My Starbuck addiction

Okay..I confess...I have a terrible vice..... My morning Starbucks coffee..to be exact...a triple vente latte extra foamy .....


Almost every day I go to work...about 4 times a week I stop by my local
Starbucks and order one...they even know me by name, and when they see
me walk in..they get my cup ready before I even pay.

One morning I was standing in line...waiting for my morning caffeine
fix..I noticed a red bag of coffee...it said From Africa to
Africa...and there was a sign above it that said for every bag
sold..they donate $1.00 to the global fund ....This money will benefit
children and adults living with HIV.

So I got my coffee..and went to work. That night I started to try and
figure out if I could get an expresso machine...i could buy the coffee
and make my own Starbucks coffee..and donate to a good cause....

Problem...I priced expresso machines..and they can be as expensive as $1000.00

So I shopped around for a few days..and at my local department store there it was
An Expresso machine with a coffee maker attached for $109.00 :love-061:


I bought it and the coffee at Starbucks..and proceeded to experiment
...it's rather funny....never remove the grounds unless all the steam
is released...
Coffee everywhere :Ohnob: After about the 6th try...I got it...I was able to reproduce my triple vente latte..extra foamy


Now here is where it gets really good...check this out


I was spending $4.10 for every cup...that is.....

4.10 x 4= 16.40 a week or
52 x 16.40 = 852.80 every year

The coffee is 11.50 per bag and that is 1.5 bags a month..
or 17.50 a month

17.50 x 12 = 207.00

So my commitment to this Starbucks project was to donate...this gets really good..now follow me here...

I am now able to sponsor a child for $15.00 a month


here is her picture


Lonica Bwalya

http://www.livingcompassion.org/index3.html

so that is 180.00 per year

so.....I was spending 852.80 a year for coffee...


now I spend 207.00 + 180.00 = 387.00 a year

852.80 - 387.00 = $465.80

Wow....I'm saving $465.00 a year to sponsor a child and donate to the coffee bought at starbucks


This is a win win

Now how could I go wrong..and after watching this video....how could I resist

What a great story. Everybody wins. Except Starbucks LOL

Well...just remember I still have to buy the coffee at Starbucks...and the coffee is grown in Africa.

Although it is probably making some coffee grower rich...it is also employing the local workers..and it says right on the bag...for every bag sold $1.00 goes to the Children and Adults in Africa with HIV

Ahhhhh, Brook. What a great story!. Thanks for sharing.
Hugs to you sister.

brook, i made the same sort of math computations, years
ago: twice a day, while working from my little office on
main st.: double soy milk latte with cinnamon @ $3.50 ea
equalled $7 per day, plus tips, brought it to $9 x 5 = $45 wk
x 4 = $180 mo x 12 = $2160 yr
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now i'm thinkin', but never wanted to compute, how much on
puffie?
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about $50 every 5 or 6 days, omg
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those were "the good ole days"

Brook you must be an angel in Lonica eyes, congratulations on sponsoring a child.

Speaking of Coffee they did this experiment on two TV anchors who host the Today show here in oz. One was to be given de-caf coffee while the other would drink regular coffee during a couple of weeks. Getting up at the cracker dawn they both were very reliant on coffee. However they weren't told who would recieve the de-caf coffee or vice versa.

So it turned out one TV host seemed to have more energy and was able to get through the mornings easier and was determined they were drinking the regular coffee. Guess what they were drinking the de-caf. While the reverse effect was happening on the other host, felt a little more tired and drowsy but they were drinking the caffeinated coffee.

I cracked up..must be all in the mind.

i would like to try that, cuz if i don't have a little caffeine in the morning, i get a headache