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It's not Black Starbucks this time! There are shit-shit bacteria in coffee!

Published: 2026-08-02 Author: World Gafei

Last Updated: 2026/08/02, The exchange of professional baristas please follow the coffee workshop (Wechat official account cafe_style) the British "BBC Watchdog" investigation department recently conducted spot checks on ice drinks in Starbucks, Costa Coffee and Caffe Nero, three major coffee chains in the UK. Unexpectedly, the ice cubes used in these three coffee shops were all found to have fecal bacteria fecal E. coli.

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The British "BBC Watchdog" investigation department recently conducted spot checks on iced drinks in Starbucks, Costa Coffee and Caffe Nero, three major coffee chains in the UK. Unexpectedly, the ice cubes used in these three coffee shops were found to have traces of E. coli in fecal bacteria faeces. The point is that this bacteria can only be found in feces and should not be found in food.

Shit!?? How did the shit get into the coffee?!

Tony Lewis, an expert from the British Institute of Environmental Health who participated in the survey, said: it was not the coffee that was contaminated, but the ice cubes used by the three stores. And the degree of pollution, several different bacteria, is too worrying.

It shouldn't have happened at all, "Tony Lewis said. "not to mention so many." He said that these bacteria may cause disease.

When I heard the news, the editor's first reaction was:

You want to hack my father again!?

In this survey, the BBC Watchdog team visited a total of 30 chain stores. In addition to testing food safety, they also tested the hygiene of desktops, plates and child seats.

Costa

Seven of the 10 cold drinks sampled were contaminated by "shit bacteria".

Starbucks

Three of the 10 samples of cold drinks were contaminated by "shit bacteria".

Nero

Three of the 10 samples of cold drinks were contaminated by "fecal bacteria", which were mainly composed of E. coli in feces.

Tony Lewis pointed out that these bacteria are conditional pathogens and are hotbeds of human diseases.

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In a word. Britain still has BBC to investigate, no matter whether the matter is true or not, at least some people are concerned about the safety of drinks. What about China?

After the release of the survey results, Costa clarified that its own company takes food hygiene quite seriously. Recently, the requirements for operating rules for the use of ice cubes have been raised for employees, and the company is replacing new ice makers all over the line.

Starbucks and Nero said the company would now investigate the situation and conduct a series of independent tests.

END

This is the end of the news, but the editor suddenly feels a little heavy. Many beverage shops around us are equipped with ice machines, but how many of them are really cleaned regularly? How long is the regular period? How to clean the ice maker?

The editor doesn't have an answer.

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