Cup of Joe? Jumping Jehoshaphat!

Cup of Joe? Jumping Jehoshaphat! 

Looks like the Pandora's Box has been opened at Starbucks. There's now this thing they're seeing — and dealing with — where customers are placing custom orders with an arms-length list of add-ins.

We want to be right up there. Maybe with the toppers of 1. served in a Faberge Egg and 2. stirred with a piece of the True Cross.

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