ice in it

 

[Anubis]

Let's see--I last bought coffee in early march, beans from Costco. I've currently spent $14 on Coffee going on 2 months. Will last 2.5 months. (to be fair--that's $7 because we split the cost )

I don't spend significant money on coffee. My Starbucks adventures are extremely rare.

how many beans did you buy that lasted 2 months

we go through multiple lbs of coffee a week

 

[ControlD]

A pound of beans will easily last me a couple of months at home. I drink whatever coffee work provides during the week, so I generally just make a cup on Saturday and Sunday. I can see a lot of people being about the same.

 

[zinfamous]

how many beans did you buy that lasted 2 months

we go through multiple lbs of coffee a week

One of those giant bags you get at Costco--I think it's like 3lbs? Is that right?

I'm surprised myself that it has lasted this long...it's also pretty terrible but I don't care. I just need it because drugs.

I drink 2 cups per morning and I tend to make it rather strong with the aeropress, though I have diluted my typical mix a bit because I'm trying to be cheap as shit...slowly, to stave off caffeine withdrawal. Used to be two+ scoops of grounds up to fill line 2, which is what I call "one cup."

 

[Ns1]

I'm surprised myself that it has lasted this long...it's also pretty terrible but I don't care. I just need it because drugs.

Doper

 

[zinfamous]

Doper

guilty

 

[Ns1]

judge owned this fool

If children have figured out that including ice in a cold beverage decreases the amount of liquid they will receive, the Court has no difficulty concluding that a reasonable consumer would not be deceived into thinking that when they order an iced tea, that the drink they receive will include both ice and tea and that for a given size cup, some portion of the drink will be ice rather than whatever liquid beverage the consumer ordered.



This conclusion is supported by the fact that the cups Starbucks uses for its Cold Drinks, as shown in the Complaint, are clear, and therefore make it easy to see that the drink consists of a combination of liquid and ice.

...When a reasonable consumer walks into a Starbucks and orders a Grande iced tea, that consumer knows the size of the cup that drink will be served in and that a portion of the drink will consist of ice. Because no reasonable consumer could be confused by this, Plaintiff fails to state viable CLRA, UCL, or FAL claims.

http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/2016_0819_starbucks_ruling.pdf

 

[MongGrel]

Concern not found.

 

[who?]

Isn't there an ice level line on the cups? Apparently the judge isn't going to enforce Starbucks rule on Starbucks.

 

[Paratus]

I should clarify for those that may not get it: I am actually referring to the taste, which, for Starbucks, is predominantly "burned," and not the physical act of being burned by coffee.

Their coffee isn't roasted so much as flame broiled.

 

[Ns1]

Isn't there an ice level line on the cups? Apparently the judge isn't going to enforce Starbucks rule on Starbucks.

there's a liquid fill line and then they top with ice

 

[z1ggy]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...oo-much-ice-not-enough-coffee-lawsuit-claims/

Solution: make your ice cubes using coffee instead of water.

Coffee cubes would still be mostly water... Since... coffee is mostly water. -_-

 

[JM Aggie08]

Coffee cubes would still be mostly water... Since... coffee is mostly water. -_-

The ratios would be the same as the coffee that you're pouring over said coffee cubes...which I believe is the point.