Gothamist: Starbucks Hanukkah Blend, The Sasquatch of Coffees

jpeditor

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 14:07:17 -0500

I don't know about an Eid coffee cup, but this postage stamp should give us a hint...

patsw

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:09:54 -0500

I'd like to see the cup for Eid al-Adha please.

Editrixie

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:59:48 -0500

Sure, you were skeptical after you checked it out, but just the fact that you tried to confirm it when it looks so fake to begin with...

John Del Signore

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:01:49 -0500

@ Editrixie: "fell for this prank"? Honestly, did you even read what I wrote, or even the title, where I jokingly compared this to Sasquatch, a mythical creature? The entire piece was written skeptically, and I ultimately got in touch with corporate to confirm that there's no such animal.

PhilShubano

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:56:46 -0500

There is a group named "Pachyderm & Buck" who is claiming responsibility for this. http://www.facebook.com/people/Pachyderm-Buck/665025017

Editrixie

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:53:23 -0500

I can't believe Gothamist fell for this prank.

MT49

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:22:00 -0500

that's great work, but those are so not starbucks lids!

NannyState

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:06:30 -0500

Schtarbuchs Kaffee.

asg749d

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:54:54 -0500

I called (and went to) the Starbucks on Johnson Ave in Riverdale and they DO NOT have such a cup. I am sure this is a brilliant, if cheap, photoshop job.

ides_of_march

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:07:34 -0500

Calling all Muslims: time to act offended and seethe with outrage.

pkreder

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:06:31 -0500

The only thing Starbucks cups are good for are for taking emergency dumps in...or pissing in.

valeriob

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:00:36 -0500

Yea... who cares? It's blue with a candlestick. Not only is it unofficial, but if they were going for the real jewish Holiday, they would've put those two extra candles.

donner

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:54:57 -0500

Ummm... yes #3 that's totally a kwanzaa candle. Wtf?

pete

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:40:38 -0500

Viral marketing by NYU interns hired by Starbucks's ad agency.

MatthewJC

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:38:15 -0500

Mmmmmmm... Shamrock shake.

icedespresso

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:30:01 -0500

Wow - that is so homemade. I mean - you can see the stencil lines!

JenChungsBra

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:32:14 -0500

Regardless, it's missing two candles.

acrocksyo

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:30:50 -0500

It's not real. Look at the lid of the coffee. It's not a starbucks coffee lid. You guys are gullible

HowBoutDemCowboys

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:22:49 -0500

Oh no, someone used the word Christmas during the Holiday season. Burn them at the stake!

EricGewiz

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:05:20 -0500

Where's their Festivus Blend?! Coffee made with guilt and a steel pipe!

rbeshenk

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:41:17 -0500

I call photoshop on this one. I quit a short stint at Starbucks in my youth when I was told by the manager that our store was "too small" to hold any Hannukah merchandise, and so he had only ordered Christmas decor. They had a Jewish CEO, half our customers at that location were Jewish (34th and 8th), and they sell kosher syrup, but they had no room for a few measly bags of Hannuka gelt? Screw Starbucks. I doubt they're throwing down anything for the tribe.

SNeaker

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:39:57 -0500

zpk- not sure if you're serious, but Starbucks coffees and syrups are kosher. Some of their blended drinks are not though.

Paul_Ale

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:38:19 -0500

Try calling the Starbucks on Johnson Ave in Riverdale (Bronx). That's a big Jewish neighborhood.

r1b2

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:33:53 -0500

Isn't that a Kwanzaa candle holder? Oy vey!

zpk

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:29:44 -0500

And when you do find it... Is their coffee kosher?

hugomania

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:19:35 -0500

On the eighth (and missing candle) day of Hanukah, they drank Coke.