Is Starbucks kosher?

amother

Thu, Jan 07 2021, 11:47 pm

Dd wants to get a non caffeine drink there. And btw is the coffee there kosher?

amother

Lime

Thu, Jan 07 2021, 11:49 pm

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Beige

Thu, Jan 07 2021, 11:56 pm

They serve hot treif food. And there is no mashgiach.

singleagain

Thu, Jan 07 2021, 11:58 pm

I don't drink coffee but from what I remember my father told me once that plain back with black coffee is fine from anywhere

And and I drink the ice chai which is just a chai syrup and milk and sometimes I have some sugar-free vanilla and those ingredients are kosher and that's totally fine

singleagain

Thu, Jan 07 2021, 11:58 pm

Oh there is a website kosher Starbucks.com

https://kosherstarbucks.com/

amother

Beige

Fri, Jan 08 2021, 12:01 am

singleagain wrote:

The problem is that starbucks uses a metal carafe as opposed to a glass one. Metal is mekabel tuma.

amother

Beige

Fri, Jan 08 2021, 12:03 am

singleagain wrote:

Oh there is a website kosher Starbucks.com

https://kosherstarbucks.com/

I clicked on 4 of these at random. They all said “only permissible if the store does not sell meat or cheese”.
I haven’t seen a Starbucks in the past 2-3 years that doesn’t have either. Even the smaller kiosks now have hot sandwiches.

isrmss91

Fri, Jan 08 2021, 12:04 am

You can only get coffee at kiosks that strictly serve only coffee.
The stores that sell food are a problem. They wash the pots with the same items that are used to prepare trief. It is a problem.

singleagain

Fri, Jan 08 2021, 12:06 am

There's a Starbucks on route 9 in Howell I think that has some kosher chalav yisroel pastries

Also it's not a big an issue with the cold drinks. I drink ice chai

amother

Beige

Fri, Jan 08 2021, 12:09 am

singleagain wrote:

There's a Starbucks on route 9 in Howell I think that has some kosher chalav yisroel pastries

Also it's not a big an issue with the cold drinks. I drink ice chai

I’m not familiar with ice chai. Iced coffee is problematic.
I think the stores that sell kosher pastries are terrible, people are misled to think it’s a “kosher” Starbucks and there are no kashrus issues.

amother

Beige

Fri, Jan 08 2021, 12:11 am

singleagain wrote:

There's a Starbucks on route 9 in Howell I think that has some kosher chalav yisroel pastries

Also it's not a big an issue with the cold drinks. I drink ice chai

Btw that website you linked said ice chai is fine.

singleagain

Fri, Jan 08 2021, 12:16 am

amother [ Beige ] wrote:

Btw that website you linked said ice chai is fine.

Yes I am aware Ice chai is fine Ice chai is just liquid chai which is kosher and liquid milk which is kosher and I sometimes add a liquid kosher flavoring so there's legit no problem there I understand that other things are problematic but it also depends who you ask I think

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amother

Magenta

Fri, Jan 08 2021, 12:16 am

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You can only get coffee at kiosks that strictly serve only coffee.
The stores that sell food are a problem. They wash the pots with the same items that are used to prepare trief. It is a problem.

These types are usually found within other stores. Many Targets have them and in my city a few other grocery chains do too

This page from the Star-K has more info

https://www.star-k.org/article.....ucks/

tichellady

Fri, Jan 08 2021, 12:27 am

According to mainstream Halacha you can get coffee there ( if not pesach) and any syrup/powder that is hekshered is fine

amother

Smokey

Fri, Jan 08 2021, 1:40 am

They have a lot of bottled drinks, some have a hechsher.