PBA -“Health: Bkavod, I think the CRC is the daas yachid here. And even they concur that what they are saying is a chumrah and is not the halacha.”
Excuse me, whether it’s a Chumra or Halacha I don’t know, but what I do know is that it’s Not a Daas Yochid that recommends not to use this coffee. I don’t know how you have the Chutzpa, even if you’re a Poisek – which noone here can possibly know because e/o is anon, to say that this is a Daas Yochid?
From the Star-k website:
“It is this clean-up procedure that has soured many kashrus agencies on Starbucks coffee. While leniencies exist to allow the coffee in spite of the clean-up issues, Rabbi Moshe Heinemann, shlita, Rabbinic Administrator of the Star-K, has decided against using them.
But take heart, for all is not lost. Firstly, the above is true only at full-service Starbucks stores that serve treif sandwiches and the like. However, at the smaller Starbucks kiosks, typically located in airports and train stations, sandwiches are usually not offered. The good news is that the coffee making equipment at these establishments remains free of treif blios (non-kosher absorption), and you are permitted to drink the coffee there.