http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2008/04/14/open-letter-to-coffee-bean-about-reusable-mugs/ Sustainability, Environment, Progressive Politics, Peak Oil, Being Green. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:43:18 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2008/04/14/open-letter-to-coffee-bean-about-reusable-mugs/comment-page-1/#comment-15248 David Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:31:06 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=1665#comment-15248 It does seem that the USA LOVES to fill up the trash cans outside coffee shops. Even the people drinking the coffee in the store get them in paper cups - so strange and wasteful! It does seem that the USA LOVES to fill up the trash cans outside coffee shops. Even the people drinking the coffee in the store get them in paper cups – so strange and wasteful!

]]> http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2008/04/14/open-letter-to-coffee-bean-about-reusable-mugs/comment-page-1/#comment-15247 Kate Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:04:51 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=1665#comment-15247 I am in Australia where every coffee shop I go into still serves coffee in a china cup or mug! I never need to buy a take-away but there are a few places that do it and they use those wrinkly cardborad cups. My son has just returned from Europe where coffee is ALWAYS served in china and you can't even buy a take-away coffee (at not in the countries he visited). People sit and enjoy coffee and food, in Europe and mostly, here too. He said the USA was the only place where he has travelled from top to bottom and not been able to get a decent coffee so why bother?? I am in Australia where every coffee shop I go into still serves coffee in a china cup or mug! I never need to buy a take-away but there are a few places that do it and they use those wrinkly cardborad cups. My son has just returned from Europe where coffee is ALWAYS served in china and you can’t even buy a take-away coffee (at not in the countries he visited). People sit and enjoy coffee and food, in Europe and mostly, here too. He said the USA was the only place where he has travelled from top to bottom and not been able to get a decent coffee so why bother??

]]> http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2008/04/14/open-letter-to-coffee-bean-about-reusable-mugs/comment-page-1/#comment-15246 Heather Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:11:38 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=1665#comment-15246 This happened to me also - at my locally owned drive through coffee place. When I asked the barista about it, she really didn't get it. She just kept saying, "I'm sorry, would you like me to remake it?" Like the problem was something with what she put in the cup, not that she wasted a paper cup for no reason! Finally I conveyed the issue and she said that because the size of coffee that I had ordered (12 oz.) was less than what my cup holds (16 oz.) she didn't know how much to add without the paper cup. Hmmm.... not sure that I buy it. Eyeball it, for pete's sake! This happened to me also – at my locally owned drive through coffee place. When I asked the barista about it, she really didn’t get it. She just kept saying, “I’m sorry, would you like me to remake it?” Like the problem was something with what she put in the cup, not that she wasted a paper cup for no reason! Finally I conveyed the issue and she said that because the size of coffee that I had ordered (12 oz.) was less than what my cup holds (16 oz.) she didn’t know how much to add without the paper cup. Hmmm…. not sure that I buy it. Eyeball it, for pete’s sake!

]]> http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2008/04/14/open-letter-to-coffee-bean-about-reusable-mugs/comment-page-1/#comment-15220 David Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:10:31 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=1665#comment-15220 Oh I will Chase...and hopefully they will listen. Oh I will Chase…and hopefully they will listen.

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