# Where can I buy Starbucks style coffee cups?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-starbucks-style-coffee-cups/264420>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 14, 2004, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-starbucks-style-coffee-cups/264420 "2004-09-14T14:53:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kel_Varnsen_Latex_Division)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-starbucks-style-coffee-cups/264420/1 "2004-09-14T14:53:55Z")

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Is there any place either online or in the real world where I can by Starbucks style coffee cups by which I mean the paper cups (not Styrofoam) with sleeves and a lid? I was thinking maybe CostCo or Sam’s Club but I don’t have a membership.

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**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-starbucks-style-coffee-cups/264420/2 "2004-09-14T15:00:07Z")

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Not to be flippant…but goggling “paper coffee cups” provided more sources than I could shake a stick at.

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**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-starbucks-style-coffee-cups/264420/3 "2004-09-14T15:02:05Z")

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err “googling”, of course.  
Apparently I need some coffee.

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**Author:** ![Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kel_Varnsen_Latex_Division)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-starbucks-style-coffee-cups/264420/4 "2004-09-14T17:25:59Z")

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The only problem is they only seem to sell in quantities over 800 which way more than I could use in two years

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**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-starbucks-style-coffee-cups/264420/5 "2004-09-14T17:48:16Z")

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I have a Sam’s Club membership and I think I need to go this weekend because I’m almost out of bottled water. Send me an email and I’ll check it out for you when I go.

With regards to the insulating jackets, have you considered going to a local coffee spot that has them and asking to buy one hundred or so? I bet if you ask the owner he or she may be willing to strike a deal with you.