High school students start day with caffeine addiction
December 8, 2009
By Brittany Cardoza
By Brittany Cardoza
Winter in the Northwest brings the dark and the rain. Waking up and leaving for school in the dark is never pleasant, but knowing that I will be getting rained on during the six-minute walk from the student parking lot of Eastside Catholic to the doors of school makes getting out of bed even more difficult.
When the streak of rainy days started earlier this fall, I began to rely on coffee to start my day. My coffee keeps my hands warm as I wait for my car to warm up in the morning.
It also wakes me up enough to be alert and productive during my first period journalism class.
But during the holiday season, a simple cup of coffee in the morning does more than just this.
The baristas say good morning and always have a smile on their face. I often see friends from school in line and everyone seems a bit brighter when they know they will be able to start their day with coffee.
Though many say high school students are too young to drink coffee, it sure isn’t stopping plateau teens from contributing to Starbucks’s profits.
Coffee at this time of year also brings another small pleasure. For the past two months, my friends and I had all been waiting for Starbucks to break out the holiday cups.
Though many don’t pay much attention to the cups their coffee comes in any other time of year, when the holiday cups came out on Nov. 3 many Starbucks customers left the store just a bit more content.
The coffee cup that helps me get up in the morning and through first and second period now reminds me of my favorite time of year, Christmas.
If you take time to read the red cup, you will notice that it has inspiring and jolly phrases that are just as much of a pick me up as the coffee inside.
Along with the words peace, bright, wish, hope and love are phrases such as “I wish grown-ups could remember being kids,” or “I wish for a snow day.”
These simple words on a cup of coffee can make your day.
I know this because on the day that the holiday cup came out, at least 10 of my friends posted statuses on Facebook such as “I love Starbucks Christmas cups” or “Christmas cups make everything better.”
Not only do the simple, holiday-inspired cups make the experience of a winter coffee at Starbucks enjoyable, but also the atmosphere of the store itself can make you feel warm and fuzzy.
There is a seasonal section on the menu and other wintertime adaptations of your favorite drink.
The coffee craze has certainly captured Eastside Catholic. Shortly after the holiday cups came out it was reported that 75 students were late to school on a late start Thursday.
A considerable amount of them had the well-known holiday cups from Starbucks in their hands.
Winter in the Northwest brings the dark and the rain. Waking up and leaving for school in the dark is never pleasant, but knowing that I will be getting rained on during the six-minute walk from the student parking lot of Eastside Catholic to the doors of school makes getting out of bed even more difficult.
When the streak of rainy days started earlier this fall, I began to rely on coffee to start my day. My coffee keeps my hands warm as I wait for my car to warm up in the morning.
It also wakes me up enough to be alert and productive during my first period journalism class.
But during the holiday season, a simple cup of coffee in the morning does more than just this.
The baristas say good morning and always have a smile on their face. I often see friends from school in line and everyone seems a bit brighter when they know they will be able to start their day with coffee.
Though many say high school students are too young to drink coffee, it sure isn’t stopping plateau teens from contributing to Starbucks’s profits.
Coffee at this time of year also brings another small pleasure. For the past two months, my friends and I had all been waiting for Starbucks to break out the holiday cups.
Though many don’t pay much attention to the cups their coffee comes in any other time of year, when the holiday cups came out on Nov. 3 many Starbucks customers left the store just a bit more content.
The coffee cup that helps me get up in the morning and through first and second period now reminds me of my favorite time of year, Christmas.
If you take time to read the red cup, you will notice that it has inspiring and jolly phrases that are just as much of a pick me up as the coffee inside.
Along with the words peace, bright, wish, hope and love are phrases such as “I wish grown-ups could remember being kids,” or “I wish for a snow day.”
These simple words on a cup of coffee can make your day.
I know this because on the day that the holiday cup came out, at least 10 of my friends posted statuses on Facebook such as “I love Starbucks Christmas cups” or “Christmas cups make everything better.”
Not only do the simple, holiday-inspired cups make the experience of a winter coffee at Starbucks enjoyable, but also the atmosphere of the store itself can make you feel warm and fuzzy.
There is a seasonal section on the menu and other wintertime adaptations of your favorite drink.
The coffee craze has certainly captured Eastside Catholic. Shortly after the holiday cups came out it was reported that 75 students were late to school on a late start Thursday.
A considerable amount of them had the well-known holiday cups from Starbucks in their hands.
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