Kosher Alert: No Frapaccinos are certified kosher at any Starbucks!

According to the Kosherstarbucks.com, Starbucks is rolling out a new Frappaccion base that is not certified kosher. Therefore they are reccomending not to drink any Frapaccino products sold at Starbucks. spread the word to any of your iced bean slurping friends....

Starbucks: Kosher and Non- Kosher

As the summer heat rages on, one might find ones self in dire need of a beverage to cool down. For many coffee lovers this means sitting down with an ice cold coffee (can you feel it?) on a hot summer afternoon. Many people are wondering what they can and can't order from their local Starbucks in the way of iced coffee or a frapuccino but now the questions have been answered. Two Starbucks fanatics have done the leg work for you on a website entitled Kosherstarbucks.com . As time has progressed the creators Uri and Moshe Ort, have collected a wealth of information about the kosher certification of various items at Starbucks. You can always double check with your local Rabbi but it's nice to know someone is looking into it. If you want to save your mony here is a reciepe to make your very own kosher frapuccino.

• make 6 cups of dark roast coffee for the best flavor
• use 2/3 of a cup of cocoa powder, plus additional cocoa powder for garnish
• 2 cups nonfat milk for the best results

Directions

Fill ice-cube trays with half of the brewed coffee and place in the freezer. In a bowl, combine the remaining brewed coffee, cocoa powder and milk and stir to dissolve the cocoa. Cover and chill.

When the ice cubes have frozen, put them in a blender and grind them but not too much, just enough so they . Fill 4 glasses with the crushed ice and divide the coffee-cocoa mixture evenly among them. Dust the top with cocoa powder and serve.

You can also put whipped cream on top for the final touch.

Kosher Summer: Starbucks Frappuccino®

Well now that summer is here it's out with the iced drinks. It's important when purchasing drinks to make sure they are kosher and not just drink what you may have seen some dude with a yarmulka drinking. Many people are under the impression that Starbucks Frappuccinos are kosher, which they are if purchased in a bottle. Buy one from a store and it's another story entirely. I found a great site that goes through a lot of information:kosherstarbucks.com. For some other information be sure to check out this pdf from the CRC. Kosherstabucks maintains the following:

Frappuccino® is made with the following: base, flavoring, ice. There are two kind of bases, crème base and coffee base. Coffee base is not kosher and Crème base is kosher. Some flavors are made with coffee base by default, and some with creme base by default. We formulated our list based on how the drink is made by default. Therefore, if you request a kosher syrup(see Syrups) and you specificly ask for a creme based Frappuccino® it will be kosher. For example, a creme based Cinnamon Dolce Frappuccino® is kosher even though it's on the "not recommended list" because by default it's made with coffee base. The site goes on to explain it further and is very informative and as always be sure to check with your local Rabbi for confirmation.