Drink Coffee, Brehs

[kermit da hustla]

In Hong Kong, Starbucks patrons are upset and for good reason: the coffee chain's Central Hong Kong branch has used "toilet water" to brew coffee since it opened two years ago.

According to Apple Daily, a staffer would push a cart into a men's restroom in a nearby parking garage, fill it will water, and then push the cart back to Starbucks, where the "toilet water" would be then filtered. This would happen up to seventy times a day. The bathroom faucet was used because there was no nearby water source.

The faucet that Starbucks used was only a few feet away from a urinal. There were concerns about hygiene, and Hong Kong's Food and Environmental Hygiene Department told Apple Daily that this Starbucks' use of water was not within regulations. Since this discovery, the department has apparently issued a warning to the coffee chain's Central Hong Kong restaurant.

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Ben Cowling, associate professor from the University of Hong Kong’s School of Public Health, told HK Magazine that filtering the water should remove harmful bacteria. However, a purifier would be necessary to remove the smaller-sized viruses that could be present in the water.

But that wasn't his only concern, HK Magazine pointed out. "If the staff need to frequently visit the toilet, they may increase the risk of bringing other pathogens from the washroom into their food and drink preparation area," Cowling added.

Patrons are understandably upset. One woman told Apple Daily that it was Starbucks' responsiblity to have a clean water supply, no matter the cost. "People with common sense wouldn't have used the water from toilet pipes," said a male Hong Kong resident. Many Starbucks patrons expressed uneasiness about the whole situation.

While it might be debatable whether what we all are drinking is technically "toilet water", the thing that many patrons seem to find most offensive is where the water was taken from—literally, a faucet next to a urinal.

"Making huge profits globally but chose [SIC] to use toilet water for making coffee in that store rather than spending a few cents to use distilled water," wrote Hong Kong resident Kevin L on the Starbucks Facebook page. "We pay a few dollars to buy a cup of coffee (and you know your profit margin) and we get this kind of disrespect for our mind and health!"

 

[-G$-]

post news articles about hong kong for a message board that 95% located in north america, breh

 

[kermit da hustla]

post news articles about hong kong for a message board that 95% located in north america, breh

starbucks is an international company. don't think they're not pulling that same shyt over here. but you keep drinking that coffee, breh.

 

[god shamgod]

Coffee is disgusting.I've drank it maybe 3 times in life this don't apply to me

 

[Rawtid]

As I listen to the Joe Rogan podcast with the guy that invented Bullet Proof coffee which I would love to try...for free though.

 

[-G$-]

starbucks is an international company. don't think they're not pulling that same shyt over here. but you keep drinking that coffee, breh.

i brew my own coffee, white boy.

 

[kermit da hustla]

i brew my own coffee, white boy.

white?





i notice you had shyt to say about starbucks being an international entity.

 

[kermit da hustla]

Coffee is disgusting.I've drank it maybe 3 times in life this don't apply to me

coffee is indeed disgusting. that's why i guzzle down a cup in just a few seconds. gets me the caffeine boost without having to taste the shyt.

 

[-G$-]

white?





i notice you had shyt to say about starbucks being an international entity.

i notice you didn't have shyt to say about the fact that this article is talking about one single location for an international company that has 10's of 1000's all over the globe.

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

starbucks is an international company. don't think they're not pulling that same shyt over here. but you keep drinking that coffee, breh.

Starbucks in america IS NOT doing that

 

[kermit da hustla]

Starbucks in america IS NOT doing that

i'm sure motherfukkers in hong kong would say the same thing about this store if the story originated in a manhattan starbucks.

 

[HookersandIceCream]

How's this different than water that comes from the kitchen sink?

 

[semtex]

I brew my great value coffee at home fukk dat expensive shyt

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

i'm sure motherfukkers in hong kong would say the same thing about this store if the story originated in a manhattan starbucks.

Why WOULD they do that? Water from that faucet isnt CHEAPER than clean source in america. There is no advantage to this in america and here everyone would say STOP immediately.

Are you that dense?

 

[HookersandIceCream]

Still better than using Molly Watr.