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by komali2 3380 days ago
I used to send care packages to my highschool buddies deployed, and one time I chucked in a couple of those Starbucks packets I had given to me on campus. Hadn't even tried them, just thought "neat, instant coffee."

A few weeks later I get a call in class. Ignore. Listen to the voicemail after. "It's Jeff. I'm paying 10$ to call you international. Send more of those Starbucks packets, we're going to have a fucking riot here if we don't get more."

I started sending boxes. Apparently they're 100x better than whatever coffee the military was providing. So, @Sudden Coffee, try sending to troops, apparently they have a refined taste when it comes to instant coffee.

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We're sending 300 tubes to a guy who's a big fan. He'll send those out to his buddies who are deployed around the world. Really excited about this! Also - we just had a subscriber in the Canadian army posting about their coffee break in the woods