Posted on 09/11/2007 6:34:11 AM PDT by Hydroshock
Kamyra L. Harding never gives her son coffee or soda, and rarely opts for treats such as chocolate cupcakes. But about twice a month, the mom does give in to her 4-year-old son Garrett David Brands request for a Chai tea latte from Starbucks.
People here already know us, Harding said on a recent visit to a Starbucks on New York's Upper West Side. They know we want extra milk.
Garrett has been a regular Starbucks customer since he could hold a cup, his mother says. Now when he passes a Starbucks he says, I want to buy this tea.
Starbucks, keenly aware of the pitfalls of being seen as trying to lure kids to drink sweet, caffeinated beverages, has for years insisted that it does not market to children even as stroller traffic jams build outside some stores and teenagers pack others.
Now, however, the company is revising its stance on kids, acknowledging that the under-18 set has become part of the coffee chains customer base.
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All I get from there is hot chocolate, during the winter it’s their peppermint hot chocolate.
“Give me 2 tall lattes and 1 ritalin. To go.”
No worries. These upper west (and east) side kids are probably already on Ritalin, so drink up!
Tea does not contain all that much caffeine. The effect is different from coffee. I can drink tea all day and never get strung out. One cup of coffee and I am wired.
Sipping a cup of Golden Nepal-Kanyam Estate 2nd Flush
That’s m’ boy!
It’s interesting: when I was growing up, coffee seemed to be treated as some kind of dangerous drug that was strictly off-limits to kids. Now they’re all Red Bull junkies. ;)
Sounds like he's ready to move on to another product from Columbia.
“Here is your coffee Johnny.....and have a good day at school.”
Did you ever get a chance to try Chantico? It was available during 2005 only - got yanked for poor sales.
It was the best hot chocolate EVER. It was like drinking a melted Hershey bar.
If caffeine did anything to me, I’d drink at least one of those daily.
My dad was a carpenter, he always had coffee in the morning, he started to serve it up to me when I was 6.
I don’t know if I would want to drink melted chocolate. It seems a bit thick to me.
Good for them. I love the Free Market. :)
a. If you’re stupid enough (as a parent) to let your kid get hopped up on caffeine, you can always give him a Ritalin tab later in the day, Right? *SMIRK*
b. As a parent, you can say “NO” to Starbucks, just as you do to Mountain Dew, or other things you don’t want young children to have. When my boys were teens, they could have junk if they wanted it, but they had to spend their OWN money on it. That kept the Mountain Dew & Cheeto consumption down to a very manageable level.
c. I get the feeling that this author is one step away from calling for regulation of caffeine for kids, which smacks of “Nanny Stater” to me. I’m from a very German family; we had coffee from toddler-hood on, with lots of milk and sugar.
d. Big deal. *SHRUG*
That’s not what it was, only what it tasted like - it was intense. Much the Euro-style drinking chocolate.
Oh, in that case, maybe I would try it.
Think about this: When kids forget their Ritalin, the teachers give them caffeine. It has the same effect although for a shorter period.
Sweet, mother of pearl!! What a rush!
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