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Observation from Germany: A couple of years ago I wouldn't bring my own cup, because I was uncomfortable with having conversations about it. This has changed,
by hannob 6y ago
Observation from Germany: A couple of years ago I wouldn't bring my own cup, because I was uncomfortable with having conversations about it.
This has changed, because it's now prevalent enough that I'd consider it "not unusual" to have my own cup. Also plenty of places now offer small discounts. I'm not doing it for the discounts, but that of course adds to the normalization. (Also: Covid makes things more complicated and I've been wary of using my reusable cup once again, though I also massively reduced my coffee-not-at-home-consumption, and after all that'll be over at some point.)
- nicoburns 6y agoI don't think reusable cups are an isuse with covid. After all it's your cup. And the baristas will have to touch disposable one too. So long as you wash it I guess.
- dmurray 6y agoReusable cups allow the customer to contaminate the barista, as well as the other way around, so it's an extra avenue for infection - and a more dangerous one, since he's going to be serving coffee to hundreds more customers and does not get disinfected between each customer. Coffee shops here in Ireland stopped accepting reusable cups during 2020.