I may not have mastered the Art of Fiction.
I have mastered the Art of Cheap Starbucks Coffee.
As an underemployed fellow who loves his Starbucks coffee, I have developed the fine art of Starbucks refills. With limited funds, it is important to keep costs down. I can get quite a bit more coffee at $0.53 a cup, rather than $2.12. I am not sure about Starbuck’s policy regarding refills on subsequent visits, but I have only once had a Starbucks shop tell me that they only give refills for the same visit. I often stick a Starbucks coffee cup in the cupboard and then swing by a Starbucks the next morning. I do believe the first refill is supposed to be $1.50 minus $0.10, plus tax, but usually I only get charged the $0.53.
When storing a Starbucks coffee cup, remove the lid and place it upside down on top of the cup. Coffee trapped around the lip of the cup, makes the lip mushy, especially at the seam. If you aren’t careful, you’ll grab the top of the cup while you are driving, and the cup will collapse. The lid flies off, and you have a fist full of coffee. For this reason, you also should try not to reheat the coffee too often. While the coffee is more enjoyable warm, reheating the coffee also creates condensation on the underside of the lid, which also contributes to mushy cup lip.
I rinse the cup out a bit when I am done. The little bit of coffee that lingers in the cup soaks into the seams around the bottom and up the side of the cup, leading to a shorter coffee cup life. Once I see little bits of brown through the bottom or around the base of the cup, I know it is time to throw it away. Otherwise, I risk coffee seeping out of the refilled cup, creating a puddle on the library table.
When confronted with this situation, I become panicked. I can’t just throw the coffee out. That would be terrible. I can’t chug it all down. It must be savored. Sometimes, I can forestall the cups demise and creating a mess by grabbing some paper towels and wrapping them around the base of the cup and holding the towels in place with the cup sleeve. Unfortunately, this stopgap measure only goes so far, especially since I always order a large. (I’m too stubborn to order a Venti.)
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