{"id":477,"date":"2008-04-14T21:56:48","date_gmt":"2008-04-14T21:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newkai.com\/"},"modified":"2010-12-14T02:50:54","modified_gmt":"2010-12-14T02:50:54","slug":"the-new-starbucks-plugs-the-lid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newkai.com\/2008\/the-new-starbucks-plugs-the-lid\/","title":{"rendered":"“The New Starbucks” Plugs the Lid"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It has finally happened. “The New Starbucks<\/a>” has come up with a solution to the much-despised (especially by myself) “sippy cup lid.” I can now confirm the availability of of a green plug with a rod that fits somewhat securely on the lid’s opening.<\/p>\n

Much in the fashion of\u00a0 Apple’s Mighty Mouse<\/a>, where the computer manufacturer came up with a two-button mouse that still technically is a one-button mouse, Starbucks obviously hasn’t wanted to admit its lid’s major shortcoming.<\/p>\n

From my limited research, limited to one Starbucks location in Manhattan, the plug\/rod device is only available upon special request. Upon my proclamation that this invention was long overdue and would have saved me\u00a0 several burns and cleanups<\/a> had it come out earlier, one barista informed the other that “it’s true, you can find complaints about these lids all over the internet.”<\/p>\n

Maybe this “New Starbucks” idea isn’t so bad. They might have killed the breakfast sandwich, but this new lid and the new\u00a0 Pike Place Roast<\/a>, which doesn’t charcoal your mouth nearly as much, do represent significant improvements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"