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Lawsuit claims Starbucks summer drinks are not fruity enough

Starbucks Refreshers are allegedly packed with sugar and white grape juice concentrate.

Lawsuit claims Starbucks summer drinks are not fruity enough

Starbucks Refreshers are allegedly packed with sugar and white grape juice concentrate.

coffee fans often like to customize their drink orders at their local Starbucks, but there are those who take this to the extreme. Recently, a barista tweeted a photo of a crazy drink order that went viral and soon many barista started to share horror stories of drinks they've had to make according to huffpost, there is no secret menu, but Starbucks lets customers customize their drinks up to 170,000 different ways. If you want to order elaborate drinks, here's how to do it without being a jerk if you're going off the menu, remember specific ingredients, not just names you saw on social media. Keep in mind you're ordering from a person, just like you make requests, not demands and always tip. If your drink is perfect, let your barista know how much you appreciate it. Vice spoke to some baristas who wanted to stress that they're happy to give you whatever drink you want. They just want people to be more patient. A barista also pointed out that many would prefer not to be filmed for social media while doing their job.
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Lawsuit claims Starbucks summer drinks are not fruity enough

Starbucks Refreshers are allegedly packed with sugar and white grape juice concentrate.

A New York City woman was less than pleased to discover that her fruity Starbucks Refresher drink was lacking an important ingredient: fruit.The Seattle Times reports that Queens resident Joan Kominis was so angry with Starbucks that she filed a class action lawsuit against the chain. She was understandably bothered by the lack of mango, passionfruit, and acai in Refreshers that claim to include those ingredients."Despite their names, and unbeknownst to consumers, the Mango Dragonfruit and Mango Dragonfruit Lemonade Refreshers contain no mango, the Pineapple Passionfruit and Pineapple Passionfruit Lemonade Refreshers contain no passionfruit, and the Strawberry Acai and Strawberry Acai Lemonade Refreshers contain no acai," said Joan Kominis in the lawsuit, which was filed this month.Kominis claims that instead of fresh fruit, the Starbucks Refreshers are loaded with sugar and white grape juice concentrate. According to the Starbucks website, the primary ingredients in the Mango Dragonfruit Refresher are ice, a "mango dragonfruit refreshers base," and freeze-dried dragonfruit pieces. The mango dragonfruit refreshers base is comprised of water, sugar, white grape juice concentrate, natural flavors, citric acid, and natural green coffee flavor.And the new Paradise Drink Refresher's only fruit ingredients are coconut milk and freeze-dried pineapple. The lawsuit claims that Kominis would not have paid a "premium price" for the drink had she known about the absence of fruit. "Plaintiff and other consumers purchased the products and paid a premium price based upon their reliance on defendant's naming of the products," Kominis said. "Had Plaintiff and other consumers been aware that the products are missing one of the named fruits, they would not have purchased the products or would have paid significantly less for them.""We are aware of the lawsuit," a Starbucks spokesperson told Delish. "The allegations in the complaint are inaccurate and without merit. We look forward to defending ourselves against these claims."

A woman was less than pleased to discover that her fruity drink was lacking an important ingredient: fruit.

reports that Queens resident Joan Kominis was so angry with Starbucks that she filed a class action lawsuit against the chain. She was understandably bothered by the lack of mango, passionfruit, and acai in Refreshers that claim to include those ingredients.

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"Despite their names, and unbeknownst to consumers, the Mango Dragonfruit and Mango Dragonfruit Lemonade Refreshers contain no mango, the Pineapple Passionfruit and Pineapple Passionfruit Lemonade Refreshers contain no passionfruit, and the Strawberry Acai and Strawberry Acai Lemonade Refreshers contain no acai," said Joan Kominis in the lawsuit, which was filed this month.

Kominis claims that instead of fresh fruit, the Refreshers are loaded with sugar and white grape juice concentrate.

According to the Starbucks website, the primary ingredients in the Mango Dragonfruit Refresher are ice, a "mango dragonfruit refreshers base," and freeze-dried dragonfruit pieces. The mango dragonfruit refreshers base is comprised of water, sugar, white grape juice concentrate, natural flavors, citric acid, and natural green coffee flavor.

And the new Paradise Drink Refresher's only fruit ingredients are coconut milk and freeze-dried pineapple.

The lawsuit claims that Kominis would not have paid a "premium price" for the drink had she known about the absence of fruit.

"Plaintiff and other consumers purchased the products and paid a premium price based upon their reliance on defendant's naming of the products," Kominis said. "Had Plaintiff and other consumers been aware that the products are missing one of the named fruits, they would not have purchased the products or would have paid significantly less for them."

"We are aware of the lawsuit," a Starbucks spokesperson told Delish. "The allegations in the complaint are inaccurate and without merit. We look forward to defending ourselves against these claims."