People Are Obviously Overreacting to Starbucks' New Green Cups

With theofficial income tax return of Starbucks ' holiday drinkson Tuesday , you’re able to now get your seasonal Gingerbread Latte , Chestnut Praline Latte , or Eggnog Latte fix . But do n’t look your next Peppermint Mocha be do in one of Starbuck ’s iconic scarlet holiday cup . At least , not yet .

or else , Starbucks has launched all - new , limited edition green cup alongside the comeback of its vacation drink card , breaking with the tradition the umber giant has teach you to require over the year . The new definitely not - red cups are meant to celebrate I amid the bruising election and have a arial mosaic of more than a hundred people drawn in a single , uninterrupted stroke , according to apress release .

But despite the positive instruction Starbucks is making with the cups , all the green has leave some people , well , seeing red ( sorry , we had to ) .

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Despite all the caffeinated fury and vitriol , it turns out thatStarbucksdid notsay the green cup is replace the ruddy holiday cups , but just that your drinks will be served in them for a circumscribed time starting November 1st . Considering the green loving cup ’s obvious pin to the 2016 election , it ’s probably safe to expect the red cups to return sometimeafterElection Day , November 8th . Thankfully , countless other people are responding with some reason .

advantageously yet , a theory has go forth that propose the green cups is Starbucks ' direction of give a bounteous middle finger to all the people whofoamed at the mouth over the company ’s Christmas ribbon - less flushed cups last yr .

At the end of the Clarence Shepard Day Jr. , critics of the green cups will be the loudest , but plenty of other mass have tweeted to commend Starbucks its herculean call for oneness , and of course of study , because they look nice , too .

Again , Starbucks made no mention of when it will plunge its dear and , apparently , widely mourn red cups , but all augury indicate that it ’ll be soon after Election Day . In the lag , all we can do is promise that the message of come together as a community is n’t drown out by all of the complaining .