My One-Change
May 4th, 2006 by Mollie
This morning I decided to boycott Starbucks. I love Starbucks coffee (I hate using the word “love” for such meaningless things but I need to convey that this is more than just “like”). It is hard to beat a decaf-no-whip-non-fat-mocha. Infact, I think one of the few things that can beat it is a decaf, no whip, bring on the fat because come on what’s the point on healthifing a mocha, mocha. Man those are so good…and…I am boycotting it. I made the decision as I was driving my husband and myself to Starbucks to get a morning treat (and whether we have it once every three months or 4 times a week, I always considered it a treat). This was no rash taken-by-the-moment decision. I’ve known for a long time that I was one day going to do it. I just didn’t know that it was going to be today. I made my declaration out loud in the car to my husband. I gave him all the reasons why and I talked with the passion and spunk of the Boston Tea Party (I’m pretty sure they had spunk). I told him that it wasn’t just an attack on big business, that it was because this big HUGE worldwide business was not using organic, shade-grown, fair trade coffee and I could not support the use of something that caused so much damage. I know that they sell (very limited amounts of) organic, shade grown, and fair trade coffee in their stores, but unfortunately that is not what they have chosen to use in their regular brewing of coffee or drink concoctions.
While emoting, I continued to drive my husband to Starbucks where he picked up a V-latte for himself and Mike and where I sat in my car in the parking with my seatbelt tightly fastened so that I wouldn’t be tempted to go get one last mocha treat. Instead I will finish off the decaf organic Starbucks coffee beans that I have at home and when finished, replace them with decaf-fair-trade-shade-grown-coffee with maybe the occasional mix-in of fair trade organic chocolate.
Follow up post Thank you.