[Dr.Zoidberg]

Mmmm... bugalicious.

Not that I like charbcks coffee, but if they are willing to thumb their noses at the vegetards. I might be influenced to buy a cup.

[LadyDoc]

first they complain about chemicals and now they complain about “natural ingredients”.

[Delta 21]

Now they will raise the price again.

SUCKERS !!!

[hinckley buzzard]

Anyone stupid enough to piss away good money on overcooked Starbucks "coffee" deserves bugs in their little drinkie.

[ConservativeStatement]

[a fool in paradise]

“We’ve secretly replaced the fine coffee they usually serve with ground up bug guts.”

[NavyCanDo]

Thought this was funny until I found the same red dye is used in the strawberry milk I like for lunch, among many other products.

[WMarshal]

Cochineal bugs are not all that gross. They are like aphids in that they suck juice from plants, specifically cactus. You can find them as far north as Phoenix where they commonly infest the pads of prickly-pear cactus. You don't see them directly because they spin a white, cottony webbing over themselves, typically around a group of thorns. Also they are so small they are hard to see individually.

Squeeze the cottony stuff between your fingers and it will stain them a purple red and it will not wash off. Before chemical dyes were developed in the 19th century cochineal was the best bright red dye available.

If you can eat a shrimp (cockroach-like, bottom-dwelling, scum suckers) these should not give you the creeps.

[imardmd1]

Kissed a girl lately?

All red lipstick is just pretty much cochineal ground up bugs dispersed in carnauba wax (also used in Simoniz car wax) and castor oil. Tasty.

[9YearLurker]

Source of the name “bug juice”?

[4yearlurker]

I’ve read that they have been using these little buggers in ice cream,baked goods and yogurt for a while now.