Starbucks Cup

2015 double wall ceramic Starbucks travel coffee cup: 53 ppm Lead (safe by all standards).

June 13, 2020March 16, 2021

Note: cup broke in shipping! Reading on green outside Starbucks logo: Lead (Pb): 53 +/- 33 ppm Barium (Ba): 16,700 +/- 800 ppm Chromium (Cr): 14,600 +/- 500 ppm Zinc (Zn): 1,283 +/- 137 ppm Copper (Cu): 169 +/- 82 ppm Iron (Fe): 708 +/- 236 ppm Bismuth (Bi): 149 +/- 45 ppm Titanium (Ti):…

2019 miniature ceramic Starbucks cup Christmas ornament (with red glitter): 112 +/- 27 ppm Lead

November 17, 2019November 29, 2023

For those new to this website: Tamara Rubin is a multiple-federal-award-winning independent advocate for childhood Lead-poisoning prevention and consumer goods safety, and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children (two of her sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). Since 2009, Tamara has been using XRF technology (a scientific method used…

Let’s play a game! Lead or no Lead? Guess! 2018 Oregon Espresso Mug from Starbucks.

November 27, 2018November 27, 2018

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Scroll down below photo to see the full XRF test results for this mug! Click HERE to see more Starbucks Mugs I have tested! The Lead levels on all colors of this mug were within safe range by all standards! [Maybe Starbucks got the message?] I would still prefer to also not see any Cadmium…

Does the 2018 Starbucks reusable holiday cup test positive for any “nasties”?

November 2, 2018November 26, 2023

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If you have been following my work for a while you know that I have found several Starbucks branded cups and mugs to be positive for high levels of Lead (Pb) and Cadmium (Cd) in the past. To see more Starbucks cups & mugs I have tested, Click Here. Therefore I was not surprised today,…

y. 2000 Starbucks Coffee “City Mug” Collector Series: 3,157 ppm Lead (>90 is unsafe for kids) + 496 ppm Arsenic too!

December 5, 2017November 16, 2019

Starbucks City Mug from the year 2,000. Made in Thailand. “City Mug” 3,157 ppm lead & 496 ppm Arsenic. To see a detailed summary of my concerns with Starbucks mugs, Click HERE. For #SaferChoices for your family, click here. If you would like to support my advocacy work (and this website) please consider making a contribution via…

Starbucks Coffee Insulated Mug Stainless And Ceramic

2011 Ceramic Lined Stainless Steel Starbucks Travel Mug: 63,549 ppm Lead. Context – 90 ppm is unsafe in kids’ items!

February 2, 2017November 17, 2019

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Starbucks 2011 Ceramic Lined Travel Mug- (broke in shipping). Inside of mug / white ceramic liner / the part that touches the coffee: 63,549 ppm Lead (ummmm huh!?). The above number is the level of Lead found when testing the mug using XRF technology. To learn more about XRF testing, Click HERE. For context: The…