Starbucks Offer Free Coffee For Those Who bring Their Own Cup, China Folks Brings Pots and Barrels Instead
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The Earth Day celebration is on 22 May 2021 where Starbucks of China announced that from 11 to 12 am on the 22nd, if you bring your own cup to the store, you will get a free cup of fresh drip coffee in a medium cup. However, when the majority of netizens heard “bring your own cup” and “free”, they all made their own plans, “cheap can’t wait for tomorrow.” “Only you can’t think of the scope of your own cup, but you can’t do it without you.” Any cup, basin, or even bucket that can be used is of great use.
Starbucks’ bring-your-own cup-free coffee event is actually to promote environmental protection on Earth Day and encourage consumers to reduce the use of disposable cups and tableware. However, the event also stipulates the free drink capacity, for example, the free oatmeal milk coffee is 330ml; that is, no matter how big the bucket is, it will not be full for you in the end.
The clerk at the Starbucks store in Shanghai Ganghui Plaza told the media that most of the activities are employees of nearby companies who work in exchange for coffee, so they are basically regular cups. A Starbucks clerk near a residential area in Shenzhen’s Futian District said that some people did come with a bucket of water. “The guests asked if we could fill it up, but we really couldn’t do it…”
source sinchewdaily