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They use a special blend of coffee that contains roaches and mouse feces for a unique taste according to the following link.

http://www.jossip.com/gossip/starbucks/those-may-not-be-raisins-in-your-starbucks-carrot-muffin-20060816.php?rss

my friend once told me, star=the universe bucks=money therefore starbucks means money rules the universe, i thought it was amusing
goddamit i hate starbucks, in my city we had one for a while and then they just started appearing everywhere,there are two in the same road and at least4 within a one mile radius.and i cant stand coffee

They probably just want more money or a chance to file a class action lawsuit and get Starbucks to settle out of court. They can do it, too, because any allegation that ends up in court will hurt the company even if it's totally untrue...it's the most effective way to extort money from a company.

i read an article a long while back that the majority of the food you eat in just about any restaurant have rat hairs and feces in it.

i read an article a long while back that the majority of the food you eat in just about any restaurant have rat hairs and feces in it.

...and a certain amount of excretia, hairs and insect parts is acceptable...



Yes- if you eat out in restaurants and diners, you have consumed some of these things already.

...and a certain amount of excretia, hairs and insect parts is acceptable...



Yes- if you eat out in restaurants and diners, you have consumed some of these things already.


I just say, what doesnt kill you makes you stronger.

if people knew what was really in half the stuff they ate, they wouldnt eat anything at all. I say if it doesnt give you cancer or somet life threatening sickness, who gives a damn.

Certainly not as interesting as Kopi Luwak (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopi_Luwak)

Mmmm... smooth. :)

Certainly not as interesting as Kopi Luwak (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopi_Luwak)

Mmmm... smooth. :)


yummy. sounds excretliciious

I just say, what doesnt kill you makes you stronger.

if people knew what was really in half the stuff they ate, they wouldnt eat anything at all. I say if it doesnt give you cancer or somet life threatening sickness, who gives a damn.


rat shit and insects are a staple of diet for half the world's population.

Certainly not as interesting as Kopi Luwak (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopi_Luwak)

Mmmm... smooth. :)


what is curious to me is, how did someone come to grind and brew defecated beans?
How many other things have been tried that werent so good ?

How many people are sifting through their cat's litter box right now, scheming to save a few bucks?

what is curious to me is, how did someone come to grind and brew defecated beans?
How many other things have been tried that werent so good ?

How many people are sifting through their cat's litter box right now, scheming to save a few bucks?

I wonder that myself sometimes; Who first noticed the beans in the cat poo and went, "Could be yummy."

:p

rat shit and insects are a staple of diet for half the world's population.


and not to mention it is delicious....

I wonder that myself sometimes; Who first noticed the beans in the cat poo and went, "Could be yummy."

:p


I did!


Imagine waking up to that smell in the morning...

I did!


Imagine waking up to that smell in the morning...

And people adding flavoring to cat's food- vanilla & hazlenut extract, cinnamon, ginger.

And people adding flavoring to cat's food- vanilla & hazlenut extract, cinnamon, ginger.


mmmmmm.

Why should I drink Starbuck's coffee when I can sit here at work, and GET PAID to drink the office coffee :D

Why should I drink Starbuck's coffee when I can sit here at work, and GET PAID to drink the office coffee :D


thats a good motto to have...

Why should I drink Starbuck's coffee when I can sit here at work, and GET PAID to drink the office coffee :D

Why would I work in an office when I can stand here at work, and GET PAID to drink the pub's beer?:D

Why would I work in an office when I can stand here at work, and GET PAID to drink the pub's beer?:D


good point there...

mmmmmm.


and rich,creamery butter...

Move north. We don't have rats OR roaches.

and rich,creamery butter...


dont mention the butter *drools*

Move north. We don't have rats OR roaches.

im sure you have something else then that finds its way in there.


no place is sacred.

im sure you have something else then that finds its way in there.


no place is sacred.

Well, in the summer there's a lot of blackflies.

In the winter though, it's sterile unless you support the theory that poutine is omnipresent during the NHL season.

Well, in the summer there's a lot of blackflies.

In the winter though, it's sterile unless you support the theory that poutine is omnipresent during the NHL season.


poutine?

poutine?
Poutine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poutine). Hope you have the stomach for fries covered in gravy and cheese curds.

Well, I'm a pest controller in London.

Basically it sums up eating establishments in cities. Majority of food places have or have had infestations at some point. I'm told flour consists of about 30% insects.

Sounds like I could get a job working abroad!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!! :D

World Health Organization did a study on cockroaches and identified them as being able to carry/transmit 40 different pathogens including All food poisonings, polio, dissentry, typhoid and many others. The list was horrendous. Believe me, ignorance IS bliss :p