This year, Starbucks rolled out a policy requiring baristas to add handwritten notes on every cup. The policy outlines discipline up to termination for failing to follow the rules. Baristas told ...

In September 2025, after the conservative commentator Charlie Kirk was fatally shot during a speaking engagement at a Utah university, a claim circulated online that baristas at the coffee chain ...

What started as a fan’s attempt to order Charlie Kirk’s favorite Starbucks drink turned into a culture-war flashpoint. A TikTok showing a barista refusing to write Kirk’s name on a cup quickly spread ...

The viral video of a Starbucks barista declining to put "Charlie Kirk" on a customer's cup, citing corporate policy, has brought scrutiny to the company's requirement that staff write on every ...

(Gray News) – Starbucks said there are “no restrictions” on customers asking for Charlie Kirk’s name on their order after a viral video on TikTok claimed otherwise. A TikTok user went viral for ...