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The Fascinating Story of How Those Tropical Insects Made It Into Your Starbucks Coffee
Starbucks has said it's stopping the use of bug-based red dye. Why? Making the stuff looks like so much fun!
You know the (false) old saw that in New York City, you're never more than 6 feet away from a rat? Well, in big cities it can kind of feel the same way with Starbucks establishments. Look at the galaxy of Starbucks around my office in downtown Washington, D.C.:
While the density of Seattle coffee slingers makes grabbing a hot one an easy task, it also means something else. We, as city residents, are surrounded by millions of bugs from Central and South America. And some of us eat them every day.