Fla­vored Cof­fee at SG

MISHAWAKA – You may have no­ticed that a few weeks ago Suf­fi­cient Grounds was mak­ing an ef­fort to of­fer fla­vored cof­fee along­side its nor­mal lineup of Star­bucks brand spe­cialty drinks, cus­tom drinks from stu­dents, and tra­di­tional cof­fee. For a brief pe­riod of time sev­eral weeks ago, Seat­tle’s Best, a Star­bucks sub­sidiary, was served. How­ever, ac­cord­ing to a state­ment from Sheri Hess, any cof­fee that is not Star­bucks brand is not al­lowed to be served. Thus, the fla­vored cof­fee was re­moved from  the menu.

There has been a de­mand for the fla­vored cof­fee to re­turn, ac­cord­ing to Christina Bilyak, an em­ployee of the cof­fee shop. “Yes, there was de­mand for it, when [Seat­tle’s Best] was gone. I had some com­plaints from a few of the pro­fes­sors.”

Un­til Sodex­o’s agree­ment with Star­bucks changes it does­n’t look like the fla­vored cof­fee will re­turn. In the mean­time, pumps of fla­vor can be added to tra­di­tional cof­fee for an ad­di­tional $0.60.