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Starbucks began to provide glasses for cold drinks such as ice shake tea.

Published: 2026-05-13 Author: World Gafei

Last Updated: 2026/05/13, Once upon a time, people in the street had a disposable plastic cup; now, it is hard to get a cup. In order to reduce the dependence on disposable plastic cups, governments and catering brands have issued rules to prohibit the use of disposable plastic cups. Starting from next month, Starbucks in Japan will provide glasses for cold drinks.

Once upon a time, people in the street had a disposable plastic cup; now, it is hard to get a cup. In order to reduce the dependence on disposable plastic cups, governments and catering brands have issued rules to prohibit the use of disposable plastic cups. Starting from next month, Starbucks in Japan will provide glasses for cold drinks.

With the advent of summer, cold drinks begin to be missed. Careful friends should be able to observe that Starbucks takes out cold drinks not only in disposable plastic cups, but also in disposable cups. In order to achieve its goal of reducing plastic waste by 50% by 2030, Starbucks has launched a sustainability plan, one of which is to provide reusable cups to curb the use of disposable coffee cups.

Starbucks in Japan is following the sustainability plans of Starbucks in the United States and Starbucks in South Korea. Starbucks in Japan will provide glasses for cold drinks at 106 Starbucks stores in Japan from April 18, 2022. The size of these glasses will be suitable for small (Short), medium (Tall), large (Grand), oversized (Venti) cold drinks. Among them, cold drink glasses suitable for large and oversized glasses are only available in selection shops.

Friends are more or less impressed by the design of Starbucks glasses. Now that Starbucks in Japan offers glasses for cold drinks, does that mean you can have the opportunity to use some of Starbucks' scarce glasses in person? The answer to the question is: no. The cold drink glass provided by Starbucks is in the shape of an American Pinter cup with Starbucks logo printed on the outside.

Today's cold coffee drinks are designed with both patterns and layers, and are usually packed with transparent plastic cups, which are really suitable for taking pictures and clocking in.

With the shortage of oil resources and more and more serious environmental pollution, people have not formed the habit of going out with cups, and disposable cups are almost hard to get. Coffee workers in the United States have reported before. Coffee drinkers in the United States are about to drink coffee in their hands, and restaurants are also sharing disposable cups and lids with their peers. In addition, Starbucks has "enforced" environmental protection programs so that customers can only get their own drinks after paying a deposit of $1.

However, reusable cups have also been questioned. At the moment of the epidemic, the virus is rampant, and people always worry about the health of the person who uses the reusable cup in their hands, and whether the cleaning of the cup is in place after use. If you want to return the deposit, you have to walk back to the Starbucks store, which is too troublesome for people who commute to and from work to walk to the subway.

At present, a search for new Starbucks-related products on the Internet platform shows that most Starbucks stores in China are still offering disposable plastic cups and caps.

At present, China is not only one of the key deployment areas of Starbucks, but also the second largest market of Starbucks. Will it be China's turn to have such treatment in the near future?

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