Welcome Back Free World
And Welcome Back To The Not So Free World
I am sorry that I have not done any blog post in a while, but it is good to be back
I have always been a fan of Starbucks beverages.I have not been a die hard fan where I would have a two beverages a day, only three a week.I always love the caramel frappaccino, THAT IS MY DRINK! I just love the taste of the caramel and the whip cream mixed with the coffee. When I have a stressful day I would get the calm herbal tea to relax me and when it is a hot day I would get the passion tea sweetened. But one drink I never got was the drink with the bugs,yes the drink with the bugs. You see I found out this week that the Starbucks uses cochineal extract in some of their beverages and food products such as Strawberries; Creme Frappuccinos and Strawberry Banana Smoothies, as well as red velvet whoopee pie, raspberry swirl cake, pink-iced mini donuts. The extract is made up of crushed bugs. I have seen episodes of man vs. wild and "Fear Factor" I always wondered what it would be like to eat bugs, but I would not actually do it. I wonder if soldiers who are stranded in the wild have made strawberry drink by getting strawberries from the forest and crush some bugs to survive.. Did Starbucks get this idea to use the bug contained cochineal extract from the producers of "Man vs. Wild" and "Fear Factor." It is a good thing that Starbucks decided to remove the cochineal from its drinks so they would not have to gross out the die hard drinkers and eaters of the red velvet whoopee pie and I WONDER WHAT THIS PIE IS MADE OF. And the swirl cake and pink iced mini donuts. It was a good thing Change.org petitioned the extract. I do not find it tempting or satisfying to have
