The cups are extremely, inexplicably popular. The holiday edition, featuring a candy cane-striped straw, has already sold out online, can barely stay on the shelves in Starbucks stores, and sells for a significant markup on eBay.
(Of course, if you're looking for a way to reuse your disposable coffee cups, you could always attach them to your car roof.)
Grande To Go Holiday Cold Cup [Starbucks] (Thanks, Naomi!)
]]>If I were any sort of smart inventive soul, I would be that person, because I've had this idea for a few years without any way of making it happen. I've kicked around ideas for a mini-tray or some sort of snap-lid box, but in any event, I'm sure local health codes would kill any such idea. Or worst of all, this isn't a new idea at all and I'm a dummy for thinking it was original.
]]>My wife got one of the older ones. She uses it daily for iced coffees at her work and also for water. The cups are getting used *constantly* around here.
]]>I just saw these minus the Starbucks logo at ROSS for $3.99. However I have the Starbucks one.
]]>If you are looking for one, try the non-corporate stores like the ones in Macy's...I saw a basket full of them the other day.
]]>I'm sure there are Starbucks stickers and whatnot the true brand loyalists could throw on it...
]]>One of her 6-figure-yuppie friends accidentally left one of these cups in the coffee shop, and my mom had no idea what it was and threw it away. Her friend came back the next day desparately looking for it; apparently when they aren't in the starbucks stores, these cups can go for $100 on ebay, and that's where my mom's friend got hers.
This middle-aged rich lady literally went out to the church dumpster and dived for her cup for an hour. And found it.
]]>Now, how fast you hit 150 times is another question... (sips iced coffee in the middle of November (in Connecticut))
]]>@LucyTuzy:
I have the paper cup style grande mug. It's great around the house, but not practical enough to take with me everywhere.
]]>These went o nSale the 17th and we sold out the next day!
]]>@Kimaroo - Fortified with Kittydus Purrularis:
I coveted one today as I waited in line- touched the cute straw, marvelled at its near-perfect replica-ness.
Then i realized that-
1) i only buy hot drinks froms Starbucks.
2) It cost more than I'm willing to spend on a novelty plastic cup that doesn't allow free refills.
If the cup isn't clean it could contaminate the counter any any equipment they actually put in it like mixing spoons.
]]>Reventi?
Grandiagain?
I have a couple but I mostly use the 20 oz travel cup I got from Peet's for 7 bucks that has a lock down lid and works for cold or hot just fine.
]]>Weird - most starbucks I go to have a "policy" of not filling refillable cups due to "health concerns." It's a major pita and waste of cups. Glad to hear that's not universal.
]]>I saw these months ago, and Mr. Aroo and I both thought they were neat in a novelty sort of way.. but then I turned the bottom up and we saw the price.
We put it down carefully and slowly walked away. The free plastic ones will do nicely, thank you.
]]>Probably i'd just use one of the cheap plastic resuable cups my gas station sells. Caribou (at least the one by my work) is willing to just refill that for me. (slaps hands so I don't do the starbucks tastes burnt post that i've been waiting for)
]]>The Venti sized cups are nearly impossible to find. My husband has requests to grab what he can from friends and family when they finally appear in his store. They'll occasionally make reappearances in the online store, and if you follow @starbucks on twitter, they'll let you know when they're there.
]]>@colorisnteverything: IIRC, the last time I was in Starbucks, I looked at the cup and there was a piece of paper inside the cup, and it had a warning label saying that you should not use this for hot beverages.
]]>I just can't hang with reusable cups. Too much leaking, and forgetting where I left them, and not having them clean and ready when I want them, and having them break. I've become a fan of disposable cups w/ lids that I buy at the store.
]]>Thank you for letting people know of ways to re-use us to let us live on!
]]>So, yeah, wouldn't buy this.
]]>I admit, I kind of want one, but it seems to me that the ceramic coffee cup that looks like the paper cup Starbucks uses for hot coffee would be doubly useful. You can use it for cold and hot beverages. This plastic one is only for cold ones, which is sad, since there's no way I'm going to drink a cold beverage when it's 35 degrees outside.
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