Word: frappuccinos
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...friends regularly tease me about how sweet I like coffee, yet I find myself judging those with tastes even more indulgent than mine—O ye lowly disciples of the white chocolate mocha and bottled Starbucks Frappuccino! But why? We’d never criticize someone for a preference for seafood, Russian dressing, or whole wheat bread. There’s no reason why one’s choice of drink should be conflated with a character flaw...
...benefits fall short of its vision or how much it would need to raise prices if coffee were to climb to $2 per lb. Fair Trade "isn't the only reason I drink Starbucks, but it's a big one," says Connie Silver, a nurse, sipping a large, $4.15 Frappuccino outside a Miami store. Asked if she'd pay, say, $4.50 or even $5 to help absorb higher Fair Trade prices, Silver raises her eyebrows and says, "Wow, these days, that's a tough...
...cost of its tea bags by about 10% in the coming weeks. Patrons of Starbucks, a bulk buyer of those Arabica beans, may not notice too much change, insists José Sette, head of operations at the ICO. The cost of the coffee in your Dark Berry Mocha Frappuccino "is very small," he says. Expensive store rents and barista wages, he adds, "are much more important than coffee." (Read "Latte with Fries? McDonald's Takes Aim at Starbucks...
...hardly a secret how American children have come to this sickly pass. In the era of the 64-oz. soda, the 1,200-calorie burger and the 700-calorie Frappuccino, food companies now produce enough each day for every American to consume a belt-popping 3,800 calories per day, never mind that even an adult needs only 2,350 to survive. Not only are adults and kids alike consuming far more calories than they can possibly use, but they're also doing less and less with them. The transformation of American homes into high-def, Web-enabled, TiVo-equipped...
Walker does his best to help us wise up, but don't feel too bad the next time you enjoy your iPod or gulp down a Starbucks Frappuccino. You just can't help...