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Chicago Rabbinical Council

Guide to Starbucks Beverages

February 2011

Starbucks shops serve many kosher and non-kosher items, with the most

serious non-kosher item being hot meat sandwiches. The standard daily

clean up at Starbucks includes a hot wash of all utensils and some

parts of that washing are done without soap. This clean up process

significantly challenges the kosher status of the otherwise kosher

products and each product must be judged by a competent halachic

authority. The cRc will be printing a detailed review and analysis of

this topic in the upcoming edition of The Journal of Halacha and

Contemporary Society, and that article will subsequently be available

on the cRc website.

The good news is that there are many Starbucks locations that do not

serve hot meat sandwiches. These are generally the Starbucks kiosks

that can be found in airports, department stores, supermarkets, etc.,

and at these locations the cRc is comfortable recommending any drink

made from kosher ingredients (even though some others use ingredients

that may not be kosher).

This list is accurate at this time for stores in the United States,

and does not address toppings and other items added to beverages.

Since the information on this list is subject to change, this list

should not be used after June 30, 2011.

Note: I just tried this link and it does not work, but it worked earlier. Strange. This link from Google is also broken.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=&q=Chicago+Rabbinical+Council+Guide+to+Starbucks+Beverages+February+2011&sourceid=navclient-ff&rlz=1B3GGLL_enUS413US413&ie=UTF-8